Unexpected treats

[stringgeek]

I would like to report that there have been two sunny days IN A ROW here in Michigan so far this week.  I believe that tomorrow's also forecast to be sunny, but even if it's not, I've had the two sunny days in a row that I've seriously been craving, so my weather outlook is improving.  :-)  Shockingly, the Lowell weather forecast makes it look as

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[dreda]

Are you, by chance, anywhere near Jackson, MI, and therefore the Best Ice Cream Parlor In The Whole World?

[stringgeek]

Alas, no...I'm near Detroit this time. However, we have a facility over near Kalamazoo and I have to drive past Jackson every time I go there. Ergo, Must.Have.Details. Please, please! :-D

[dreda]

Oho! It is called The Parlor - in my youth it was the All-Star Dairy. They have what I consider the original monster sundae - the Dare-To-Be-Great, 21 enormous scoops of ice cream with little American flags on top.

They salt their nuts, which are amazing. The Turtle Sundae - caramel, fudge, LOADS of pecans - is my favorite. But really, their ice cream is great, the atmosphere is timeless, and a little happy nugget of my youth is preserved there in perpetuity.

(ah - evidently it is now a "Pecan Combo". Still delicious.)

Wow - they have a web page. That is so weird.

[stringgeek]

I don't think I'd be able to eat the entire Date-To-Be-Great all by myself, unfortunately. :-P However, you could absolutely sell me on the Turtle Sundae. I see also that their Peanut Butter Parfait would rock my world!

Are they open all year 'round? I probably won't be back to MI until November (but will eat ice cream anytime, to my detriment). :-)

[dreda]

They are indeed open all year round. In fact, the last time I was there was in November. ;)

(I have participated in a Dare To Be Great, but we failed at the last - all four of us! Lesson learned: it is hard to eat a lot of mint chocolate chip.)

[stringgeek]

How very interesting...I have never had difficulty eating a lot of mint chocolate chip! To my detriment. :)

I will add it to my must-see list for the next time I go to Plainwell.