tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70723247707064244102012-02-15T23:31:46.572-08:00Gonzalo Mejiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04296686391696036727noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072324770706424410.post-84536867249878131402009-09-02T12:37:00.000-07:002009-09-02T12:46:18.530-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/Sp7LQPVkEUI/AAAAAAAAADs/vPnAkhNcNOw/s1600-h/treat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/Sp7LQPVkEUI/AAAAAAAAADs/vPnAkhNcNOw/s200/treat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376958484982272322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The other day I went to have some Chinese food and my fortune cookie read "its time to treat yourself to something special"<br />Well... you know what I did next!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/Sp7LQS7rNSI/AAAAAAAAAD0/RW3AwNHdfxA/s1600-h/ambos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/Sp7LQS7rNSI/AAAAAAAAAD0/RW3AwNHdfxA/s200/ambos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376958485947430178" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7072324770706424410-8453686724987813140?l=letsgoforicecream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gonzalo Mejiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04296686391696036727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072324770706424410.post-48952104847386427502009-08-28T07:16:00.000-07:002009-09-02T12:47:39.730-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/SpftAOtKnYI/AAAAAAAAADU/zkngChrG-qk/s1600-h/DSCF2307.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9hiGrJi8qcU/SpftAOtKnYI/AAAAAAAAADU/zkngChrG-qk/s320/DSCF2307.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375025268493294978" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of weeks ago I attended <a href="http://www.austinicecreamfestival.com/">The Austin Ice Cream Festival </a>to gather some footage on how people "celebrate" ice cream in the US.<br />The festival was great, I'd say that about 12.000 people of all ages attended, not minding the extreme heat that Austin boasts.<br />There I was, filming contests, bands playing, ice cream inspired games and small ice cream tents of local vendors selling more ice cream that you can imagine. In one of these tents I met Tim, owner of <a href="http://www.austinscoops.com/">Austin Scoops</a>, he was extremely busy, but still he took a few seconds to talk to me. I briefly explained to him what I was doing when he asked me "can you take a picture of us?"<br />When I set up to take the picture I thought it won't be possible because everyone was soooo busy attending customers, and then Tim yelled "Hey everyone, turn around for a picture!", they turned around and SNAP!, I took the picture.<br /><br />Last week, I received an email from Tim thanking me for taking the picture and sharing some information about his ice cream shop. It turns out that <a href="http://www.austinscoops.com/">Austin Scoops</a> is owned and operated by Tim and his family, many of the people working at the tent wasTim's family. What a beautiful business!<br />Thank you Tim for contacting me, next time I am in Austin I will go visit my friends at Austin Scoops!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7072324770706424410-4895210484738642750?l=letsgoforicecream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gonzalo Mejiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04296686391696036727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072324770706424410.post-14043171569920639582009-08-24T11:13:00.000-07:002009-08-24T11:35:14.003-07:00The day was sunny, clear and warm. We where at an ice cream parlor in downtown Atlanta filming for the documentary. There was a great feeling in the air of happiness and laughter.<br />My subject was Brooke, a girl who at 27 had a taste of ice cream for the first time in her life. <br /><br />When we where done filming a group of us stayed there talking about the city, ice cream and ourselves. There we where Andrew, Marcela, Stan and me, each one of us from a different country, different ages and different experiences.<br />Andrew is from Florida and has many things in common with me because I lived in Florida for many years. Marcela is from Mexico and works in the health-care industry, her perspective on things is different than ours. Stan is a professional Judo wrestler who is competing for the World Championship and happened to be having some ice cream when he stumbled upon us.<br /><br />There we where, having a great conversation, all together thanks to ice cream.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7072324770706424410-1404317156992063958?l=letsgoforicecream.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gonzalo Mejiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04296686391696036727noreply@blogger.com0