I sat in a yellow chair waiting for my Therapist.
I admired a pink wall decorated with 3D faces topped with bobbed hair with long bangs. On the opposite wall, an abstract mural in blue and purple reminded me of ocean waves.
Then The Therapist arrived, a chocolate milkshake wonder at PopLove Gelato in Virginia Beach, the only Virginia location and the fourth for the Florida-based chain. Husband and wife, Flover Villa and Andrea Bernal from Colombia, own the local shop.
The cute ice cream shop opened last month in the Timberlake Shopping Center serving milkshakes, smoothies and cold drinks topped with handmade gelato popsicles. Though prices aren’t listed in the store or website, the owners’ daughter Alejandra Villa will help you navigate the menu.
You can mix and match the popsicles with the drinks, or enjoy a popsicle by itself. They come in 35 flavors such as Nutella, rum raisin and lulo, a fruit native to Colombia with citrus notes. They looked like they were made in conjoined ice cube molds.