| IN 2014 ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST DAY IS Feb 1st! ( Don't let it sneak up on you ;) (~~~The Lists begin halfway down~~~) |
| The Ice Cream For Breakfast Day Story: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Ruth and a little boy named Joe. Ruth and Joe grew up in the back of beyond in New York state where it was very very cold. Every winter between New Year's Eve and Passover, life in up-state New York got extremely boring, so their parents invented a holiday to brighten up the dreary days of winter. It was called Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. This was a wonderful holiday for children and parents alike because to celebrate you had to eat ice cream for breakfast on the first Saturday in February. Well, Ruth and Joe grew up and went away to a university. They made many friends and taught them all about Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. After college Ruth had a roomate named Barry to whom she also told about this tradition. Many years later, Barry met Itzah C. Kret in Washington, D.C. and converted him into an Ice Cream For Breakfast Day observer. Nobody has kept precise track but through word of mouth ICFBD has been celebrated in many homes, states and countries all over the world. Some people give parties with musical instruments, others simply celebrate with family members. There is no right or wrong so long as you follow the 3 plus 1 simple Ice Cream for Breakfast Day Rules (1) Eat ice cream (2) for breakfast (3) on the first Saturday in February (4) spread the word The rest is up to you! You can become an Official Ice Cream for Breakfast Day Ambassador! Simply send this link to seven of your friends who you think might be interested. |
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| THE LIST FOR 2006 includes: Wellington, NEW ZEALAND (the first to celebrate), Cochabama, BOLIVIA, Royal Flat in Mandeville, JAMAICA, Bangalore, INDIA, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND, Melbourne, Bellevue Hill (near Bondi Beach, Sydney) AUSTRALIA, Huangzhou, CHINA, London, ENGLAND, Vancouver, BC & St. John's NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA, Jerusalem, (Talipot Neighborhood), Kibbutz Gezer & Ketura (in the Negev) ISRAEL, and Montevideo, URUGUAY In the U.S : Bozeman, MT, Oklahoma City, OK, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Capitol Hill, SE, DC, Albany, Hartsdale, Queensbury, Syracuse, Red Hook and Rochester NY, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, Cleveland, OH, Bethesda, Potomac and Severna Park, MD. Still waiting for positive confirmation from Palmer Station, or McMurdo, Antarctica, Hawaii and American Samoa. THE LIST FOR 2007 , we heard from: MISSY MOO'S ICE CREAM CAFE in Dubbo, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA and celebrants in Beijing & Huangzhou CHINA, Bellevue Hill (near Sydney) AUSTRALIA, Vancouver, BC, CANADA In the US: RX Trails in Ellicot City, MD, (it appears to be an office event), Los Angeles, CA, Bozeman, MT, Miami, FL, Alexandria, VA, Westport, CT, Queensbury, Hartsdale, Albany, NY, Bethesda, MD, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, MN, Oakland, CA, Queensbury, NY, St. Paul, MN THE LIST FOR 2008- WE HEARD FROM BEIJING, CHINA (5th year),HANGZHOU (2nd year),CAIRO, EGYPT,GENEVA, SWITZERLAND,LONDON, ENGLAND,BEIT HAKEREM, JERUSALEM (20th year) BEIT SHEMESH, ISRAEL,SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA (3rd year - 1st@tamarama- -overlooking the Tasman Sea!),MODIIN, ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (8th Year! @Talpiot) BEIJING, CHINA, OXFORD, U.K., HIGHLAND PARK, IL, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (2nd year), CASTRO VALLEY, CA, WALDORF, MD (anchor fellowship reformed presbyterian church - women's bible study), HARTSDALE, NY (11th year), BRANFORD, CT PITTSBURGH, PA (the upper saint clair community of girl scouts...and moms!) QUEENSBURY, NY,WHITE PLAINS, NY, WEST ORANGE, NJ (8th year! @ Congregation Ohr Torah), LISLE, IL (5th year! alcatel-lucent f.k.a. lucent technologies), BETHESDA, MD (28th year),CLEVELAND, OH (heights jewish ctr synagogue), ROCHESTER, NY PHILADELHIA, PA, WESTPORT, CT, PASADENA, CA, OAKLAND, CA (2nd year!) ELLICOT CITY, MD (rx trails),BRISTOL, CT (Girl Scout Troop 60589), POTOMAC, MD (10TH YEAR!), NEVADA CITY, CA, ALBANY, NY, ST. PAUL, MN also checkout icecreamforbreakfastday.blogspot.com Webmaster: Eye'ma C. Kret -- Contact Me |
| In 2004, we heard from ICFBD celebrants in far off places including: Japan, Jerusalem, Montevideo, Uruguay, St. John's Newfoundland. If you'd like your home town (exotic or not) to be listed as a place where someone celebrated just CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL to let us know so we can post the info. THE LIST for 2005 (just a sampling of places)Jodhpur, INDIA; Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Vancouver, B.C./CANADA; Melbourne, AUSTRALIA; London, ENGLAND; Livermore, California; USA, CHINA, Kibbutz Gezer, ISRAEL; Shoham, Kiron and Yehud, ISRAEL, Princeton, NJ; Lisle, IL, Longwood and Winter Springs FL; Nashua and Hudson NH; Hadley, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Bloomington IN, Minneapolis MN, Bozeman, MT, Cleveland OH, Hadley, MA, Washington, D.C. and Bethesda MD, Seattle, WA, and last but certainly not least, Fuquay Varina, (I didn't make that one up) NC, USA) and Lucketts, VA(also in 05 & 04) Still waiting for positive confirmation from Palmer or McMurdo Station, Antarctica |
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| WORDS OF WISDOM FORWARDED FROM A SOURCE @ MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY "My advice to you is not to inquire why or wither but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy." ---Thornton Wilder "A little ice cream, tumbled about, anon, becomes a mountain." --paraphrased from King John, by Shakespeare To Join Itzah C. Kret's Email Mailing List and receive updates about his books and Ice Cream for Breakfast events CLICK HERE to see something in Japanese, click on the blog below. http://onohiroki.cocolog-nifty.com/handshaking/2007/02/post_ e10b.html |
** REAL NEWS from 2007 **
**It is with sadness that we've been informed that February 3, 2007 will
be the first ICFBD celebrated without Florence Rappaport. She is the
grandma who invented ICFBD. May we celebrate her life and remember
her gifts to all of us.
*We've received one unconfirmed report that authorities in CHINA, have
internally blocked the link to ICFBD. Nevertheless, there will be
celebrations both in HUANZHOU and BEIJING.
**It is with sadness that we've been informed that February 3, 2007 will
be the first ICFBD celebrated without Florence Rappaport. She is the
grandma who invented ICFBD. May we celebrate her life and remember
her gifts to all of us.
*We've received one unconfirmed report that authorities in CHINA, have
internally blocked the link to ICFBD. Nevertheless, there will be
celebrations both in HUANZHOU and BEIJING.
| The list for 2009 We've heard from TAMARANA, AUSTRALIA(NEAR SYDNEY-4TH YR)HONG KONG, CHINA (WELCOME!)CAIRO, EGYPT (2ND YR) BEN GURION UNIVERSITY, BEER SHEBA, ISRAELHANOI, VIETNAM (1ST YEAR - WELCOME !!!) VANCOUVER, BC BEIT SHEMESH, ISRAEL KIBBUTZ KETURA,* (NEGEV, ISRAEL) MODIIN, ISRAEL (15TH YEAR!) PERTH, AUSTRALIA ! OXFORD, UK (2ND YEAR) COLUMBIA, MO PHILADELPHIA, PA ALEXANDRIA, VA (Burgundy Farm Country Day School) PITTSBURGH, PA (Pittsburgh Geocaching Assoc.) Upper St. Clair, PA (Western PA Girl Scout Troop #51241) NEVADA CITY, CA (NEVADA UNION H.S.- NEVADA CITY COHOUSING) HIGHLAND PARK, IL BRANFORD, CT (2ND YEAR) PHOENIX, AZ QUEENSBURY, NY VERONA, NJ (CONGREGATION BETH AHM) WEST ORANGE, NJ (CONGREGATION OHR TORAH) COLLEGE PARK, MD (U OF MD. HILLELl) ALEXANDRIA, VA (TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CH.) ROCHESTER, NY (WHERE IT ALL BEGAN DECADES AGO!! MOSCOW, ID (20TH YEAR) WESTPORT, CT (3RD YEAR) BOZEMAN, MT (20 YEARS) NEW YORK, NY FAIRPORT, NY (MOONLIGHT CREAMERY)ELLICOTT CITY, MD (Rx Trails) AMHERST, NH PLAINSBORO, NJ ALBANY, NY (B'NAI SHALOM CONGREGATION) OAKLAND, CA (6TH OLYMPIAD) PASADENA, CA (3RD YEAR) NORTHHAMPTON, MA (3RD YEAR) WASHINGTON, D.C. BRISTOL, CT (2nd Yr, Girl Scout Troop # 60589 !) *Anybody have a clue what גלידה לארוחת בוקר looks like? |
| DESIGN CONTEST!!! send in your designs for a Postcard Sized refrigerator magnet celebrating ICFBD. Winner will get a free magnet. Deadline Feb 5, 2013. email your design to ItzahCkret@ItzahCkret.com |
| GOOD news for 2010 *Philadelphia ICFBDers collect donations for relief efforts in Haiti and feature homemade girlscout cookie ice cream to honor all the great service girl scouts do! *the cutting board cafe in ridgefield, ct holds 2nd annual icfbd celebration with free* ice cream for kids under 12!!! Click here to see facebook event from 2009 This year there'll be whoopie pie ice cream sundaes and possibly homemade kit kat milkshakes. *with purchase of a breakfast or lunch *Kehilat Achva, Modiin, Israel will be celebrating immediately after shabbat services. "All welcome (b.y.o.i.c.) Sprinkles on us!" *the town scoop recently opened in mocksville, NORTH CAROLINA and will celebrate IICFBD ! * Ben & Jerry's decided to reintroduce phish food to israel! *click HERE FOR MOONLIGHT CREAMERY ARTICLE |
| The List for 2010 INCLUDES Minneapolis, MINNESOTA, Fairport, NEW YORK (Moonlight Creamery!!!) Ridgefield, CONNECTICUT (The Cutting Board Cafe) Modiin, ISRAEL (2nd Yr- Two groups, same town), Talpiot, ISRAEL Bethesda, MARYLAND, Highland Park, ILLINOIS, Washington, D.C. Tamarama, AUSTRALIA! (5th Yr) see invitation above Olathe, KANSAS!, Mocksville, NORTH CAROLINA (1st year at the recently opened Town Scoop!!!), Beer Sheva, ISRAEL (student dorms @ Ben Gurion University - 2nd Year), Bet Shemesh, ISRAEL, Cairo, EGYPT Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA (@ Kings Family Restaurant, Pittsburgh Geocaching Assoc. Event), Upper St. Claire, PENNSYLVANIA (Girl Scout Troop #51241) Plain, WASHINGTON, Mount Desert Island, MAINE! Talpiot, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (15th year!), New Orleans, LOUISIANA!, Naperville, ILLINOIS, Branford, CONNECTICUT Vancouver, BC CANADA (See 2010 Olympic mascot above left) Albany, NEW YORK (5th yr @ B'nai Shalom Reform Congregation) Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA !!! Beit Hakarem, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (23rd year!) Davidsonville, MARYLAND, Annapolis, MARYLAND, Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS, Huangzhou, CHINA (4th Year!),Shanghai, CHINA |
| Click here to See Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot hitting the sauce....the tragic figure is also our mascot for the day! |
| THE LIST FOR 2011 includes: Fairport, NEW YORK (Moonlight Creamery !!!), Jacksonville, FLORIDA (1ST YEAR -WELCOME!) Hong Kong, CHINA, Beit Shemesh, ISRAEL, Mount Desert Island, MAINE, Seattle, WASHINGTON, Talpiot, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, Las Vegas, NEVADA (a MOM's club- 1st year - welcome!), Kibbutz Gezer, ISRAEL (20th Year!), Chevy Chase, WASHINGTON, DC Bethesda, MARYLAND, Bozeman, MONTANA, Sierra Madre, CALIFORNIA Sydney, AUSTRALIA, Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA, Kibbutz Ketura, ISRAEL (29TH YEAR!) Seattle, WASHINGTON (@ Molly Moon's Ice Cream), Lockeford, CALIFORNIA Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS, Modiin, ISRAEL (2nd year!), Highland Park, ILLINOIS Upper St. Claire, PENNSYLVANIA (Girl Scout Troop#51241), Menomonie, WISCONSIN (Town's 1st Celebration!) ,Vancouver, B.C., CANADA, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL (several locations) Branford, CONNECTICUT, Beit Shemesh, ISRAEL, (2nd year), Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (2nd year), Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (2nd year), Telluride, COLORADO ,Hadley, MASSACHUSETTS, Albany, NEW YORK (6th year @Bnai Sholom Reform Congregation - Avon, CONNECTICUT, (-With recitation of Hallel), Edgewater, MARYLAND (2ND YEAR!) Saskatchewan, CANADA (Red Hat Societies ofSaskatoon-1st year, Welcome!) ,Albany, NEW YORK ( 2nd group same city), Pasadena, CALIFORNIA, Upper St. Clair, PENNSYLVANIA (not a duplicate, 2nd Girl Scout Troop and Pittsburgh area Geocatchers) ,Tampa, FLORIDA - 1ST YEAR, WELCOME, Dutchess County, NEW YORK, Denver, COLORADO, Reston, VIRGINIA Benton Harbor, MICHIGAN, Cabin John, MARYLAND, Alexandria, VIRGINIA (Burgundy Farm Country Day School--the science students made their ice cream the week before!) Sandy, UTAH (First year! Welcome!) |
| "Protect Planet Earth--It's the Only Known source of Ice Cream" *Winner*! Best Motto 2011 from Menomonie, WI |
| The List for 2012: We heard from Kibbutz Ketura, Israel (since "the 80's")Yehilat Achva, MODIIN, ISRAEL (4th Year!) Talpiot, JERUSALEM (8th Year)Bethesda, MARYLAND (28th year!) SUNY at GENESEO, NEW YORK will be hosting in ALL THE DINING HALLS !!! Vancouver, B.C. CANADA,Northfield, MINNESOTA!,Seattle, WASHINGTON Beit Shemesh, ISRAEL (14th Year!),Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA (4th Year, Pittsburgh Area Geo Caching Association),Upper St. Clair, PENNSYLVANIA (Girl Scouts of Upper St. Clair) Beit Hakerem, JERUSALEM ISRAEL (22nd Year-- it's an unofficial holiday on their shul calendar) Branford, CONNECTICUT,Albany, NEW YORK (7th year at B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation) Verona, NEW JERSEY (20th year on and off at Congregation Beth Ahm),Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA,Wheaton, MARYLAND, Rochester, NEW YORK (Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh), Brooklyn, NEW YORK (1st time! Montanez Family),Washington, DC Boise, IDAHO,Hamilton, ONTARIO (1st year!),Spencerport, NEW YORK (2nd year!) St. Louis, MISSSOURI (1st year, John Bextermiller family & friends), Sierra Madre, CALIFORNIA |
| In 2013, We heard from: Thalwi (near Zurich), SWITZERLAND Melrose Park, PENNSYLVANIA Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA (1st year! - The Penny Ice Creamery) Binghamton, NEW YORK-31st Year! @Beth David Synagogue, offering Rice Dream and a Cholov Yisroel Version Sierra Madre, CALIFORNIA, 3rd year (5th year total) Khartoum, SUDAN (1st Year! Hooray!!!!) Beer Sheva, ISRAEL (Zion Waldorf family-1st time in BS, before in Jerusalem) Fairport, NEW YORK (Moonlight Creamery-for MakeA Wish Fdn) Modiin's Kehilat Achva, ISRAEL (5th Year) Potomac, MARYLAND (7th year at Har Shalom) Ocotal, COSTA RICA, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL(9th yr) Chevy Chase & Bethesda, MARYLAND Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA Potomac, MARYLAND (15th year) Vancouver, CANADA,Kibbutz Ketura, Jerusalem, ISRAEL (31st Year!) Beit Shemesh, ISRAEL (15th Consecutive Year) Albany & Westchester (25th yr), NEW YORK Bethesda (37th yr) & North Bethesda, MARYLAND Upper St. Clair-Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA Madison, WISCONSIN, Missoula, MONTANA Seattle, WASHINGTON, Washington, DC, Westport, CONNECTICUT, Danvers, MASSACHUSETTS Ocean City, NEW JERSEY (@ Arlene's) |