I can't remember the last time I went to a regular ice cream shop... In the last couple years, I've only eaten frozen treats at self-serve frozen yogurt shops where you can pile all on all the fun toppings that you want and swirl together whatever odd combination of flavors you're in the mood for.
However, this week I fell back in love with a traditional ice cream shop:
NOKOMIS GROVES.
Their art sculptures and paintings are SO fun, fit right in with the positive atmosphere of the place.
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| High-five buddy, your ice cream is phenomenal |
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| Tappan pretending to climb up the mural on the wall |
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| I had pineapple and key-lime twist. Unbelievably delicious! Tasted so crisp, tart and fresh. |
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| Tappan ate the popular orange-vanilla twist. Tasted JUST like a creamsicle... |
Usually I'm fro-yo all the way, but Nokomis Groves has made me reconsider...
I have become hooked on Menchies, the self serve yogurt chain. I feel less guilty knowing there's less calories in the yogurt...which leaves me more room to pile on the cookie dough bits!
ReplyDeleteYes, any sort of nutritional benefit I get from having yogurt over ice cream is negated by all the toppings I add :)
DeleteI am a Yogurtland fan and just like to bury mine in nuts! The ones you and Tappan are eating look pretty amazing though but Florida is too far for me to drive and get one :)
ReplyDeleteYes I wish we had Yogurtland in Virginia, I've never tried it, but I hear SO much about it! All those toppings....
DeleteOur equivalent in Richmond VA is Yapple and Sweet Frog.
What a fun looking shop! I'm a cheap ice cream eater. I go get it at the store and eat it at home. My favorite is Kroger Brand light ice cream. The death by chocolate is unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteYes, usually I do get it from the store too! But sometimes that can be dangerous because a half gallon can disappear for me more quickly than it should!
DeleteTo me it looks like Tappan is trying to kick over the ladder! Evil i tells ya! lol
ReplyDeleteHaha too funny, I think that may be what is going on...but of course my naive brain chose to believe that it was just a friendly attempt to climb!
DeleteI'll take either one because I love ice cream THAT much!
ReplyDeleteLove all the fun pictures. I am not too picky about ice cream vs froyo. I love them both. Gelato is my fav. I ate so much of it in Italy. YUM!
ReplyDeleteI love froyo, but sometimes traditional ice cream just hits the spot!! I found Pumpkin Spice ice cream at the grocery store and I can't get enough of it! It's also much cheaper and my husband definitely appreciates that :)
ReplyDeletehow CUTE is that second picture!!
ReplyDeleteThe orange-vanilla twist in the last picture looks SO good!
I do absolutely looooove traditional ice cream...but I have a guilty pleasure for the IKEA fro-yo! haha :)
Ice cream beats anything in my book. We have an amazing homemade ice cream place, the Creole Creamery, and somehow a frozen yogurt place across the street hasn't gone out of business. Don't ask me how. The ice cream is ten billion times better.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE ice cream! Tappan's treat looked amazing. YUM!
ReplyDeletei love all things sugar you know this. but l lovee your skirt!
ReplyDeleteit doesnt look like tapp is trying to climb the ladder, it looks like he's trying to knock the orange picker off the ladder! how rude :)
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