Pumas make for more perilous subway stations.

Weeee'rrrreeeee baaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkk! Well, almost. CapoPenn re-opens Sunday morning! WHEW. Ted and I have chatted more than once about how we're absolutely ready to return to something like normalcy. Not that we haven't loved guest-starring at our sister stores! I've said out loud to several people that I'm not going to complain about how hard it is to keep the office at Penn organized now that I've seen what qualifies as an "office" at 20th. And I've sorely missed our Adonis espresso machine. Lovely, lovely Adonis...(awkward?).

There has been travel! Arduous, exhilarating travel! All the way to to...NEW JERSEY. And Columbia, Maryland! And...South Dakota? Don't you need a passport to get there? I've heard their visa requirements are OUT of control. So the Penn crew has maybe been luckier than the rest when it comes to quality holiday time with family and friends. But there's been wholly enough of all that. I mean, c'mon! Have you met your family? Those people are NUTS. Too much time with them is likely hazardous to your long term sanity.

The best part is that by being closed, now we get to sort of parachute into the heart of the awesome winter citrus season. Sure we've been hanging out with the pomegranate crowd for a little while already (have you tried Jo's Pomegranate+Prosecco cocktail? Stellar.) but now...NOW THERE WILL BE BLOOD...oranges. The blood orange sorbetto might be the single most-requested flavor all year! Okay...third most-requested. We get a lot of requests, and the Honey, Rosemary, and Goats Milk gelato and the Sea Salt gelato...they're probably the most requested. But don't be sad, upsettingly-colored little citrus friends! You can call yourselves the most-requested SORBETTO flavor! Plus you only visit for a brief span every year! You can be all haughty and cliquish!

What about you, dear readers? What flavors would YOU like to see at CapoPenn? You can definitely anticipate the Green Tea and Chai gelati, and it's high time we had some Mexican Chocolate up in this jawn. Are there any requests out there? Let us know!

SO. CapoPenn. Sunday morning. Be there or be...sad because you're not getting your cappuccinos from Adonis. Lovely, lovely Adonis...