National Ice Cream Day: Cool ways to celebrate the informal holiday

ONE WAS HURT. NO ONE HURT. THE HOUSES SEEM TO BE OKAY. BUT THE GARDENS TOOK A BEATING POWER WAS RESTORED IN UNINCORPORATED WARRENVILLE. JOANIE LUM, FOX, 32, CHICAGO. MARK AND I ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. BUT IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW TODAY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY. ONE WAY TO CELEBRATE. JOINING US THIS MORNING IS AARON STEVENSON, THE ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL DESIGNER OF THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? THANKS FOR HAVING ME. ALRIGHT WHAT IS IT? CREAM? THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION TO THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM IS ONE OF A

KIND, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT IS BUILT AROUND OUR MISSION OF CONNECTING AND INSPIRING IMAGINATION, FOLKS AROUND OUR SHARED BLOOD ADVICE. AND IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CAN GET FREE UNLIMITED ICE CREAM WITHIN WHAT YOU’VE GOT ME RIGHT THERE, FREE AND LIMITED LIMITED. WOW UNLIMITED. WHERE WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? HOW HOW WAS THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM STARTED. IT’S VERY WILLY WILLY WONKA ISH. YEAH SO IN 2016 MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM WAS FOUNDED BY OUR CO OWNERS, MARY ALICE FUN AND MANAGE FOUR AND, LIKE MOST OF THE MOST MAGICAL IDEAS

YOU CAN THINK OF IT CAME FROM THE DREAM THAT CHILD WAS FIVE YEAR OLD MARY ELLIS FUN WHO DREAMED OF DIVING INTO A POOL SPRINKLES. AND NOW

ALL OF OUR VISITORS GET BROUGHT TO LIFE. AND SEE OUR ICONIC SPRINKLES IN EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD. THAT’S KIND OF A RECURRING DREAM FOR ME TO JUMPING INTO A POOL OF ANALYZING LATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TELL ME ABOUT ICE CREAM. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN AROUND? WHO INVENTED IT? YOU KNOW, WHERE DID IT COME FROM? AND I’M REALLY HAPPY THEY DID. OH YEAH, LIKEWISE HERE,

SO I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGAN OF NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY 1984. THIS BECAME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. AND SINCE THEN, ON THE THIRD SUNDAY, EVERY JULY WE CELEBRATE, EVERYBODY NEEDED TREAT AND YOU WANT TO LEARN HISTORY OF ICE CREAM. HOW WE’VE BEEN MAKING IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 18 HUNDREDS TO HOW WE MAKE IT NOW AND HOW IT’S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS INVITE YOU TO COMPLAINTS AT THE MUSEUM. SO WHERE ARE YOU GUYS LOCATED? AND, UH AND WHAT ARE THE HOURS? YES SO WE ARE LOCATED AT THE TRIBUTE BUILDING RIGHT

AND BASED THAT UP TO MICHIGAN AVENUE AND YOU COME FIND US MOST DAYS FROM STARTING AT NINE AM TODAY GO AHEAD. TODAY, WE’LL BE HAVING AN ACTIVATION OUTSIDE, STARTING AT 11 WILL BE RUNNING OUT UNTIL 5 30. SO YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US. DO YOU BOWL AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR BREAKFAST ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, I’M REALLY SAD TO THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE 17 HUNDREDS MISSED OUT ON ICE CREAM. THAT’S SAD. MHM YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THERE’S ACTUALLY A HISTORY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GREEKS AND

FREEZING DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONCOCTIONS. BUT THE WAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT TERM CREAM AIR SUGAR WATER TO THE ICE CREAM WE START TO BE BAD HUNDREDS. AARON, WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE KIND? MY FAVORITE KIND. YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO THREE. IT’S GOING TO BE BUTTER PECAN. COFFEE AND PISTACHIO AND THOSE ARE SWAPPING OUT ALL THE TIME. YOU’RE ONE OF THOSE. YOU’RE PRETTY NUTTY, HMM. HEARD IT. SAY ERIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. SO YOU’RE LOCATED JUST RIGHT THERE ON MICHIGAN AVENUE. THE TRIBUNE BUILDING, HUH? THAT’S RIGHT. YEAH PLEASE COME JOIN US TODAY FROM

11 A.M. HE PARTNERED WITH DOVE AND IDEAS, ARTISTS AND ICE CREAM. WE’RE GONNA BE SERVING THAT ALL OF OUR VISITORS OUTSIDE FOR FREE ALSO BROUGHT OUR ICONIC SPRINKLE POOL OUTSIDE INTO PIONEER COURT FOR EVERYBODY WHO JOINS US TO ENJOY ALL RIGHT THE SPRINKLE POOL. I