Ol' Fashioned Weekend

This past weekend Dana and I ventured out of our hometown and ended up in Mission Viejo for some good ol' fashioned dining out. First we ate dinner at Ruby's Diner. Ruby's was hosting a fundraiser for our favorite walk-a-thon, O.C. Walk to Remember. They were contributing 20% of the bill to that fantastic organization. We could have donated a lot more if we just wrote them a check and stayed home. Oh well, it was all about the adventure and the time we spent together.

While driving into the Parking lot Dana and I noticed a sign for Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. After dinner at Ruby's we moseyed on over to Farrell's. We just couldn't pass up the temptation. I can't believe we waited in line for an hour and 15 minutes for some ice cream, but we did. It was well worth the wait. The singing, sirens, whistles, drum, and piano all brought back fond memories of childhood birthday parties celebrated at Farrell's. We didn't lie and tell them it was our birthday but we enjoyed watching others around us. I did get a cute little ladybug bracelet balloon from the balloon artist that wandered from table to table.

Dana indulged in the Triple Chocolate Brownie Sundae. It consisted of freshly made triple chocolate Ghirardelli brownie, hot fudge, three scoops of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry. It's a fudgy belly ache.

I over indulged in the Banana Royale. It's two scoops of vanilla ice cream which I substituted for butter pecan, split banana, topped with pure whipped cream (no wonder it was so good), toasted almonds, hot fudge, and a cherry. I was lovin' it!!!

Maybe next time we'll make big piggies out of ourselves and try the pig trough. The trough holds scoops of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, split banana, pineapple, chocolate, and strawberry toppings, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry x 2.

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After you've licked the pig trough clean the waiters and waitresses have you stand up, make a pig nose, repeat after them, and squeal like a pig. So much fun to be a kid again!