BANDS THAT WE (the family--namely the kids) LIKE, GET FREE ICE CREAM WHEN THEY VISIT!
some of those bands that have visited include: Dogwood, Fanmail, Run Kid Run, Bride Ordained (we love Bride Ordained).
Poets: Bradley Hathaway (we also love Bradley a lot).
Usually when you are in the store, you will hear the following worship artist:
David Crowder Band
Delirious
Charlie Hall
Chris Tomlin
Hillsong
Matt Redman
Tim Hughes
But when the parents aren't working, you'll probably hear one of these when David, Daniel, or Katie are working:
Acceptance
Anathallo
The Album Leaf
the Arcade Fire
the Beautiful Mistake
Blesk
Briertone
Coldplay
Cool Hand Luke
Copeland
Death Cab for Cutie
the Decemberists
dieradiodie
Eisley
Emery
the Format
Further Seems Forever
Ghoti Hook
goodbyetomorrow
Jimmy Eat World
Lakes
Leeland
LetterKills
Lovedrug
Magnet
Mates of State
mewithoutYou
Muse
Mute Math
The Myriad
Number One Gun
Noise Ratchet
Pedro the Lion
the Postal Service
The Rocket Summer
the Shins
Sick of Change
Sigur Rós
Sondre Lerche
Starflyer 59
Sufjan Stevens
Terminal
Thrice
U2
Umbrellas
the Unicorns
Watashi Wa
And last but not least: O'Bello (we love O'Bello).
Books
the Bible
And slushy instruction booklets.
And all kinds of instruction booklets...
And whatever it is you all read here.
About me: No--not about ME! All About Ice Cream!
Yes, since the story is long, please visit AllAboutIceCream.com for the story behind the store.
But what I (David) can tell you here, is that this store has been owned and family operated for over 26 years! i shall steal bits and pieces from the site, because I am lame like that (after all, i did make a myspace for an ice cream store--could you get more lame than that? i didn't think so...)
I stole this from our site: "On December 26, 1981 John and Debbie Lopez moved to Porterville, CA. to assume ownership of Baskin-Robbins ..2079 on December 31. With them came their 2 sons, Steve, then 2, and Tim, then 6 months. John had previously worked as a carpenter, framing houses for 8 years, while Debbie, after attending Bethany Bible College in Santa Cruz for 3years, worked for her father in his Baskin-Robbins store in Merced, CA., and managing his second store in Atwater, CA.
In the following 15 years, Sam, Leah, David, Daniel, and Katie have been added to our family, making the Baskin-Robbins in Porterville a truly family operated store! The children, so far, have begun their retail experiences in the store by their 10th birthday, although plenty of jobs can be found for them at a much younger age. Since all the children have been homeschooled, we have found this work experience most beneficial to their learning, and a good work ethic is seldom taught in public schools, but really needed in today's society!
When Allied-Domecq informed us, John and Debbie Lopez, local Baskin-Robbins franchisees for almost 17 years, that our franchise agreement would not be renewed, we decided we wanted to continue to keep it all about ice cream at the corner of Olive and D. To this end, we are proud to announce our new name, All About Ice Cream, continuing at 40 W. Olive in Porterville, featuring premium and super–premium ice cream made by McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams in Santa Barbara. On Oct. 31, 1999 we started a new adventure..."
And on February 9th, 2009, we finally opened up at our new location, 1323 W. Henderson Ave, in the Target shopping center!
And you can read more here.
my dad hasn't updated the site in 3809708 years (okay, maybe only a year or so...) so somethings might be old...
HOURS
Monday - Thursday 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
Friday and Saturday (during the summer) 10:30 am - 11:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thanks for letting us serve you for over the past 26 years!
Who I'd like to meet: Customers(!) I guess...
People who like ice cream.
Reserve your spot on the Late on Thursday Party Bus, July 19th on their way to battle for the warped tour. Price is set at $76 dollars (this includes ticket to the show), but it's possbile this price will drop, so contact us soon cause seats are selling FAST!!!! If your 21 and over, **FREE ALCOHOL** will be provided, so you can party it up, Late on Thursday, before we even get there, and rest assured you've got a sober driver for the ride home. Mix of Beers and Hard Liquor will be present, along with flatscreen tv's, a dancing pole (hint, hint), and of course, all the music one could handle before going to a rock show. Limited seats available, so contact us via Myspace, or call Jesse himself at 559-202-8558, if you wanna cruise the battle with a little style...
Your friends in ROCK!!!
Late on Thursday Party on the Road to the Warped Tour
It means the world you even gave us a chance..so many bands on myspace and yet you took the time to listen..just wanted to personally thank you..how have you been?
