August 10, 2016 - Shakespeare in the Park, NYC Restaurant Week & US Open and Custom Made Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

Elisa's Daily Scoop
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Shakespeare in the Park, NYC Restaurant Week & US Open

Well, hello,

Icky here on Long Island today so we decided to trade off the barn till tomorrow.

The girls are just as happy to have a day off and relax in between!

Well, as you can see from Tanya's blog, she only has 6 days to go till her Magical Anniversary Trip!

So many great cities, which will include London, Paris, Luxembourg City, Rome, Copenhagen, Ediinburgh, Inverness and Outer Hebrides!

While Tanya is on the ground, reporting live from her in-person trip to these amazing cities, I'll be piggy-backing her travels with lots of information, history and fun facts!  So, Stay Tuned!!

Paris, France - one of the many European Cities on Tanya's Magical Anniversary Trip in 6 days (c)travelincousins.com

Welcome to another W2GW here on TC.  A few interesting events in and around the NYC-area...


Shakespeare in the Park
Through August 14th
​Delacorte Theatre

More than five million people have visited the Delacorte Theater for free performances, making it one of New York City’s most beloved summer traditions.

This month, see Troilus & Cressida. All performances begin at 8:00pm. Running time: 3 hours including a 15 minute intermission 

Troilus and Cressida contains the use of smoke, haze, cigarettes, explosions, loud sounds, blank gunshots & strobe effects. 


NYC Restaurant Week
August
​Various Locations

Enjoy 3-course lunches and dinners at special prices.  Not available on Saturdays.  

Take advantage while you can, as NYC Restaurant Week will not be returning until January!


US Tennis Open
​August 29th- September 11th

If you've never attended the US Open, it's a must!  With celebrity sightings and great tennis, get your tickets. 

This annual event takes place at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City.

In fact, this year, Phil Collins will be performing opening night (August 29th). 

Today, me and my girls will be hanging out and doing some organizing.  Tomorrow, we are back to the barn for another day of riding.

See ya'll back here tomorrow!!

-E
xoxo

Tanya's Daily Scoop
NEXT TRIP DEPARTS IN: 6 DAYS

Ice Cream, You Scream...

HAPPY HUMP-DAY!

Yup it's already mid-week and another Wednesday.

How's your week been so far?

​Mine has been just dandy. 

I finally finished booking our resort stays for our upcoming Disney World trip - which I've got to admit that I'm looking very forward to! 

I also started looking into booking a trip back to Park City, Utah for this coming winter.  Our schedule is pretty tight this winter since we are going on an AMAZING EURO SKI CIRCUIT - so finding a place to fit this trip will be interesting.

Last night Dominic got a surprise promotion in his class and instead of going to our usual sweet stop of Rita's Italian Ice on the way home, we decided that it was a good night to try out the new ice cream shoppe in town - Creamistry, during their soft opening.

Creamistry (c)travelincousins.com

Creamistry (c)travelincousins.com

Creamistry is made-to-order using a blast of liquid nitrogen and is totally customizable.

THE CREAMISTRY DIFFERENCE
MADE-TO-ORDER LIQUID NITROGEN ICE CREAM 

You can create your own unique recipe from their selection of multiple bases and over 50 different flavors, mix-ins, and toppings. Liquid Nitrogen (-321 degrees) is then added to the cream mixture to freeze it on contact.
​The secret to the creamiest ice cream is all in the rapid freezing of the mixture.
Because liquid nitrogen is so cold it causes the milk particles to stay very small, creating an ultra smooth and creamy texture. ​

Forget the frozen stiff ice cream that has been sitting in the freezer for much too long because at Creamistry, they serve ice cream the fresh way. 
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Their Creamologists specialize in using liquid nitrogen to prepare customized, handcrafted ice cream right before your eyes!

Taking pride in using high quality, premium ingredients including all natural and organic ingredients with over 50 flavors and toppings.

Cookie Butter with Strawberry Sundae Sauce (c)travelincousins.com

Chocolate (c)travelincousins.com

Years ago there was a similar place in Las Vegas with this innovative idea that also happened to be vegan and it was super delish.

Enjoying Atomic 7 back in 2010 (c)travelincousins.com

Things were going quite well for them and they were in the process of expanding and licensing, when almost out of nowhere they closed their doors. The owners had some family issues that wouldn't allow for them to remain open.

​Saying that we were beyond bummed is an understatement. As this was one of our regular and most anticipated stops in Vegas...
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! 

Now on this ice cream kick, I also wanted to share with you a place that we found in Phoenix with the same idea of making custom-made ice cream right before your eyes. I had to look up the name and immediately found it - Sub Zero.

We were already looking forward to going their during our trip to Arizona in November, but now I've noticed that they've opened 2 locations in SoCal!
One in Carlsbad, and the other in Laguna Niguel.

While Creamistry is only right down the street, and we are so happy that they offer a few vegan selections to choose from, I think I'm actually more excited about Sub Zero which offers several more choices for us vegans. I've already even mapped it out at being 27.7 miles away!!      Now when to go...hmm

Did you remember that today is W2GW?
(Where to Go Wednesday)

Here's another place or I should say event that is happening this weekend is:

84TH ANNUAL 
​GREAT SAND SCULPTURE CONTEST

PC: everythinglongbeach.com

WHERE: Granada Beach
1 Granada Ave., 5100 E. Ocean Blvd. 
Long Beach, CA 

The Great Sand Sculpture Contest is being held on Saturday and Sunday! You can go on down and build your own sculp­ture or just see the ones built by world-class professional sand artists, a semi-professional sculpting category, community competition and more.  
The contest is the longest standing of it’s kind in the nation and continues to be a staple of our community history and future.

This year's festival will be a family party on the beach - complete with remarkable sand sculptures, a food court, vendor gallery, live music, kid zone and bar on the beach. 
CLICK HERE for MORE INFO

I hope that we can check out this fun event, but I know that our weekend is gonna be jam packed with things to do and take care of before our trip. So we shall see.

Today is a stables day for us, and I'll also be heading to the gym soon - gotta stay conditioned for my almost 200 miles of upcoming pedaling across the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
              FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN
Although most people that I've told about it, have just said that I was crazy! LOL

Oh well, whatever ;)

See ya guys back here tomorrow for some TBT fun.

Ciao,
-T