Archive: ice cream

Steel City Pops

Posted on: Jul 16, 2014        In: Out and About        With: No comments
Steel City Pops is the new rave in Dallas, Texas.  Down Lower Greenville way you will find popsicles for sale.  Not just any popsicles – gourmet pops made from organic locally sourced (when available) ingredients. My how this area of Lower Greenville has changed.  Back in the day, I had an antique booth in an […]

Rocky Mountain Road and Happy Tracks

Posted on: Jun 23, 2014        In: Life and Love        With: No comments
When it comes to ice cream, (By that, I mean Blue Bell ice cream because that is what we buy.) generally we choose Homemade Vanilla.  It is beyond good, but… (Picture from the Blue Bell Creamery website.) Recently, friend Mrs. Ralph RAVED about a flavor called Rocky Mountain Road.  Blue Bell was on sale.  I saw the carton […]

Blue Bell Creamery – Brenham, Texas

Posted on: Mar 17, 2014        In: Out and About        With: No comments
Blue Bell Ice Cream’s motto – “We eat all we can and sell the rest.”  That is the truth.  If you work for Blue Bell Creameries, you can eat as much ice cream as you wish while you are on the job.  What a perk! While on our Texas tour, we stopped to visit the […]

Blue Bell Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream

Posted on: May 20, 2013        In: In the Kitchen        With: No comments
Foodie Amy sent word that I must try Blue Bell’s Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream.  I love all the suggestions and recommendations that come my way, and I especially pay attention when Foodie Amy speaks.  Foodie Amy knows food.  She should write a blog. Now we all know and love Blue Bell Ice Cream – […]

An Afternoon in Denton, Texas

Posted on: May 1, 2013        In: Out and About        With: No comments
Dear sweet friends David and Sheila invited us to lunch.  Love lunch invitations.  Thank you very much.  Then they suggested we do lunch in Denton, Texas.  Fantastic.  I love road trips, and the short drive to Denton up I 35 is easy.  There were three things we wanted to do on this pretty spring day […]

Sweet Firefly

Posted on: Apr 18, 2013        In: Out and About        With: No comments
A few warm days, and we know spring and summer will soon be here.  It is not my intention to rush nature, but ….  It is time for spring to be here, and that means – it is time for some occasional ice cream treats. There is no better place for handmade gourmet ice cream […]

Good News and Bad News

Posted on: Apr 4, 2013        In: Out and About        With: No comments
This blog is a little different.  I have good news and bad news to share.  Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I will share the bad news first. – I always like to get bad news out of the way. The “Don’t You Just Love a Bargain,” store is closing. […]