Questing For Ice Cream
Yesterday, I was off work but
mabfan was working. We considered meeting up for lunch at our usual lunch place, but (since they cater mostly to the business crowd) they were closed yesterday for the holiday.
And so I faffed about on the Internet (as I am wont to do in my spare time) and I read my friends list and other such stuff. And in my travels on the Internet, I found that
taffimai had posted an interesting link.
See,
mabfan has been seeking Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream ice cream from Ben & Jerry's. But our local Stop & Shop has failed to carry it, much to
mabfan's dismay. But then
taffimai posted a link to Ben & Jerry's Flavor Locator. And I discovered that there were a couple of places not horribly far from home where I could, theoretically, procure said ice cream.
So I arranged to meet
mabfan at the end of his work day so we could go take photos of the R2D2 mailbox that's in the neighborhood of his office (said photos will be posted this evening, I hope). And about 1.25 hours before our meeting time, I set off on my quest. I had a few options that made sense (all various CVS locations): one in Harvard Square, two near Government Center (on opposite sides of Government Center), and one on Tremont St. near Herald St. Looking at timing, closeness of T stops, and all that good stuff, I decided to head for the CVS on Cambridge St. near Government Center. Time worked out slightly less well than I'd hoped (I had to wait for the Green Line longer than I'd expected), so when I discovered that the walk from Gov't Center to the CVS was going to take longer than I had available to go and then get to
mabfan's office at the right time, I decided to head back to the T and head toward
mabfan.
But just then I noticed that right across Cambridge St. from me was a Store 24. I figured that if the CVS a couple of blocks from them sold AmeriCone Dream, there was a chance that this Store 24 may, as well. So in I went. And I found AmeriCone Dream! So into my pre-prepared cooler bag the ice cream went, and off I went to meet
mabfan.
All that is a long way around to recommend that, if you're looking for a specific type of Ben & Jerry's in your area, you might want to check out Ben & Jerry's Flavor Locator.
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And so I faffed about on the Internet (as I am wont to do in my spare time) and I read my friends list and other such stuff. And in my travels on the Internet, I found that
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But just then I noticed that right across Cambridge St. from me was a Store 24. I figured that if the CVS a couple of blocks from them sold AmeriCone Dream, there was a chance that this Store 24 may, as well. So in I went. And I found AmeriCone Dream! So into my pre-prepared cooler bag the ice cream went, and off I went to meet
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All that is a long way around to recommend that, if you're looking for a specific type of Ben & Jerry's in your area, you might want to check out Ben & Jerry's Flavor Locator.
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I'm not sure where they get their information, but I note that it's based on past sales, not what's necessarily currently on the shelves.
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Especially since my Michael and I engage in similar quests.
One quest that's been particularly fruitless [no pun intended] is to find vanilla taffy/toffee. One can find salt water taffy anywhere, but he has his heart set on the vanilla toffees of his childhood.
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Good luck on your search for the vanilla toffee!
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For these and many other reasons, I love the Internet, even if I growl at the machines on which I view it and the engines that run it.
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Thank you so much!
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After ALSO having been at Ben and Jerry's (a different branch) on the same quest on Monday, I was tempted to throw in the towel, afterall, if HQ, where I know that they had it a few weeks ago, doesn't have it... Instead, I grudgingly checked at Whole Foods this evening... and... YAY!
So, thanks!
(still haven't tasted it...)