I saw this man outside the Kenwood House, on one of the hottest days of the summer in London. In need of a refreshment, he alternated between sips of cool beer and licks of salted caramel ice cream. After a few minutes, I saw him place his ice cream cone in the spout of his beer bottle. He had ingeniously, and resourcefully, designed a solution to a problem many ice cream enthusiasts know well: where do you put your ice cream cone if you need to use your hands for something else, or simply want a break from your sweet treat? How do you prevent your ice cream from turning into a dripping, puddly mess?
I left the Kenwood House amused by this man’s creation, but also, as an ice cream lover myself, inspired by the mechanism he’d designed to keep his ice cream cone upright.
Sightings 