Welcome back everybody! Memorial day weekend has come and gone, all too fast in my opinion.
Has anyone seen “The Graduate” ? Looks like an early Dustin Hoffman movie, maybe post “Midnight Cowboy?” If anyone has seen it post your review.
Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson
No, no. No more yogurt talk. Yet, here is a video with the same happy-go-lucky aura as bunny or an aforementioned popular trendy dessert. (with mochi toppings)
Gruff Rhys from Welsh super band Super Furry Animals took some time off and recorded the album Candylion which was released earlier this year. The uber 70’s look to this video is classic PBS; I can picture this video being shown between episodes of 321 Contact and Bob Ross painting “Happy Little Trees.” The lighthearted nature of this song reminds me a bit of Superball Bop too!
Take a listen and Enjoy!
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
I have this weird rabbit-phobia. It mostly applies to animated rabbits, such as cartoon bunnies, rabbit costumes, and stuffed animals. The phobia stems from an MTV special I saw years ago about people’s fetishes where they dress up in animal costumes to do the nasty-nasty. I think they’re called Furries or Furbies– oh wait, I think the latter is some children’s toy. Whatever. But, it was a rabbit costume that has forever made me believe that BUNNIES ARE BAD.Â
So, it was with some trepidation that I dared to view this rabbit commercial that a coworker shared with me today. The commercial shows real bunnies, so it’s not so bad (real ones are ok, but only if they’re white; brown bunnies are borderline). I watched it. I laughed. And then I thought, “Those suckers can swim?!”
As I’m sure everyone is aware, pinkberry imposters have been infiltrating the southland.  Not to be overlooked was Irvine, as the city welcomed its first sour yogurt host this past weekend: Yogurtland.
Nestled in another non-descript strip mall between Tofu House and Taiko, Yogurtland and its bright sherbert colors screamed at us as we walked into Tofu House. Mikey was beside himself; he couldn’t believe that there was a sour yogurt joint in his neighborhood, and not only was it sour yogurt, but it was a wannabe. I couldn’t tell if he was excited or horrified or tickled pink, but I dragged him in there with me anyway.
I don’t even know where to begin with this place. How about: Sensory overload. Or, Yogurt propaganda. Clearly, they were striving to be a pinkberry. I won’t describe it all here as I can go on and on so just view the pix below.
I will note that what makes Yogurtland different from pinkberry are:
- Yogurtland is all self-serve, frozen yogurt and toppings
- Yogurtland charges by the ounce: $0.30/ounce
- Yogurtland’s menu offers much more variety: from NY cheesecake yogurt to peanut butter to no-sugar-added strawberry banana to– everybody’s favorite– the original
Let me tell you, it is easy to go buck-wild when you’re serving yourself– especially when you’ve got a greedy b*tch like me controlling the yogurt dials. So, while I helped myself to the strawberry and original yogurts with the mochi, kiwi, and strawberry toppings, Mikey roamed the store.Â
If you read Mikey’s previous post on his lactaid-pinkberry challenge, you’ll remember that Mikey was on the fence about this sour yogurt phenomenon. As I filled up my medium-sized cup, I looked back and saw this gleeful look on Mikey’s face. Giggling to himself, Mikey was taking photos of the store (unlike pinkberry, Yogurtland allows photographs) with his camera phone and, really, he seemed to be having a grand old time. I asked if he wanted any and, as expected, he refused.Â
After filling my cup, we approached the cashier where my yogurt concoction was weighed: 1.03lbs, which totaled $4.90. “You get more bang for the buck here compared to pinkberry,” Mikey commented.
We opted not to eat there, taking the sour stuff home instead. When did finally ate it after dinner, Mikey skipped the strawberry (which wasn’t so good anyway), diving straight into the original. And, pretty soon, most of 1.03lbs of yogurt was devoured.
So, after a month of mocking pinkberry, its tart yogurt, its creepy cult-following, and its overdone pop decor, guess what freaking happens: Mikey admits that, though he doesn’t care for the environment, he actually likes the yogurt.Â
Hell, Mikey likes it; he really, really likes it!
(As seen on Family Guy via Youtube)
