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Please say you saw us in Athens Living | The Red & Black | Thursday, November 16, 2006 | 3 Athens has variety of desserts By AMELIA SIMS For The Red & Black In a stressful college environment, some times reaching for the sugar bowl is the best way to relieve tension. Instead of feel ing guilty, embrace all the wonderful desserts Athens has to offer. On West Broad St., between Lumpkin and College Ave. is Cold Stone Creamery, the top of every ice cream connoisseur’s list. The customer holds complete creative con trol, first choosing from a variety of ice creams and sorbets, such as Sweet Cream and Orange Sorbet. Then, after reviewing the countless topping options, which include walnuts, Snickers, graham crackers and more, one can select two to be smashed into the ice cream. The “Birthday Cake Remix,” a suggested mix of ice cream and toppings, is a popular combination that consists of brownies and rainbow sprinkles mixed together with Cake Batter ice cream. For the more daring, there are more exotic mixes of flavors. “Anything mixed into a sorbet (is a weird mix),” said John Cropp, an employee from Athens. “We have a guy who comes in and tries things like watermelon sorbet with choco late sprinkles and almonds.” Beginning in mid-October, Cold Stone Creamery will be offering Pumpkin-flavored ice cream and in December, Peppermint-fla vored ice cream. A small-sized bowl of any flavor with two toppings is $3.19 and a medium-sized bowl with two toppings is $3.49. University students with a valid UGA ID can also receive twenty percent off their purchase. Rirther down Broad Street, between College Ave. and Jackson St. is the Five Star Day Cafe, which offers a variety of homemade desserts at student-friendly prices like their super-sized Rice Krispies Treats and its more colorful counterpart, Fruity Pebble Treats, both of which are made in-store and are available daily for $2 each. The slightly more complex bar, “Butterscotch Yum-Yum,” which contains Cornflakes and melted butterscotch, and the ► See DESSERT, Page 4 fS||^9 ATHENS REALTY, INC. I—II % 706-353-0708 Duplexes Condominiums Apartments Houses Mobile Homes Tents We are ready to seal! www.athensrealty.net athensrealty @ bellsouth.net