Anyone who knows me or my blog understands my love of ice cream. Is there anything better on a hot summer day than an ice cream sandwich? A college friend of mine introduced me to a place in Westwood, CA called Diddy Riese (pronounced DD Reese). I remember back in the day (20 years ago) when their freshly baked cookies were $.25 EACH! I’ve thought about this place many times over the years.

My mom has been seeing a Retinologist Doctor at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA Medical Center since December. We’ve come up for many visits but never get around Westwood because her appointments are SO long. The kids are now on summer break and time was on our side last week. After lunch, my mom treated us all to Diddy Riese where they’ve raised their prices to $.35 per cookie and $1.75 for an ice cream sandwich. Where in LA can you get a deal like that? Of course we all had the ice cream sandwiches. I got Mint Chip Ice Cream sandwiched between two M & M cookies. Heaven!