I Suck At Richardson's Ice Cream

Last night, my coworkers and I went to Richardson's Ice Cream, located in Middleboro. It was a non-sanctioned after work activity that my boss thought would be fun. I guess it was sort of a team building exercise. Too bad I suck at Richardson's Ice Cream.

For anyone curious, I had the apple crisp ice cream. It was good. I would have preferred a little more crisp, but all in all it was good. I would stay say, however, that my favorite ice cream is Kimball Farm in Westford.

Speaking of Kimball Farm, Richardson's also has other activities beside devouring delicious ice cream. Among the other activities at Richardson's was a mini golf course, a driving range, and batting cages. Oh, and cows! Live pungent cows.

One of my coworkers (Jeff) had the grand idea of having a home run derby at the batting cages. Thus, several of us (me included) headed off to the batting cages. I figured, why not? It's definitely been some time since I swung a bat. The last time was in college, which was well over fifteen years ago.

Needless to say, I'm old. For starters, I stopped wearing the batting helmet for fear of contagious diseases. I originally considered it until one of my other coworkers (Jonathan) jokingly mentioned lice. So no helmet it was.

My first time in the batting cage was not so memorable. I must have missed every single pitch that came flying over the plate. Granted, I was using a little league bat because the one adult bat that was there was being used by Jonathan. For anyone curious, swinging a little league bat is harder than one would think. The bat is a lot lighter and a lot shorter. It felt like swinging a fly swatter at the balls.

The first time in the cage was very humbling. I even ended up getting bruises on my hand from gripping the tiny little league bat. Things, however, did get a lot better when I switched bats with Jonathan for my last go around. In my opinion, Jonathan won bragging rights for the home run derby. I think it's the bat.

All in all, it was a great time. It was fun to hang out with my coworkers, which is something I don't normally do since I work from home a lot of the time.

I Suck At Richardson's Ice Cream

On Sunday, Karen and I visited my BFF (Kerry) in Salem after spending much of the time wandering the streets of Marblehead.

I had recently found out that Kerry had a kidney stone. I suppose had I logged in and checked my Facebook account more often, I probably would have known earlier than a couple of days after that Kerry had a kidney stone. Someday, I will use Facebook more. Of course, by the time I get around to using Facebook, there will be a new next big thing...

Anyway, thinking that Kerry would be in a lot of pain while waiting for the kidney stone to pass, Karen and I decided to visit her in Salem. As it turned out, Kerry was actually feeling a lot better when Karen and I visited because she had already passed the 4mm stone. 4mm. Yikes! So no percocet needed on Sunday. Yay!

With Kerry in good spirits, the three of us did what comes natural... we went out for ice cream. The three of us ending up going to Richardson's Ice Cream located in Middleton.

(Pictured below is a cow at Richardson's.)


For anyone curious, Middleton is located near Salem. Now I suck at Richardson's Ice Cream. I have heard good things about Richardson's from my boss. In fact, my coworkers were discussing ice cream places one day and Richardson's came up. (I, of course, could add nothing to the conversation because they were talking about the North Shore.)

Anyway, the thought of going to Richardson's did sound intriguing. Neither Karen nor I had ever been. And as it turned out, Kerry has never been to Richardson's either. So it was great to hang out and go there together.

I must say, the ice cream was delicious. I had the apple crisp ice cream. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) It was very good. Truth be told, I still think Kimball's in Westford is the best. That's just my opinion.

Needless to say, I had a great time on Sunday. It was good to see Kerry. It's also good to know that she's doing well after the kidney stone. And of course, it's always good when ice cream is involved.