Micki and I recently discovered the Cold Stone Creamery. It’s a rather large national chain of ice cream shops that apparently exist in just about every state, but we’d never heard of until stumbling across it in Hermosa Beach… and then San Diego… and then Hermosa Beach again. Their specialty is their own brand of custom made ice cream flavors that they assemble to order right before your eyes using two scoops, a cold slab of rock, and any number of gooey, crunchy, salty, cakey, or sticky mix-ins.

My suggestion? I dig the coffee ice-cream with Heath Bar, brownie, fudge and caramel in a chocolate-dipped waffle bowl.

Anyhoo… They are holding what they call the Second Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social this Thursday the 24th. From 5 to 8 pm there will be free ice cream creations offered at ALL of their locations. Proceeds (?) to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.