Let me tell you about one of the greatest days of the year in Boston. It is the day I attend the Scooper Bowl — an ice cream lover’s paradise. The Scooper Bowl is a three-day event that takes place every June (for about 30 years running) and benefits the Jimmy Fund, an organization that supports the fight against cancer. Nine of the biggest ice cream makers gather in Government Center and scoop flavor upon flavor of creamy goodness. You pay $8 to get in (we got a dollar off for texting SCOOP to a particular number), then you’re free to roam the space and fill yourself with as much ice cream as you want. Some of my favorites this year were Late Night Snack from Ben & Jerry’s, Dirty Chocolate from SoCo Creamery, and Dulce de Leche from Breyers. All in all, I think I ate about a dozen scoops of ice cream — is that disgusting? It was delicious.
Oh, and my dollar for the day was spent on a good old Boston parking meter. (Though not the meter pictured above — my camera battery was dead, so I got no ice cream pictures. I snapped the above photo at a random meter after I charged my battery.) We lucked out and found a great parking spot right by Government Center, and it already had about an hour on it! We loaded it up with four more quarters to give ourselves enough time to sufficiently gorge ourselves at the Scooper Bowl.
Tagged: Boston, ice cream, parking meter, Scooper Bowl
I so wanted to go to the scooper bowl this year!! It is on my bucket list 🙂 Sadly other things got in the way this time, but next year I will be there with room for 12 scoops 😉 (oh and I always load up on those meters 🙂 Better safe than sorry… 😉
Tim has a camera on his phone also. Sent this wonderful idea to our convetion and visitors bureau….maybe they can do something similar with Central Dairy