Thursday, July 13, 2017

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2002. Mattie was three months old and FULLY on. The ironic thing about Mattie was he looked more like Peter throughout the first year of his life. After that point, he looked like the spitting image of me. They say children don't smile until they are around three months old, but I refuse to believe all of Mattie's initial smiles were some sort of reflex. To me Mattie learned to smile very early on as his facial gestures coincided with something that was humorous. 



Quote of the day: Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. ~ Don Kardong

Each summer, I get together with my friend's cousin, JP. JP lives in Boston but stays with my friend two weeks out of every year. When he is in town, we always go on a food adventure together, as he likes to eat. He is like the very hungry caterpillar. Basically always eating, but in his case, never gets heavy or full! My friend Tina joined the food adventure today and she snapped a selfie of us (me, JP, and Tina)!

It was a true food adventure, because Tina and I thought we were taking JP to Holy Cow. Holy Cow is known for their specialty burgers, a food JP loves. They use all sorts of meats and fish. But while in route to Holy Cow the JP changed his mind. He wanted to go somewhere else. It was like a scene out of a comedy show. 

Because JP wanted to go to a restaurant called Johnny Rockets, I turned the car around and headed to the mall in Pentagon City. Literally we got to the mall, parked, and walked all the way to where Johnny Rockets was located. The word to emphasize is WAS! The restaurant closed down!!!

We tried to convince JP to eat at another restaurant in the mall, but that didn't work for him. So we all got back into the car again, and headed BACK to Alexandria to eat at his selected restaurant, Five Guys. I think we got our share of exercise today just finding a restaurant. 

After lunch we went to a new ice cream store called Nice Cream. Literally they make the ice cream in front of you using milk, cream, and fresh items like fruits. Then they add nitrogen liquid and the concoction freezes right before your eyes.  

This is the sign that greets you outside the shop. It basically is owned by a local family who wanted to bring "back the art of crafting ice cream." I would say coming into this shop is a complete visual experience!

Behind the counter are at least 6 large mixers. You order your flavor and the person crafts it right before your eyes. 

This is what it looks like when she added the liquid nitrogen. All I know is if Mattie were with us, he would have found this absolutely fantastic! The science of this would have intrigued him. 

This is the interior of the store. I am not sure about JP, but I am quite sure Tina and I won't be forgetting this day any time soon. Ending on this sweet note, was the way to go.