My friends and family united today for a significant cause. After a tough year, I began writing this blog as a way to focus on the positive. From that came an overwhelming amount of love and support that I was able to pay forward tonight. We ended up raising $3,253 for the Arthritis Foundation! Go team!
Ok I am officially writing too much about frozen yogurt. It’s become a big part of my life. My friend texts me when he wants it and we go. Weeknights, weekends its our social outing. We walk around Andersonville with froyo spying on all the other froyo eaters and avoiding that guy who is always cornering people to try and sell his cd.
Tonight, the froyo text is a group text. We meet several people at the Andersonville Forever Yogurt. However, we have other friends who cannot come at that moment. They jokingly request froyo to go. And we deliver. Cake batter and strawberry with Oreos and blueberries. French vanilla with cookie dough, brownie bites, marshmallow fluff and everything chocolate.
What’s fun about this is not only making crazy froyo combinations for someone else to eat but also seeing friends spur of the moment. On a Tuesday. My weeknights are just getting crazy.
FroYo was last summer’s hottest dessert trend and I am excited that so many places have remained in business over Chicago’s extended winter. Tonight was the perfect night to take a stroll through Andersonville while eating FroYo from Forever Yogurt.
Self-serve in many delicious flavors with rows and rows of optional toppings (you pay by weight, not variety of items), I mean, what could be better? I went with cake batter under dark chocolate which I then covered in graham cracker crumbs. Usually I go for a little Cap’n Crunch on top, but I decided to try the brownie bites. (They are not as good, so I’ll stick with the CC next time). The hubs went healthier with traditional vanilla covered in fruit and peanuts. Ok, fine, he also had some salted caramel popcorn flavor that wasn’t all that tasty. I was hoping to try their thin mint–I’ve only heard amazing rumors about it–but they didn’t have it today. So I’ll probably have to go again. Very soon.
Oh, I’m just glad it’s finally Spring and I can eat delicious cold desserts out of doors!
The hubs and I had an impromptu date night tonight. At work, one of my apprentices mentioned the restaurant she works at, Farmhouse Tavern, and recommended I try it. “Why not tonight?” I thought.
We made a reservation and went to dinner knowing only that they serve farm to table food. What we found was excellently prepared American and Southern influenced dishes accompanied by local craft beers (on tap!) and excellent service. The staff (unfortunately we couldn’t sit in my apprentice’s section) knew so much about the food, what beers to pair it with and were all around cool people. It was great to have such a good experience in a place more akin to a chill bar than a fancy restaurant. Farmhouse Tavern definitely makes the rotation.
This is the oldest post I never wrote. Day 212. April 24. APRIL TWENTY FOURTH?! It was a Wednesday. According to my calendar, I had my regular Wednesday work meetings. Nothing else.
Well I hope Barbara Streisand had a happy birthday!
year of fun 