Hi everyone!
I hope you’re staying warm! Myself and the rest of the student body are hopeful that this is the last week of super cold winter weather before things start to warm up in March. Until then, though, we’ll keep our fingers crossed (through our gloves, of course) as we weather this last bit of snow together and head into the rest of the semester.
It can be easy to want to stay inside when the weather is in the negatives or it’s snowing, but lately, my friends and I have been bored of watching television and reading, so we decided to go to downtown Iowa City and find a local event we could attend. The downtown area always hosts events for the community whether it’s concerts, farmer’s markets, festivals, or more. This winter, the city decided to host an Iowa City Cookie Crawl that would span across twenty stores, and since my friends and I needed to get out of the house (and satiate our sweet tooths!) we signed up for the event!
On the day of the event, we were able to check in and get a handheld, red cookie tin where we collected and held our cookies as we went from store to store. The shops that helped run the event all had different purposes; there was Blick, the art store, Cielo, the jewelry/clothing store, Beno’s, the flower shop, Wedge, the pizzeria, and so many more! It was so much fun going to all my favorite shops and then a few that I had never been inside of before! That’s the amazing thing about Iowa City. Even though I’ve been here for nearly four years, I still haven’t seen all of it!
I’m sure you’re wondering if the cookies were delicious or not and don’t worry, they did NOT disappoint! Every shop had a wide range of cookies to choose from. They had chocolate chip cookies, monster cookies, sugar cookies, coffee-filled cookies, and one store even had baklava! I’ve never tried baklava before, and now I need to try it again because it was sooo good. Not only did I experience new stores in Iowa City, but new cookies too!
The entire cookie crawl took us about two hours, and we barely noticed the cold because we were inside the stores so often. I genuinely loved being able to try something cool and different with my friends which got us out of the house during the winter. It was also a great way to support local businesses and events in the downtown Iowa City area. If you’re curious about what other events the downtown area puts on, check out this website here.
This was a short blog post, but no worries! I’ll be back with more posts soon so until next time!
