Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt in Little Rock

                 Hello~ Today I'm going to talk about the first frozen yogurt place I went to, Orange Leaf.
          Like many other establishments I visited, it's located in the Pleasant Ridge Center in Little
          Rock, and I was first introduced to it by a friend. While many places have mochi as a
          condiment, Orange Leaf usually has boba with juice in them, so they pop in your mouth. XD
          The place is colored in orange, and like the other frozen yogurt places, it offers a fresh,
          modern look to it. And like many frozen yogurt places, (well, other than Red Mango), you
          put as much frozen yogurt as you want, and the payment is by how much it weighs. I do
          recommend the place, it's located in a nice location, and just about any flavor I have tried
          tasted pretty good. Images below show my concoction of  gummy bears, boba, and
          marshmallow, with a blue mystery flavor,( tasted like blueberry to me), cotton candy, and
          the last one was either mango or wedding cake. In their list of flavors I can recommend the
          tart, which is the original, the red velvet, cherry, and birthday cake. When available, the
          egg nog was pretty good too! So, if you're looking for an affordable frozen treat this
          summer, go give this place a look.~


            

                                                                            

                                                                                

                                                                           

                                                                                 

                                                                              

                                                                           

                                                                           

Movies in the Park in Little Rock, Arkansas

                  Hey everyone! I meant to post this while I was still in Arkansas, but am doing it now
              to get it out of the way, haha. I mean it would benefit you anytime of the year, but since it's
              a summer only event, posting this article in the fall really wouldn't serve a use, would it? XD
              So, Arkansas is a big state with a vast amount of unused land, and when people get there
              they often wonder what they can do in town. Well, if you're not much of an art enthusiast or
              museum person, (with most of the admission fee's being free in a good chunk of them),
              there is Movies in the Park. And yes, it's free. (Parking in the Rivermarket is free most
             days, but you could also park in other nearby lots or in the Clinton Library's lot.)
             Their website does not have times listed, only days, but they usually start around 7:30 or 8.
              Movies are shown in the outdoor ampitheater, with vendors usually outside, and you have
              the option of sitting in the grass, or in the seats. Try to come early, cause even after the
              first 10 minutes of the film the place is packed. Here is the website, for more information.

                                                                           

                                                                             

                                                                            

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts - Little Rock, Arkansas

                 Hey everyone! So today, I'm going to be talking about one of the few doughnut places
         I like, Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is one of two popular doughnut chains in Little Rock,
         the other being Shipley's doughnuts. For a good many years I gave up on doughnuts, due
         to a bad incident during childhood, but Krispy Kreme revived my love of them.~ Krispy
         Kreme has many flavored doughnuts made in house, and the unique thing about the place
         is that they have a clear window on the side of the store so you can see and read the whole
         process they use to make their doughnuts. Krispy has many different flavors and icing
         flavors, and some of their doughnuts are filled with custard or cream. I do really
         recommend a visit; the doughnuts are great, and it's one of the few places I'm aware of that
         show an in step process of how they make their sweets to the customers. The ones in the
         photo below was a huge group of doughnuts as I went in a group there, but the two I ate
         were a key lime doughnut with key lime jam in it, and chocolate with vanilla cream in it.
         The drink was one of their summer flavors, a strawberry lemonade slush, which was pretty
         good, but I haven't really tried their other drink flavors to comment on it.~

                                                                          

                                                                            

                                                                                

                                                                             

                                                                              

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                               

                                                                             

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                                 

                                                                             

                                                                            

                                                                                 

                                                                                
   

Junction Bridge Pedestrian Walkway

              Hey everyone! I walked the Junction Bridge in downtown Little Rock with a friend
              a few days ago; you can read about its history here, and here. It's a relatively short
              walk, taking about 15 to 20 minutes with no break. I'm just going to post some photos,
              so you can see it yourself.

                                                                          

                                                                              

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 

Review on Whipple Set

          Good morning, everyone! Well, in my last post here, I gave a small breakdown on fake sweets/
          deco, and decoden. One of the items I mentioned, Whipple, is sold in the United States at
          Toys R Us, or other toy stores. (The original Japanese page is here, and the English page is
          here. ) Now Whipple sets come with some fake plastic type sweets, and the cream, along with
          some beads/gems for decoration. The fake cream is some sort of paper clay cream, from what
          I understand. Due to this, it dries sturdy and strong, but is not waterproof. (When I found that
          out, I added Mod Podge to the finished products, and it works like a charm. Now I don't have
          to worry about the humidity,or if an item accidentally gets wet. XD) The clay dries quickly, but
          takes about two days to fully dry. I'm not going to post tips for doing the cream designs, since
         you can find alot of tutorials on YouTube, and if you purchase a package, they give some basic
          instructions on doing them. Whipple products are fun and easy to do; and it's an affordable
          alternative if you don't want to buy Decotti, or pre-made deco items. As I said, since it's not
          waterproof, you might want to purchase some sealer or glaze to apply to the cream after it
          dries. One more thing to note; if you have a lot of left over cream, even if you store it away
         and cover it well, most of it will dry up if you don't use it, so try to use the extra cream as
         quickly as possible if you want to make different crafts. ^^ The set below is the chocolate
         set; it came with a heart, teddy bear, pink cup, and other little items that are all shown in the
         cover. Below these photos are some deco items I made from a previous Whipple set, but as
         I threw the box a long time ago, I couldn't do a full review on the first set. :p Hopefully this
          will inspire you to try it out, or make your own Sweets Deco!