Meg, that sounds good, is that sold in grocery stores, or is it a place that you van buy them?just curious.

MAnne, the place is called Rita's Italian Ice, and unfortunately it cannot be bought in stores, only at Rita's locations. They make everything fresh daily. Their yummy treats are things like:

-Italian Ice (lots of different flavors)
-Custard (vanilla/chocolate like smooth ice cream in cone or cup)
-Gelati (layered: custard bottom, italian ice middle, custard top)
-Misto (custard and italian ice mixed like a milkshake)

According to their website, the Ritaccino is:
A frosty explosion of coffee with a swirl of old fashioned vanilla custard and our signature vanilla Italian Ice blended together and topped with a dollop of vanilla custard.

Their website is www.ritasice.com
Here is the link to search for a location near you:
http://ritasice.com/locations.cfm

thanks for the info Meg, ill check out the website.

You're very welcome! I hope you get to go sometime to try it!

Meg, I was looking at the store locator and there is a Ritas within 1 mile of my work. I didnt even know it was there, I actually havent heard of it until you mentioned it.

I will have to check them out sometime. Thanks for the info.

No problem Gizmo! Look for a small green, red, and white building.

Another cool thing I should have mentioned:
Every year on the first day of spring (March 20), every Rita's gives away a free regular-sized italian ice to every customer!

oh my gosh, that sounds delicious.. I wish I lived on the east coast!

I ended up stopping at Ritas today. I got a sugar-free Cherry Italian Ice. It was quite tasty. They also gave me a few samples to try. I tried Mango, Pina Colada, and Strawberry Italian Ice. He also gave me a sample of Gelati.

I will definitely go back there. Thanks again Meg for the info.

Yay! I'm soo glad you enjoyed it, Gizmo!

Speaking of Starbucks, a Christian group is complaining that the company's logo is too "provocative". It's quite bizarre & seems to me like they should spend their time on more important things.

Here's the article.

Wow Megan, that article is very interesting. It is quite amazing to me that they are complaining about that. I dont quite get that, and as you said I think their time could be better spent on much more important matters.

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