It was cold in Buffalo today. It was even colder in Niagara Falls.
I know, because I was there. Yes, really.
All that stuff that looks like rocks? It's ice and snow.
Not only was I there, I went through Cave of the Winds. Well, through the part that was open and not covered with tons of ice. Really, just the gorge. Still, freezing. But I was allowed, because my heart and lungs are healthy.
I was not, however, allowed to climb over the railings.
Good thing that sign is there.
People who find The Middle Child through keyword search normally find it by searching some version of "golf leafs golf" and coming up with this. Occationally I get homing hippogriffs or Free Rice (which was mentioned in quite a few posts...) Today someone in Switzerland found my blog by searching "Awooka."
Addie, you're famous!
When I was living in NYC I had friends all over the city. Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Brooklyn, Astoria, Roosevelt Island, West Village...most of us went to school together between SoHo and Chinatown. We'd leave school around 3 and scatter around the city to our various (unpaid) internships before we went back to our homes. On weekends we'd try to find a central location to meet for drinks, food, a movie, or some other way to spend our money together, but the best place we found? Was Coldstone in Time Square. It was easy for all of us to get there, the ice cream was cheaper than drinks, there was no hangover the next morning (although the slushy brain freeze could be vicious), and most importantly the ice cream was amazing.
When I left NYC, I was very sad to be leaving for many reasons (the roommate I was leaving, fresh direct, my friends, ect,) but I was REALLY sad to be leaving Coldstone. I promised I'd be back soon. When I got back to Buffalo I found out there was a Coldstone being built here! It was a miracle!
Tonight the Buffalo Coldstone sponsored the Boys and Girls club. We went to support Mary. And get ice cream. It was wonderful. And it made me happy to be alive. Really. What could be better than sharing Coldstone ice cream with Julia?
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***Ok, yeah, the picture? She's not eating ice cream. But I didn't take pictures tonight...I was too...well, busy eating my ice cream. But Julia did have chocolate ice cream, and her smile was at least this big.
