The best part about having a long weekend is not only do you get a three day weekend, but you also get a short work week! It's already Thursday and my weekend plans are underway. But I can't forget the great Memorial Day staycation I had just a few days ago. I ventured out to New Jersey for one day and Long Island the next for some sun, food and drinks. The hospitality was amazing - I could have closed my eyes and imagined I was back home in the South.
My trips weren't complete without a trip to Ralph's Ices. I think people who grew up living down the street from them take it for granted, because I am obsessed with this place! Any time I'm outside the city I try my hardest to get driven to a Ralph's and my friends and I even made a special trip to Brooklyn last summer.
Ralph's is a standard water ice establishment with the normal fruity shaved ices that you find "down the shore" and other beach towns. But they also have amazing creme ices (that do contain dairy) that are out of this world. Flavors like rainbow cookie, mint chocolate chip, chunky monkey and of course peanut butter and chocolate. I love it because it's not as heavy and rich as ice cream but the taste is just as good.
Saturday I changed my normal routine of getting two creamy flavors and got half peanut butter chocolate and half watermelon. It was a hot day and perfect for the ride back into the steamy city. The worst part about Ralph's is that it's only open in the summer and they only have locations in New Jersey, Staten Island, Queens and Long Island. Me being a New Yorker without a car makes it hard to get my Ralph's quota before the summer ends.
Hopefully I'll be getting some Ralph's this weekend again if a trip out to Long Island occurs and I will be a happy camper. 
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