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Happy Friday!

This is my first evening post on here, so I hope your Friday has treated you well.

I was working on a presentation today and that really consumed a lot of my time, so no posting at my usual hour. Still posting within the day, though, which is all that matters. And why ice cream you might be guessing.

Well… let me tell you a quick little story.

On January 16th, 2021, I was invited on a date. I suggested the date, and the guy said he could make a pizza at his place. I was intrigued. Being pretty independent and oblivious, I said, ” Yeah, sure thing, let’s eat pizza together” and hang out, right. In retrospect… this is not a good guideline to follow, I just happened to have lucked out. Got lectured by friends to not do that because murderers and kidnappers, y’know?

Well… that day came and I got ready and was heading out… but as I got in the car, I was like hold up. I can’t show up empty-handed. (This rule is not something everyone lives by and that’s okay, but don’t ever come over to my place, please.) I immediately started looking for something that I could take as a first-time guest to this guy’s house. Here I am barely knowing him and I didn’t want to look bad.

I couldn’t do alcohol, it was too risky since I didn’t know what he liked to drink or if he drank at all. Scratch that out. No flowers. He’s a guy, it would’ve been an awkward gift. Chocolate? Too romantic. I decided on cookies. As I googled for cookies near my area, there wasn’t anything super close by that wasn’t a grocery store.

And then it clicked… ice cream! Who could say no to delicious creamy ice cream? I know what you smart ones are thinking… what if he’s lactose intolerant? Lucky for me, I had been a die-hard vegan for a while and I knew just the place. Sweet Ritual.

It was so tasty, vegan, and had super creative names. I bought two tubs and took them to my date. He loved it. He loved it and I loved that he loved it, and we had a most magical evening with pizza and ice cream, followed by a movie and… well, lots of kissing, of course. That’s it, don’t think badly of me. Juicy stuff came later on, haha.

Hm… guess it wasn’t that quick.

The reason that I am making such a sappy post is that I got an email a few days ago that this beautifully magical place that I used to frequent while living in Austin is closing soon. It broke my heart. I took so many friends there. My sister would go with me. I dragged my parents there and they had no complaints. I showed the now love of my life this place. That ice cream shop had meaning and it was a way for me to share a part of who I was and what I enjoyed with others.

I will truly miss Sweet Ritual. I don’t think there has been another place like it. I know I will find other places like this, but never exactly like this. It’s weird how life passes so fast and something that I knew, will be occupied by a different business. In the same way, I will one day feel foreign in a location that was once my home. That’s life.

I think I’ll go get myself a scoop now. You should too. I mean you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream, and that is pretty much the same thing.

-IC