There’s always money in the banana stand…
June 20, 2008
How could I forget to mention Julian and my most memorable vacation highlight? We took a detour to Balboa Island, where many favorite scenes from the great Arrested Development show were shot. Think of all those moments of Gob visiting the frozen banana stand on his segway and making yachts disappear – all filmed here. We were hoping to find the banana stand from the TV show, but no luck. The whole banana stand concept was based on the famous frozen bananas from Balboa Island though. We went to hunt down a frozen banana and found 2 competing shops a couple doors down from each other, both claiming to be The Original Frozen Banana. That’s a mystery! We bought ourselves up one. Julian was extra-impressed. Unfortunately, my mouth-cage was not liking the idea of a rock-solid-frozen-banana, so I’ll have to take his word for it. He offered to chew pieces off for me, but I have to draw the line on that one. Thanks anyway!
On a side note, I think I want to vacation in Balboa Island someday. It looks more like a New England town, with quaint little multi-million dollar houses lining private docks, made to look like English cottages. You know those ones that are overgrown with foliage and have little doors that open up only on the top half? So cute!
