Well... tonight was 'Consume like a Californian' night for all of us. The evening started off royally with a way more-than-massive look right up Harry Potter's nostrils at the Desert Imax Theater. Official reaction to watching the newest "Goblet of Fire" installment of those wily wizards on such a towering screen was: "Wow"! and also "Holy crowly freeoly"!! Unfortunately, I am now completely ruined for the rest of my life as I can never again watch a movie EXCEPT on an Imax screen. Honestly, I will hunt for these Imax theatres everywhere I go for the rest of my life. I mean, forget those nature documentaries they used to show at the ol' Imax ---> Hollywood film + Imax screen = wonderful. I could go on & on but, suffice to say, that part of the consumption evening was well worth the megabucks that it cost!
We then took a stroll through the town of Cathedral City past this gorgeous mosaic fountain called The Fountain of Youth. It was the most mysterious water sculpture park I've ever been to because, just as it hits the ground, the water just kinda... well... disappears. Actually, the entire ground surface surrounding the fountain is made out of chopped-up, recycled tires so that (I guess) the water just flows down thru the tire-pebble-thingies & goes away somewhere. It was weird but wonderful but we sorta still got wet from all the mist.....
One sure thing we've noticed about the downtowns around here is how much artwork & landscaping & just general beauty there is. We were actually hanging around this sculpture park at night & there were little lights everywhere --- like, every single branch of every tree had strings of lights wrapped carefully from trunk to tip. Didn't bring my camera, tho', so I've just stolen these pix from some other sites....
The big indulgence for the evening was.... Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream. "What's that?" you say.... Oh, it's such a dangerous, dangerous thing. Sam explained it pretty well when she said that it was like a Subway-for-Ice-Cream. That's pretty much it. Except, instead of choosing a type of bun at the beginning, you choose a flavour of ice cream (which they then place on a Cold Stone). Then, you pick some toppings (like fresh-made brownies or macademia nuts or any other of the zillions of calorie-laden, extremely indulgent availabilities). Then, they do this fancy shmancy ninja thing with the ice cream & additions and they mix it & chop it and twirl it up & serve it & you mortgage your house to pay for it. Simple as that. The question is... will this be the next Starbucks or Subway? Should we all invest now & laugh at the idiots later who didn't think to invest as early as us or.... will ice cream always be a seasonal, once-in-awhile type treat that never takes off the way that, say, mocha mint frappucinos have.... hmmmm.... hard to say.... Someone'll definitely make a million or two from this product before it's thru, tho. I'd still rather head back up to the coast of Oregon and spend more time and money back at the Rogue Brewery. Now THAT was a worthy indulgence.....
Beer-flavoured ice-cream.....? has anyone ever tried it ....?
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