They're HERE!!!!

News Flash!!

Strawberries have descended upon Philadelphia. Eye witnesses witnessed the truck pulling up to several Capogiro locations unloading what looked to be strawberries. The unmarked white truck had a “Farmers Rock” bumper sticker and a parking permit for the Old Road Mennonite Church on its side window. We believe this source to be credible.

Hurry, the season only lasts a few weeks! The strawberries can be volatile when left uneaten as seen in this undated photo.

It is Spring in Philly!

I don't think you understand what it is like for us in the city of brotherly love. Living on a roller coaster. I moved here in 1988 (yes, I am old) and I remember telling a friend, "It does not snow in Philly." I never owned a proper winter coat. I always had some cute leather or tweedy jacket with a thin lining that looked great, but would crumple at any poor weather. It was fine, with the exception of rain or high wind. I did not own a woolen hat, umbrella or winter boots, unless I loved the way it looked. Summarily, it was about fashion. I could dress the way I preferred with out letting those pesky matters of protecting one's skin or extremities get in the way.

It must have been 1995 or early 1996 when this crazy blizzard hit. The city shut down. Nothing moved or functioned. John and I put on goggles and mismatched ski gear and waded through the snow to this little Belgium place down the street. The owners could not get home to the burbs and decided to stay open and feed the neighbors. We drank Hoegaarden with 6 or 7 of our neighbors. Communed at the bar, we hunched over our bowls of mussels and crisp fries while teasing jazz played and we laughed. Occasionally we looked outside as the snow pushed the limbs of the cherry trees downward.

Since that blizzard 15 years ago, our weather has changed. Snow is common and I now have a proper down coat with all the appropriate accessories. It is snowing on my block right at this moment!! I am not huddled in a cafe eating frittes (that cafe closed, but I now have The Belgian Cafe to get my mussel/beer/fry fix), I am dancing under the cherry blossoms. It's SPRING!!! The cherry blossoms are piling in the streets. Hugh drifts of pink pushed up against steps and covering cars. It's lovely.

Philly is a beautiful place in the spring. My farmer told me the strawberries are starting to show fruit and rhubarb will be here next week. Pinch me. Winter is done.

CONES!

GUYS IT'S TRUE! I SAW ONE! On this day, Friday June 4th 2010...RUN. Yeah I said run. And yeah, I know how hot it is. RUN to your nearest Capogiro...because they've got a cone for you. And it's fresh off the boat, wrangled through customs, and into your awaiting, humid, fingers. Because we love you, obviously.

So many good things happening.

Cones.

Strawberries STRAWBERRIES!

BEER WEEK! In honor of which, keep your hats on, we'll be surprising you throughout the week with beer flavors and some special treatsies over at Penn's bar. Chris keeps walking around muttering something about Dragon's Milk...

Yunk's backyard has its Christmas lights on and outdoor tables ready and their events are going to start rolling any day now - lookout, movie nights, record nights, mix tape exchanges...

The Penn kids are concocting the most amazing gelato cocktails they can think of, pulling out all the stops, really. Can anybody say, beer float?!

Guys I can feel it. It's gonna be a great summer.

xoxo,
Capo.

*Pic by Mike Mitchell

Strawberry Fever

So it wasn't just us... Apparently the whole city is excited about our Strawberry gelato and sorbetto!

And to help capture that excitement today, Mr. Rikard Larma, of the Metro news, came out to photograph our famously mouth-watering spring treat for the Wednesday, May 12th issue of his paper. These photos, on the other hand, are by me, Conrad. Hopefully they help wet your whistle until you can get your butt into one of our four stores for a scoop.

Now that's pretty sweet!