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Once upon a time a girl from a concrete town in the North of England discovered inspiration in a book, planned a trip and found home. A place to breathe, to marvel and to dream. Now living closer to that dream, our family's heart travels the last few miles almost every day as we talk about our Last Best Place and tell each other "Love you more than Montana".
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  • July 24, 2011 11:17 am
    Lost in Translation | Mr Whippy ‘99 Out for a walk, we arrived at a cafe, much to their dismay, as they were trying to pack up 5 minutes before closing time. We persuaded them to let us buy a much-promised-to-the-kids ice-cream treat; they acquiesced but would only offer Mr Whippy. One of the servers turned to my kids and asked “Would you like a Mr Whippy ‘99?”  Blank stares. The server wondered why he wasn’t receiving his usual enthusiastic reaction and I had to then set about explaining to my kids what a Mr Whippy 99 was; once they heard it involved ice-cream and chocolate they were in (they take after their Mum). Some things just get lost in translation and I am glad to have rectified what was a huge parental omission on my behalf, how could my child get to the age of 8 and not know about Mr Whippy 99? I need to start writing a list of things to educate them on. View high resolution

    Lost in Translation | Mr Whippy ‘99

    Out for a walk, we arrived at a cafe, much to their dismay, as they were trying to pack up 5 minutes before closing time. We persuaded them to let us buy a much-promised-to-the-kids ice-cream treat; they acquiesced but would only offer Mr Whippy. One of the servers turned to my kids and asked “Would you like a Mr Whippy ‘99?” 

    Blank stares. The server wondered why he wasn’t receiving his usual enthusiastic reaction and I had to then set about explaining to my kids what a Mr Whippy 99 was; once they heard it involved ice-cream and chocolate they were in (they take after their Mum).

    Some things just get lost in translation and I am glad to have rectified what was a huge parental omission on my behalf, how could my child get to the age of 8 and not know about Mr Whippy 99? I need to start writing a list of things to educate them on.

    4 notes Filed under:  ice cream, mr whippy, english, children, kids, england,.
  • July 7, 2011 4:35 pm

    Yet Another Reason to Love Montana |

    Today, I read here that rhubarb grows prolifically in Montana. Yet ANOTHER reason to move to Montana … I can easily grow my absolute favorite food!

    I have a strange top food list:

    (1) Rhubarb

    (2) Beetroot (love that Trader Joe’s are now selling beetroot ready cooked)

    (3) Caramelized onions

    (4) English peas fresh out of the pod

    (5) Crumble and ice-cream to go with the rhubarb!

    Actually, not sure if this qualifies as a food group, but black coffee would be at the top of that list, or just accompany every item.

    24 notes Filed under:  rhubarb, gardening, montana, new west, beetroot, trader joes, onions, peas, english, crumble, nigella lawson, ice cream, coffee, black coffee, food, cooking, top 5,.
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