Ah summertime! Hot, hazy, sunny skies, beaches, lazy days and ice cream! I can remember waiting impatiently for either the Mister Softee truck or the Good Humor truck to come sauntering down our street playing their jingles and capturing my kids attention like no other sound! It was those few minutes on those busy days when their excited faces and happy smiles would bring joy to my heart. Choosing what to order usually took more moments than one would want, but hey there was so much to choose from! Ice cream has always been a staple in my family ever since I can remember. Even as a child, my mom and dad and brother would have ice cream from Si’s candy store almost every summer night. I would be sent to Si’s on 7th Avenue to get a pint of cherry vanilla for my dad, either strawberry or butter pecan or peach for my mom, same for my brother. I would always get vanilla fudge. Thinking back I hadn’t realized that Si’s containers were the same containers that they still use in the Chinese restaurants to put “take out” rice in! Funny how seasonal memories stay in one’s mind!
I have loads of memories about ice cream or involving ice cream, but I believe the best one I am ever going to have is the one in my video on this post. I will cherish this memory for as long as I am allowed to remember.
Going away for a few days and won’t be posting for about a week or so, but hope I put a smile on your face and hop in your step! Enjoy!
And that is the Way I See It here in Brooklyn!
K
Nice post — funny, I was just watching a TV show from England on the plane last night about a crazy chef that wanted to bring back the joys and memories of the ice-cream van in Britain, and created the world’s largest ice-cream cone and designed miniature balls of ice cream in all the classic British ice-cream flavors/types and had members of the public fire them with sling-shots at the giant ice cream before they all ate it!
I can’t find a clip from the actual show, but here’s one the ice-cream manufacturer that helped him posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDF_d9hRISU
ssxx
PS — I’m in Sri Lanka today! Leaving at midnight to go back to Hong Kong for 10 hours!
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Holy wow!
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Great insight. Relieved I’m on the same side as you.
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What a little sweetie !!!
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