I See Your Dunkin' Donuts and I Raise You Rita's

Holy heatwave, Los Angeles.We've officially turned our a/c on and let it run all night while we slept, then all day for the dog while we worked. It hit a record high of 106* F in the Valley today. It is disgusting.You would see my tears if they weren't evaporating immediately into the incinerating air.Recently, Los Angeles got its first Dunkin' Donuts. Being originally from the east coast, this is a pretty big deal in our house. We're looking forward to getting our iced coffees and breakfast sandwiches with a side of nostalgia, but the line has been wrapped around the block since it opened. Um, it's good, but not that good.And yes, working-class iced coffees the size of your head are a hot commodity during a heatwave, but there is no limit to my excitement for the fact that we now have Rita's.Which means I get to eat GELATI!Let me explain...Take mango water ice, which is the consistency of a thick slurpee or a very melty italian ice and top it with a swirl of thick, delicious vanilla custard to create the gelati. My preferred method is to eat it with a spoon, taking a bit of custard and a bit of ice in each bite.So if you're trying to stay cool, LA, go do yourself a favor and get to Rita's. But don't worry about rushing there, we probably have another 4 weeks of this hell. #toohotforpumpkinanything