Gen Z Ice Cream in Pleasanton (Rolled Ice Cream, Icicles)
“Are we going to rolled ice or boba tea?” I excitedly asked my parents. Everyone else in the room chorused, “Rolled Ice.” And there we set off on a 1.5-mile walk downtown. Our cousins were with us for the day. So, we all decided to try out the new rolled ice place, Icicles, in Pleasanton. We were going without much of an idea what they would give us, but we were excited about what we would encounter. We started at an excited pace. I, my brother, and my cousins all talked about video games and trading cards, being the nerds we were. A healthy amount of time was eaten up talking about Clash of Clans and our progress in collecting Pokémon cards. But we started to get bored, even though we occasionally had some conversations with our parents. But worse, we got tired. We had already been playing with Nerf guns and cricket for the whole day and were exhausted from the beginning. The parents talked us into walking, telling us that it would just be a quick stroll to...