my double scoop gelato in cold vancouver 2003. double expresso and strawberry champagne


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for my too cool normading pals.

the trumpeter aka the original penguin dude and i had lunch at our secret hawker-style chicken rice niche in town and then we drove to haagan daaz at holland v to go over our australia itinary with my very happy planner boyfriend. this time we were wiser and shared four scoops - tiramisu, macademia nut, rum rasin and bailey's irish cream with chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce topping and walnuts. very smooth texture, their ice cream. everything tastes smooth - even the crunch of the walnuts. ice cream in winter in melbourne!!! i love eating ice cream when the weather is cold. it's more exciting this way and the ice-cream-ness is magnified in the sensitive weather. so now i'm thinking of my australia trip playlist. it's very vital and can't be chosen with nonchalance because sometime down the road when i'll remember what a fun time i've had had, it's like an mtv, the music comes with it as the aural wallpaper.

so yes they are going to play KOC in a future episode and they played ash on a previous episode as stated on their playlist. very good, very good.