Election Day Eats
Even while I was waiting to vote this morning, I was thinking about food.
That’s because in honor of Election Day, Krispy Kreme and Starbucks* are giving away (not together, but in their individual stores) donuts (star-shaped) and coffee to anyone who comes in and asks for it today. If we had Ben and Jerrry’s in Winston-Salem, we could free scoops of ice cream, too.
I don’t buy a cup of coffee every day, and when I do, I think Krankies is the best in Winston-Salem. I’ll especially go out of my way to get an iced coffee there in the summer. But free OK coffee is free OK coffee. Also, beyond the allure of free stuff, there’s something festive about Election Day and this one especially. Maybe it’s because so many people are participating. At my polling station this morning, I saw college students, neighbors, parents with their kids, a woman who had roused her brother out of bed, a cross section of races, ages and classes. I waited in line about 45 minutes, and I after I voted, I felt absurdly silly with pride as one of the precinct workers slapped an “I Voted” sticker on my coat. Now, I wonder how many of those people I’ll see at Starbucks.
*except the downtown Starbucks, the one located closest to the Journal’s newsroom. Apparently that one is owned by the Marriott and they’re not participating in the patriotic giveaway. So I bought my coffee - elsewhere.
