We celebrated the move into Brentwood by going to Pinkberry several times over the past couple of weeks, which is a huge departure for my all-time favorite fro-yo-- the one you get right before you go into Costco to buy your bulk protein bars and paper towels. Overall, I like the Pinkberry thing-- techno music, pastel colors, tart and fruity yogurt with fruit toppings, but jeez.....just when I thought fro-yo couldn't get any gayer.....hello Pinkberry!
Don't get me wrong-- it's good yogurt, but for $4.50, I half expected Cher to pop out and sing me a song while they mixed in my topping.
Am I alone in my nostalgia for the frozen yogurt of the 80's? When I was in high school, there was nothing quite like hanging out at the Penguin's on Hwy 111, right across the street from the mall. Yogurt was chocolate-vanilla swirl, not GREEN TEA. Why do kids need caffeine in their yogurt? Why do they even know about GREEN TEA? I think when I was a kid, the only time I'd ever had green tea was in that ice cream they serve you for dessert at Kobe's. Also, what exactly is lychee? I wasn't brave enough to actually get it IN the yogurt, but the Pinkberry guy made me try it. Overall, it had the consistency of sushi, and tasted like a plum. THIS is what kids are eating? Wow.
And that, my friends, was my old lady moment. Pinkberry has got to be the gayest fro-yo store I've ever seen. It couldn't be gayer even if they had chandeliers in the bathroom, if you know what I mean. I see what they're going for, but I have to say that given a side by side comparison, I'm still picking the Costco swirl fro-yo.
