August is historically the steamiest, stickiest, sweatiest month of the year–brilliant move, Founding Fathers, building the nation’s capital on a swamp–in these parts. We’ve tracked down 31 frozen treats (one a day for the rest of this month) to provide you with some temporary, and often insanely delicious, relief.
The place: Lazy Sundae – 112 N. West St., Falls Church; 703-532-5299; www.mikesdeliatlazysundae.com
The prescription: Head in the Clouds ice cream. This surreal looking scoop of dyed vanilla ice cream interwoven with marshmallow fluff is so near and dear to Lazy Sundae co-founder Rebecca Tax’s heart, she got a tattoo of the sky blue sweet (David Tax, her brother and business partner, chose to get inked with a mocha chip cone in honor of their mom). The stuff is crazy sweet, hitting you with an intoxicating rush of gooey-rich fluff, while the underlying vanilla is super creamy and extra buttery. “Our ice cream is made approximately five days after being in a cow,” David assured me, tipping his hat to Shenandoah’s Pride Dairy for the exquisite raw material.
Lazy Sundae boasts all kinds of eclectic flavors–sprinkle of sunshine (littered with rainbow sprinkles), honey baklava (baklava folded into honey vanilla ice cream), strawberry cookies and cream (strawberry ice cream bolstered by crushed oreos), peppermint (their debut flavor back in 1996 and perennial top seller)–but they tend to only stick around for a short time. ” We rotate our entire inventory every two days or so,” David suggested.
Meanwhile, they’ve already prepped their next generation temptations: fried oreo and fried rice krispy treat sundaes. “We will be showcasing this at the Beach Shack this week and adding it at Lazy soon!” David pledged.
You have been warned.
–Warren
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Keep tabs on the month long Freeze Jag trek here.