http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston a beautiful blog by daniel sandler Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:03:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston/comment-page-1#comment-8999 dsandler.org ≡ News around Houston Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:12:51 +0000 http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston#comment-8999 [...] First, two articles from Houstonist, starting with a story we’ve been following here on dsandler.org: Krispy Kreme’s replacement headed down the hole. At 930 Main St., Jumbles’ downtown location, nobody answers the phone; at the Clear Lake and Missouri City stores, the phones have been disconnected; on Richmond Avenue, there’s a notice taped to the door saying that the locks have been changed because the tenants didn’t pay rent; and the Westheimer store, where all the baking is done for the area, is closed during business hours. What’s more, suppliers to Jumbles %u2014 including H. Mills Duncan IV, president of the Duncan Coffee Co. %u2014 can’t get anyone at Lone Star to answer their calls. [...] [...] First, two articles from Houstonist, starting with a story we’ve been following here on dsandler.org: Krispy Kreme’s replacement headed down the hole. At 930 Main St., Jumbles’ downtown location, nobody answers the phone; at the Clear Lake and Missouri City stores, the phones have been disconnected; on Richmond Avenue, there’s a notice taped to the door saying that the locks have been changed because the tenants didn’t pay rent; and the Westheimer store, where all the baking is done for the area, is closed during business hours. What’s more, suppliers to Jumbles %u2014 including H. Mills Duncan IV, president of the Duncan Coffee Co. %u2014 can’t get anyone at Lone Star to answer their calls. [...]

]]> http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston/comment-page-1#comment-2202 Dianne Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:40:11 +0000 http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston#comment-2202 I've never understood the attraction of Krispy Kreme. Walking into one of their stores and being forced to stare at the dough floating on oil with globs of sugar being poured on them... *shudder* That is -so- unappetizing. I’ve never understood the attraction of Krispy Kreme. Walking into one of their stores and being forced to stare at the dough floating on oil with globs of sugar being poured on them… *shudder* That is -so- unappetizing.

]]> http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston/comment-page-1#comment-2201 Harbinger Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:47:22 +0000 http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston#comment-2201 During that month, you can get some gratis. Krispy Kreme has Valentine's Day cards that are good for a free doughnut. A co-worker brought a box of doughnuts in today and some cards were with it. During that month, you can get some gratis. Krispy Kreme has Valentine’s Day cards that are good for a free doughnut. A co-worker brought a box of doughnuts in today and some cards were with it.

]]> http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston/comment-page-1#comment-2197 dsandler Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:16:29 +0000 http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/02/10/no-more-kremes-in-houston#comment-2197 Coverage elsewhere in the Houston weblog cloud: <a href="http://www.houstonist.com/archives/2006/02/09/local_krispy_kr.php" rel="nofollow">Houstonist</a>, <a href="http://www.bloghouston.net/item/2682" rel="nofollow">blogHOUSTON</a>. Coverage elsewhere in the Houston weblog cloud: Houstonist, blogHOUSTON.

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