Loco for Locopops!

There's a great place for a neat treat in Chapel Hill (and Durham) called Locopops. They offer a fabulous variety of Mexican-style popsicles, in such flavors as chocolate brownie, cookies and cream, mojito, cherry lime, strawberry-kiwi, pomegranate tangerine, etc. (One time Alan tried Avocado flavor. Hmmm. It tasted exactly like a nice, ripe avocado. That unfortunately does NOT translate to frozen dessert, btw.) I highly recommend visiting one of the several locations and trying them out.


When we were there tonight with my niece and nephew, my nephew started telling us about the history of Popsicles. Apparently in 1905, an 11 year old boy named Frank Epperson mixed soda with a stick and accidentally left it out overnight. His creation was originally called the Epsicle. 18 years later he started the Popsicle company. It's summer in North Carolina and all I can say is Yea for Frank!