Saturday 10 August 2013

Cookies Ruin Everything Around Me

As you know, the word "free" is guaranteed to get my attention.  If that word is followed by "ice cream" then you can stop talking now.  Amazingly, this very phrase appeared with the opening of CREAM (Cookies Rule Everything Around Me) in Walnut Creek this weekend.  What could be better than two cookies sandwiching a rich dollop of ice cream?  Apart from not having to pay for it.

I contacted friends Drew and Sarah, fellow lovers of all things free, and after some of Hannah's homemade pizza and a few beers we wandered downtown.  Pizza, beer and free ice cream.  This was going to be the best day of my WHOLE LIFE!

Unfortunately, "free" seems to attract lots of people.  Several hundred, judging by the queue outside the shop.  We joined the end but when "forty-five minutes" was whispered my three companions (and two babies) showed their true capitalist colours and decided that it was more fun to buy ice cream than wait.  What??  I grudgingly followed them to the SF Creamery, where we were served immediately, and while my toasted almond/cookies'n'cream combo was delicious it did have a slightly bitter aftertaste: disappointment.


Yeah, we're all having fun here at the front of the line!


At the back?  Not so much.


Perhaps the cookie sandwiches weren't so tasty after all.


But ever dependable SF Creamery brings the smiles; more chunks and variety than Lottie's, but (possibly) lower quality.


And here's a cute picture of a baby.