OK so I must confess - I have a HORRIBLE sweet tooth that takes over especially in the summer heat here in Texas. So as I read through the other entries I saw: pools, rivers, lakes... Yea yea yea... OK so everyone likes the water, but where do we go in Texas after a LONG HOT DAY to really cool down? To get ice cream, of course! And there is no better place to get ice cream than a Marble Slab Creamery! What's that you say? You don't know of one near you? Well just CHECK OUT THIS LIST to see locations all over our fine home state.
OK now I know I will have wars with Ben & Jerry's lovers, but those guys are radicals! Who wants to eat radical ice cream? And with flavors like these, how can you complain?
Grab a scoop or two of one of these tempting tastes and put it in a dipped waffle cone and the cool breezes start to sweep over you with waves of tasty flavor in every bite! Remember they mix your ice cream with the mixin's on a frozen marble slab and man does it taste GREAT!
So if you really want to escape the Texas heat, my recommendation is Marble Slab Creamery. Hurry on over and get a lip on one of these great culinary creations! They are only limited by your creativity and your appetite!
Howdy Steve
Ice cream sure does help to cool ya off, thats for sure.
Ben & Jerry sold out a few years back.
No one who sells ice cream could possibly be considered radical, even radicals like Ben & Jerry who, as Dale noted, did sell out a few years back, resulting in the Ben & Jerry's down the street being sold and converted into a Heidi's Yogurt store. Not the same.
I do miss Blue Bell, but they are slowly making their way out this ways. They are in Arizona now.
Marble Slab Creamery has a name that definitely would get me to stop by at least once. Out here my only choices now are Baskin-Robbins and Cold Stone Creamery.
Wow Steve, I just gained 10 pounds looking at the ice cream. Now I am going to have to do 10 miles on the tread mill....
Steve...
What a fantastic and comprehensive post! You worked really hard on this, now go and get yourself an ice cream!
The pictures look amazing...but truthfully...three bites of that rich stuff and I'm done. They need to make a size just for me...'Just enuff to taste' size. I always end up wasting most of mine. GBU!!
Everyone: Thanks for all the great comments! Wish me luck this is my entry in the Texas Real Estate group's "Beat the Heat" contest! Hoping to make a few extra points!
Steve, you are very naughty for posting this. I just got back from vacation and should probably cut back on goodies like this for a while. :-) My favorite ice cream is Blue Bell.
Shirley: I am SUCH A BAAAAAAD BOY! LOL After all my posts on losing 70 lbs last year, how ironic that I admid that ice cream is my weakness! Hope the temptation wasn't too great on you!
Mmmm, mmmm, sounds good to me!! Where are these places in FL??? :-) Besides the popular big names, I only know one local shop that has stayed in business for any length of time - about 20 years, all others have gone out of business within a couple of years!
Ronald: CLICK HERE to see all the Florida locations of Marble Slab Creamery!
This has to be my second favorite way to "Beat the Heat". Good thinking. In fact, there are times in the winter I need to beat the heat this way! :)
Steve...
Now that's thinking outside the box :-)...love it and love ice cream too. Mine is Blue Bell Mint Chocolate or Vanilla Bean, yummm. Good luck in the contest, and yes you have it in the right place.
When I said to put in Localism I met the one that goes to your town, community, but you can put it anywhere as long as you put it in Texas Real Estate group and tag it, beat the heat, which you did. L
Steve,
For those of us who are trying to shed some pounds this is completely unacceptable. But since you brought it up, I'l be taking the White Choc.
Paul
Steve - You lost 70 pounds last year? That is awesome! Congrats! I need to lose about 20-30 myself. This was a well-designed post with a great idea behind it. Good luck in the contest!
Jason: Read all about my adventure on Gary Keller's diet plan to reduce cholesterol HERE. I also use the LOMA LINDA DIET to help me break through barriers as well. And PLENTY OF EXERCISE! Steve Shatsky of Dallas has used Gary's diet with similar results! I encourage you to try it!
Steve...
We have THE WINNERS of the contest; 1.Russell Lewis, 2. Crystal Ledbetter 3. Karen Stahla congratulations to all three, and you should already have your points credited to you.
Everyone else who entered is also a winner and should have 200 points just for entering. There were some really great ones this time and a great turn out too. Thanks for your understanding of the delay, illness, and then Hurricane Ike...being the culprits! Let me know what other contest you would like to see our Texas Real Estate group do?
I will have a post done by tonight, so please check back in to read all about the contest and congradulate the winners.
Please keep helping me grow our great group of bloggers & friends and encourage more to join us. We have grown to 419 members, and YOU have created some great post...no junk here!!!
I loved the ice cream theme, totally out of the box and very well done...it was really tight and I wish we could have more points for special ones like yours. But I think I've got us as many points for each contest as they will give me :-). Great Job and thanks for always participating. L
Steve, how delicious. How did you know that the way into my heart is always ice cream! Looks delectable.
Hi Steve: Oh my, that looks too tempting! I never realzed they had so many flavors!