Nayanika Kapoor – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com Breaking news from the Farm since 1892 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:17:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-DailyIcon-CardinalRed.png?w=32 Nayanika Kapoor – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com 32 32 204779320 The Top 5 ice cream shops in Palo Alto https://stanforddaily.com/2014/08/19/the-top-5-ice-cream-shops-in-palo-alto/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/08/19/the-top-5-ice-cream-shops-in-palo-alto/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:01:23 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1087497 As the weather begins to cool down, say goodbye to summer with the best sweet treat around. Here are the best ice cream places in Palo Alto!

CREAM - 440 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA

Since its opening in June 2013, CREAM has maintained its large fan following. For the first few months, it was impossible to get an ice cream sandwich without waiting for at least 30 minutes. Even though the hype has now died down, the high-quality cookies and ice cream still remain. Choose from 17 different cookie flavors (including gluten-free and vegan options) and 20 different ice cream flavors to create the best ice cream sandwich you’ve eaten. A traditional, two-cookie ice cream sandwich comes to about $3. Its menu also includes floats and milkshakes. CREAM provides a delicious and creative way to eat your favorite cookies and ice cream, and overall, lives up to the hype.

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As the weather begins to cool down, say goodbye to summer with the best sweet treat around. Here are the best ice cream places in Palo Alto!

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(FRANCES GUO/Stanford Daily)

CREAM –  440 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA

Since its opening in June 2013, CREAM has maintained its large fan following. For the first few months, it was impossible to get an ice cream sandwich without waiting for at least 30 minutes. Even though the hype has now died down, the high-quality cookies and ice cream still remain. Choose from 17 different cookie flavors (including gluten-free and vegan options) and 20 different ice cream flavors to create the best ice cream sandwich you’ve eaten. A traditional, two-cookie ice cream sandwich comes to about $3. Its menu also includes floats and milkshakes. CREAM provides a delicious and creative way to eat your favorite cookies and ice cream, and overall, lives up to the hype.

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(FRANCES GUO/Stanford Daily)

Tin Pot Creamery – 855 El Camino Real #121, Palo Alto, CA

Tin Pot Creamery, located in Town and Country Village, provides high-quality ice cream. Some of their flavors include salted butterscotch, malted milk with milk chocolate pieces and Earl Grey tea. Its menu includes two vegan options as well. Tin Pot’s ice cream is reputed to be on the creamier side. A single scoop comes to about $3.50.

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(FRANCES GUO/Stanford Daily)

Scoop Microcreamery- 203 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA

Scoop Microcreamery offers ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. Its location is prime: right across from Pizza My Heart on University Ave. It provides interesting and unusual flavors such as avocado, chili mango, and a customer favorite, bourbon vanilla. Its prices begin at about $4.95 for one scoop.

Palo Alto Creamery- 566 Emerson St., Palo Alto, CA

This classic diner offers some of the best milkshakes and ice cream around. It offers 20 different classic flavors and provides creamy, rich ice cream. Apart from its milkshakes and ice cream, it has a large selection of diner food. Its milkshakes start at $6.95 (for a sizable portion) and its ice cream begins at $3.50.

Rick’s Ice Cream – 3946 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA

Rick’s Ice Cream is a small ice cream parlor with high-quality ice cream. It provides creamy and rich ice cream, with 48 classic and newer flavors. Some of its flavors include saffron pistachio, mint cookie (with Thin Mints in them!) and computer chip (chocolate chip ice cream infused with orange). It also bakes brownies, cakes, whoopie pies and ice-cream cakes. Its scoops start at $3.

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Album review: Ed Sheeran’s long-awaited “X” https://stanforddaily.com/2014/07/23/album-review-ed-sheerans-long-awaited-x/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/07/23/album-review-ed-sheerans-long-awaited-x/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:32:38 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1086978 After three years, Ed Sheeran’s long-awaited “X” album was released on June 23, 2014. I’m not sure if I can say it went above and beyond my expectations, but it was certainly unexpected.

“X,” also known as “Multiply,” features a diverse collection of tracks. It includes some “classic” Sheeran songs such as “Photograph,” “One” and “Even my Dad Does Sometimes.” It also shows an unfamiliar side of him with upbeat songs, such as “Don’t,” “Runaway,” “Sing” and “Nina.” Many of the songs are a hybrid between his mellower songs and his faster songs, such as “I’m a Mess,” “Thinking Out Loud” and “Bloodstream.”

The special thing about Sheeran’s music in his last album,“+,” was the vulnerability he managed to show in every song. There was a certain honesty, and even pain, in all of his songs. I was happy to find that this hadn’t been lost in his new album. Except for “Sing,” he hasn’t commercialized his compositions at all, and all of his songs feel authentic.

I thought “X” had more of one thing than “+”: passion. There’s one line from “I’m a Mess” that I think encompasses the album as a whole: “See the flames inside my eyes, they burn so bright.” You can feel the fire in every one of his songs, even the slower ones. It seems that he wasn’t afraid to show more than just sadness in this album.

Overall, “Multiply” was worth the wait. At first, I was disappointed not to find more of the “Old Ed.” But after listening to the rest of the album, I realized that his new music wasn’t bad at all. Artists change, and if their music is a reflection of who they are, then their music should change, as well. I’m already awaiting the next album to see the next stage in the evolution of Ed Sheeran. But in the meantime, “Multiply” should be enough to tide me over for the next three years.

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After three years, Ed Sheeran’s long-awaited “X” album was released on June 23, 2014. I’m not sure if I can say it went above and beyond my expectations, but it was certainly unexpected.

“X,” also known as “Multiply,” features a diverse collection of tracks. It includes some “classic” Sheeran songs such as “Photograph,” “One” and “Even my Dad Does Sometimes.” It also shows an unfamiliar side of him with upbeat songs, such as “Don’t,” “Runaway,” “Sing” and “Nina.” Many of the songs are a hybrid between his mellower songs and his faster songs, such as “I’m a Mess,” “Thinking Out Loud” and “Bloodstream.”

The special thing about Sheeran’s music in his last album,“+,” was the vulnerability he managed to show in every song. There was a certain honesty, and even pain, in all of his songs. I was happy to find that this hadn’t been lost in his new album. Except for “Sing,” he hasn’t commercialized his compositions at all, and all of his songs feel authentic.

I thought “X” had more of one thing than “+”: passion. There’s one line from “I’m a Mess” that I think encompasses the album as a whole: “See the flames inside my eyes, they burn so bright.” You can feel the fire in every one of his songs, even the slower ones. It seems that he wasn’t afraid to show more than just sadness in this album.

Overall, “Multiply” was worth the wait. At first, I was disappointed not to find more of the “Old Ed.” But after listening to the rest of the album, I realized that his new music wasn’t bad at all. Artists change, and if their music is a reflection of who they are, then their music should change, as well. I’m already awaiting the next album to see the next stage in the evolution of Ed Sheeran. But in the meantime, “Multiply” should be enough to tide me over for the next three years.

 

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