Category: Ice-cream dreams

Documenting my 100 ice-cream flavours. Mmmmm….Ice-cream….

The Weekend I got my Snuggle Blanket

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Humans can be the most wonderous beings sometimes. Sitting here on a Monday morning after my birthday weekend, I’m reflecting on the power of people. Over the past few days, there have been so many words and gestures, actions and thoughts from so many different people that have lifted my spirits, that it is difficult to know where to start.

The number of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook has become a modern measure of, well I don’t know what, popularity perhaps (65 if you’re wondering). I had some beautiful messages from around the world. Some meant more than others, that is true. It was nice to read through them all, and think about the last time I saw them, or what they are up to in life. My sister wrote me the most beautiful poem and posted it on my wall, it was so touching, personal and heartfelt, I am reminded of just how important she is to me.

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1020 & kahlua krunch

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Today’s ice-creams come not from a tub, but from the famous Marianne’s near the ocean. Heidi has been the most amazing friend to me, so the least I can do for her is but her an ice-cream, right?

Heidi has joked many times that she can take me to almost any ice-cream parlour in Santa Cruz, and I could rock this item off my list. She was not kidding. We rocked up and they had 102 flavours to choose from. 102.

So I chose kahlua krunch and 1020. 1020 is caramel ice-cream with Oreo cookie bites, and a local favourite. Although sold in many ice-cream shops in the Santa Cruz area, it originates from Marianne’s and is named after their street address: 1020 Ocean Street. Kahlua krunch is coffee liqueur ice-cream and chocolate biscuit pieces. Continue reading →

1 down, 99 to go

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Yesterday was the start of my ice-cream dreams. Something tells me this is going to be one that I absolutely smash. All I have to do is try a new flavour of ice-cream approximately every 10 days.

And what was my first flavour? Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch. And it was divine. Creamy coffee ice-cream with these chunks of sugary toffee. They were like pieces of Scottish tablet, with that lovely sugary crunch. 

Heidi and I were watching The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a heart warming giggle of a film. So full of light and life. And a reminder that I probably have a good 50 or so years of ups and downs and unexpected plot twists to relish.