We All Scream

For Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's was giving away free ice cream today at Justin Herman Plaza. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I joined the hungry masses to pick up a free little container of ice cream. The product is called Flipped Out. The flavor I had was vanilla ice cream mixed with chunks of brownie with a brownie base and chocolate fudge on top. While I liked the vanilla ice cream, the fudge on top was a bit much. My verdict: Thumbs down because it's so disgustingly sweet. I'll take gelato any day over this!

About the picture: Here you see happy kids and adults walking away with their free goodies (the ice cream).

Ciao bella!

Ciao bella - Hello beautiful! in Italian and also the name of an gelato chain store in the US. I got two pints today (hazelnut and triple espresso). I had some this afternoon and it was such a nice little treat. The hazelnut gelato actually tastes kind of natural.

Remaining on the topic of food...
Little did I know how serious the food shortage is until I read about it in the Wall Street Journal. Click here for the article. The first time I got wind of this was on my last trip to Costco. I overheard a customer asking one of the Costco employees about the rice. There wasn't any in the shelves and a sign warned people of the "Limit 10 per card" restriction. The shortage seems to be more widespread than just rice according to the article.