#Olin and Willow

[arachmech]

I have a character named Olin, who is a deserter from a space cult. All members of said cult have undergone genetic modifications to bear children, but are dangerously xenophobic and raid numerous colonies for supplies.

Olin and a few others of the cult stole a shuttle and hid out on a backwater colony inhabited by both humans and aliens, and he meets his future wife Willow when he is employed by her family as a guard. Half a month into his and Willow’s relationship, Olin was badly disfigured, which is the reason for the mask. He now speaks in a type of sign language similar to asl.

He has Simon at 33 yrs via IVF with Willow’s eggs and his sperm, simply because I wanted him to.

[leanstooneside]

The leopard does not change his spots

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[asforetoldsobelow-comic]

HAPPY MONDAY LOOK WHO IT IS IT'S CAT

[brcha]

tagdrop

v: princess of alderaan ( please picture me in the trees ) v: before the wars ( now come the days of queen breha; may they be blessed ) v: the clone wars ( i will not change our traditions for a repellent regime ) v: an imperial galaxy ( we can outlast the empire ) v: imperial occupation ( i was a queen and you took away my crown ) v: surviving alderaan ( is a queen still a queen with no planet and no people )

: bail organa ( i take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover ) : leia organa ( she will be loved with us ) : winter retrac ( little golden moon and stars ) : fess ilee ( if anything ever happens to me and you’re in trouble go to fess ) : ferus olin ( only twenty minutes to sleep but you dream of some epiphany ) : deara antilles ( when the words of a sister come back in whispers ) : padmé amidala ( i wish more than anything that you could see her grow ) : alderaan ( alderaan is peaceful; we have no weapons ) : visage ( gleaming twinkling eyes like sinking ships on waters ) : canon quotes ( the stuff of legends )

: aesthetics & wardrobe ( with beauty or the appreciation of beauty) : art ( some people are so talented ) : my edits ( liesl makes things ) : musings ( take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die ) : headcanons ( my mind turns your life into folklore ) : wishlist ( first star i see tonight ) : imagery ( slow motion double vision in rose blush )

r: family ( loving someone deeply gives you courage ) r: breha organa & leia organa ( my daughter is a miracle who never ceases to be miraculous ) r: breha organa & bail organa ( life was a willow and it bent right to your wind )

[ashestoashcraft]

100 Iron Artist Characters

I’ve 99% completed the list of 100 OCs that I will be illustrating for an iron artist challenge I’m undertaking. All TH profiles and/or gallery posts will be linked here to their character names as illustrations in Iron Artist are complete. All the OCs will belong to myself with the exception of 13 out of the 100 of which my fiance either created or shares with me.

The reason the list is 99% done and not 100% is because there are a few characters yet to be listed. Unlisted Characters are (a) my fiance’s characters; the listed ones are official, but the rest are undecided currently and (b) surprise Pokemon in Renee and Dr. Rin’s parties, which will be announced later, likely as I draw them.

I won’t be necessarily drawing everything on this list in order, not everyone will have a TH profile yet, and I may even change the list a little bit as time goes on (though I’m going to make an effort not to).

KEY: Crossed Off = Even though it’s redundant, I’m just crossing off all the characters that I’ve already drawn for the Iron Artist challenge. (IA#) = Iron Artist and the chronological order number in which I completed the illustration. (TH) = Toyhouse profile for that character, in case you want to get to know them a little better and/or see other potential illustrations. (WIP) = I haven’t yet completed the Iron Artist piece for this character, but I have some WIP work to give curious birds a little sneak peek.

CHARACTER LIST

Ashcraft Starborne (IA1) (TH)

Carrot Top

Itzel

Korkarea

Quon

Aziz

My Fiance’s Top 13 Charas

Sariel Ray Silver

Orphelia Luna Silver

Xenon Havok Garden

Akitla

Jet

The rest are to be decided. Possibilities include:

Valentine, Harland, & Vivian Bronze

Gabriel, Scarlet, & Sterling Silver

Olin & Kaikane

Merfolk

Orphelia’s friends

Goofy Hell

Seraphim

Ivan

Cain Rivers

Weak: DOaP

Azazel Redfield Sharpe (WIP)

Asmodeous Sharpe

Ji Ah

Malcolm Christian X

Titus Lucius DeKatch

Lucius Gordan Ramsay

Heidi

Monique Tara Shae

Aster

Yuugure

Yuu’s bf

Renee DeKatch

Reckless

Dr. Rin Osamu (IA3)

Renee’s Mom

Renee’s Dad

Renee’s Big Brother

Krishna

Krishna’s gf

Doki Doki Yakitate

Hoshimi Chi Akumu

Avila Akumu (IA2) (TH)

Noelani

Aurora

Flamingo

Haruto

Haruko

Kud Tue [KT] (and his band:)

> Ja Kyung [Jack]

> Hwan Ki [Kiki]

> Chi Hae [Khaos]

> Sayeo [Sunny]

> Jun

Pokemon Teams

Reckless’s Pokemon Pack

> Void (Shiny Umbreon)

> Fear (Haunter)

> Willow (Fearow)

> Lace (Aron)

> Fang (Mightyena)

> Talon (Houndoom)

Renee DeKatch’s Pokemon Party (6 undecided Pokemon)

Dr. Rin Osamu’s Pokemon Party (6 undecided Pokemon)

Tarot Cards & OCs

The Fool Male

The Fool Female

The Lovers Male

The Lovers Female

The World Male

The World Female 

King of Swords

Queen of Swords

Knight of Swords

Page of Swords

Ace of Swords

2 of Swords

3 of Swords

4 of Swords

5 of Swords

6 of Swords

7 of Swords

8 of Swords

9 of Swords

10 of Swords

King of Wands

Queen of Wands

5 of Wands

6 of Wands

King of Cups

Queen of Cups

King of Coins

Queen of Coins

[exitiumparit]

👄 / ferus @ roan's hip

@bellassan || kisses kisses kisses || accepting

“Hey, you’re fine,” Roan laughs gently, quietly, when Ferus starts awake.

Tissa was on the far side of Bellassa and a popular vacation spot for the Lands family. His parents suggested the whole family take a trip together, even if still on Bellassa, and with a large family, the date coincided fairly quick after their own wedding. It’s just a few weeks since they got married and Roan has decided being a newlywed, while remarkably the same as everything before, is actually pretty wonderful.

Most of the family had split off this afternoon and Roan and Ferus decided to just take some quiet time together. While Stella and her wife headed off with all the kids, the younger Lands siblings were inside playing cards with his parents, and Callen and his wife were out swimming. Roan wanted some peace after a busy few weeks and Ferus couldn’t complain.

They ended up underneath the shade of a lightbird willow, Roan sitting up against the trunk. Ferus laid back a bit against him, but after some time of just sitting quietly, Roan with a holobook, Ferus studying some vioflute music, slowly Ferus Olin drifted off with his head in Roan’s lap.

For awhile, Roan just stroked his husband’s hair as he dozed, content to comfortably read in the sunshine with everyone he loved near. However, eventually, Ferus jumps awake. He groans a sort of half-tired mumbling noise and rubs at his face.

“How long was I out?” he yawns and rolls to face Roan a bit better and presses a sweet, lazy kiss to Roan’s hip bone. Gently, Roan brushes the golden streak of Ferus’s hair away from his face.

“Maybe a half hour, tops,” Roan laughs. Ferus shrugs a little sleepily.

“Go back to sleep,” Roan insists, scratching gently, soothingly at his scalp. “You’re alright. It’s alright.”

[irtsu]

Minun Kuolematon

Hei minun nimeni on Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way ja minulla on eebenpuun mustat hiukset (sain nimeni niiden mukaan), jossa on purppuroita raitoja, ja punaiset latvat jotka ylettyivät keskiselkääni, ja jäänsiniset silmät, kuin kirkkaat kyyneleet, ja monet ihmiset sanovat että näytän Amy Leeltä (AN: Jos et tiijä kuka se on niin painu helvettiin täältä) En ole sukua Gerard Waylle mutta toivon että olisin koska hän on helvetin jäätävä hottis. Olen vampyyri mutta hampaani ovat suorat ja valkoiset. Minulla on kalpea valkoinen iho. Olen myös noita, ja käyn Englannissa taikakoulua nimeltään Tylypahka jossa käyn seitsemättä luokkaa. (Olen seitsemäntoista). Olen gootti (jos et siis tiennyt) ja puen pääosin mustaa. Rakastan Hot Topiccia ja ostan kaikki vaatteeni sieltä. Esimerkkinä, tänään puin mustan korsettin ja sopivan nauhan sen kanssa, ja mustan nahkaisen minihameen, pinkit verkkosukkahousut, ja mustat combatsaappaat. Minulla oli mustaa huulipunaa, valkoista alusvoidetta, mustat rajaukset ja punasta luomiväriä Kävelin Tylypahkan pihamaalla. Sato lunta ja vettä joten aurinko ei paistanut, josta olin erittäin iloinen. Paljon kalkkiksia tuijotti minua. Nostin keskisormeni heille.

"Hei Ebony!" Huusi ääni. Katsoin ylös. Se oli... Draco Malfoy!

"Mitäs Draco?" Kysyin.

"Ei mitään" hän vastasi ujosti.

Mutta sitten, kuulen ystävieni kutsuvan minua ja minun oli lähdettävä.

Luku 2.

Seuraavana päivänä heräsin makuuhuoneestani. Satoi lunta ja vettä taas. Avasin arkkuni kannen ja join verta pullosta joka minulla oli. Arkkuni oli eebenpuuta ja sisällä oli kuuman pinkkiä samettia jossa oli mustaa pitsiä reunoilla. Nousin arkustani ja otin pois ison MCR t-paitani mitä käytin pyjamana. Sitten, laitoin mustan nahkasen mekon, pentagrammi kaulakorun, combatsaappaat ja mustat verkkosukkahousut. Laitoin neljän parin korvakorut reikäisiin korviini ja hiukseni sekaiseen nutturaan. Ystäväni, Willow heräsi ja virnisti minulle. Hän heilautti hänen rinnalle ylettyviä korpinmustia hiuksiaan joissa oli pinkkejä raitoja ja avasi hänen metsänvihreät silmät. Hän laittoi hänen Marilyn Manson t-paidan, ja mustan minin, verkkosukat ja piikikkäät korkokengät. Laitoimme meikkimme (mustaa huulipunaa, valkoista alusvoidetta ja mustat kulmaukset.) "OMFG, näin kun puhuit eilen Draco Malfoyn kanssa!" hän sanoi innostuneena.

"Joo, entä sitte?" sanoin, punastellen.

"Tykkääks Dracosta?" hän kysyi kun menimme ulos luihuisten oleskeluhuoneesta kohti Suurta salia.

"En, en sitte niin vitussa!" huusin

"Joo just" hän huudahti. Ja juuri silloin, Draco käveli luokseni.

"Hei." hän sanoi.

"Hei." Vastasin flirttailevasti.

"Arvaa mitä." hän sanoi.

"Mitä?"  minä kysyin.

"No, Good Charlotte pitää konsertin Tylyahossa." hän kertoi minulle.

"Ei. Jeesus. Vitun. Luoja!" Minä kiljuin. Rakastan GC:tä. He ovat suosikkibändini, MCR lisäksi.

"No... haluaisitko lähteä kanssani?" hän kysyi.

Minä henkäisin.

[arachmech]

I’ve had the worst art block so here’s a sketch of Olin and his wife Willow, who has no complaints when Olin uses her as a pillow during his pregnancy with Simon

Aaaaand I forgot to draw his injured face so let’s just pretend he still has scars there.

[leanstooneside]

Helping others carry their burdens

- Dean McDermott's sought nostril

- Justin Bieber's shameless nostril

- Miranda Lambert's healing nostril

- Lea Michele's melodic nostril

- Kylie Jenner's precocious nostril

- Boo Boo Stewart's abroad nostril

- Willow Smith's eaten nostril

- Selena Gomez's interfering nostril

- Tracy Morgan's dedicated nostril

- Jessica Szohr's risque nostril

- Ben Roethlisberger's revolving nostril

- Seann William Scott's paramount nostril

- Kyle Howard's unsupervised nostril

- Beth Ostrosky Stern's beneficent nostril

- Keith Urban's hopeless nostril

- Jennifer Grey's exultant nostril

- Isabella Rossellini's operating nostril

- Jonah Hill's detective nostril

- Mel Gibson's acquainted nostril

- Bar Refaeli's worst-case nostril

- Simon Cowell's recycled nostril

- Christie Brinkley's leathern nostril

- Ginnifer Goodwin's Aristotelian nostril

- Roxy Olin's molecular nostril

- Elisabeth Moss's medical nostril

- Ricki Lake's diffused nostril

- Louis Tomlinson's humiliating nostril

- Jaden Smith's slanting nostril

- Rosie O'Donnell's congressional nostril

- Russell Crowe's hot-button nostril

- Lily Aldridge's herbal nostril

- Bridget Marquardt's imitated nostril

- Kristen Stewart's sweating nostril

- Paul Rudd's guaranteed nostril

- Camila Alves's wistful nostril

- Denis Leary's fledgling nostril

- Diane Kruger's balding nostril

[meeedeee]

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Ice cream has come a long way since the Good Humor truck. There’s nothing wrong with a simple cup or cone, but these days, you’re just as likely to find the ultimate creamy-cold treat rolled, sandwiched, flash-frozen or cloaked inches-thick in toppings right before before your eyes.

Bay Area scoop shops are leading some high-concept trends these days, and the variety of bold, Instagram-worthy creations is enough to give you brain-freeze — in a good way. As it turns out, the history of American ice cream has always been tied to a sense of innovation, says Amy Ettinger, ice cream historian and author of the new book, “Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America (Dutton, $26).

Smitten Ice Cream’s Brrr machine churns creamy ice cream before your eyes. (Photo: Audrey Ma) 

In the book, the Santa Cruz-based author delves into the legacy of extreme ice cream, starting with our Founding Fathers, who fancied oyster ice cream (yes, really), to the post-Prohibition novelty boom that gave birth to Eskimo Pies and Polar Cream Wafers, and on to Ben & Jerry’s, with its signature swirls and mix-ins.

“There’s always been this element of showmanship when it comes to ice cream,” Ettinger says. “It’s not just something you eat, it’s something you experience.”

Perhaps no Bay Area scoop shop is more synonymous with invention than San Francisco-based Smitten Ice Cream. To churn the ultimate from-scratch, made-to-order ice cream, founder Robyn Sue Fisher teamed up with a retired aerospace engineer to build a machine that flash-freezes ice cream at the time of sale using liquid nitrogen.

Today, Fisher’s Brrr machines and their signature fog fill seven shops in the Bay Area, including outposts in Lafayette, Oakland and San Jose, and yield ice cream with an ultra-rich, creamy texture — every time. Because Fisher believes that ice cream should be pure and made only from high-quality ingredients, she works with local and organic farms and purveyors to source everything.

“Ice cream should embody the definition of taste and wholesomeness,” she says. “That’s why we hand-churn every batch, so it’s fresh and we know exactly what’s in it.”

The Thai rolled ice cream craze has swept the Bay Area. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

But even discerning foodies can’t deny the joy that comes with a smattering of rainbow sprinkles or the Benihana-like show that goes on at Icicles’ five Bay Area locations. Icicles specializes in Thai-style rolled ice cream that is mixed by hand on large ice pans, then flattened into strips and rolled into cylinders in front of you. Toppings — everything from sugary cereal to gummies — are free and limitless, a perk that contributes to the shop’s mega popularity.

Like Icicles, the soft-serve giant Milkcow is also a cultural export — this time, from South Korea, where the popular franchise originated. At the busy Fremont and Castro Valley shops, co-owners and brothers Alex and Gordon Lai top the signature soft, milk-flavored ice cream with fantastical sweets, including raw honeycomb, cotton candy and the giant, wafflelike egg puffs that they remember as a popular street food item during their childhood years in Hong Kong.

“The quality and taste of our products are of the utmost importance, but our mission is also to create fond memories and bring smiles to people’s faces,” Gordon Lai says.

Especially when it reminds you of being a kid.

“At the end of the day, people can say whatever they want about purity and ingredients, but ice cream is about being transported to childhood,” Ettinger says. “Sometimes that means having something unexpected like a celery sorbet or being able to put whatever you want on your scoop of ice cream, because that’s what you did with your family —  or it’s what you longed to do.”

Whether you fancy savory organic ice cream or wacky soft-serve, here are 12 ice cream shops where you can find sweet and innovative treats this summer.

Churned-to-order

1. Smitten Ice Cream

These small, brightly-lit scoop shops specialize in ultra-premium ice cream that is made to order using founder Robyn Sue Fisher’s liquid nitrogen Brrr machine. Due to the smaller-sized crystals achieved with liquid nitrogen, Smitten’s ice cream has a super-creamy, smooth texture. Flavors have a culinary focus, change seasonally and are often gourmet updates on classics, including Brown Sugar with Cinnamon Shortbread, Blueberry Lavender and Strawberry White Balsmatic.

Must-order: Chocolate ($5-$6) may sound simple, but it’s actually a decadently rich ganache made with TCHO’s 60 percent cacao chocolate.

Details: Seven Bay Area locations, including 3545 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, and 3055 Olin Ave., San Jose; http://ift.tt/1eMhsfb

2. Crafts Creamery

This brightly lit shop opened two years ago and offers a variety of made-to-order (via liquid nitrogen) options: organic ice cream made with the good stuff from Straus Family Creamery, coconut-based nondairy frozen dessert and granitas. Choose your flavor — there are over 20, including matcha green tea, caramel latte and mint chocolate chip — and any mix-ins and watch as they pop it into a blender-meets-metal-bowl device, squirt it with liquid nitrogen and freeze it in minutes. Complain about the high-ish prices ($5.36-$9.69 plus toppings) all you want, but this place has lots of seating and accommodates birthday groups at no extra charge. Just give them a few days’ notice, so they can round up extra chairs.

Details: 100 Railroad Ave., Suite D, Danville; http://ift.tt/2qLXdwL

Must-order: Burnt sugar tastes like the top of creme brulee — but thick and cold.

Rolled

3. Icicles

At Icicles, ice cream is rolled into tight cylinders, then topped with cream. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Thailand’s rolled ice cream has hit the Bay Area, beginning at Icicles’ flagship shop in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood. Choose from 11 flavors, including PB&J or Bravocado, or ask the staff to create your favorite combo by mixing the original custard base (made from farm-fresh eggs, milk, sugar and cream) with your favorite toppings. They’ll chop and flatten everything before your eyes on large ice pans, then scrape it off into pretty, finished 3-inch rolls. Unlimited toppings add to the fun. Also available: dairy-free “fruit roll ups.”

Must-order: Try Nutella and Chill ($6.50), custard base blended with bananas, graham cracker and hazelnut-chocolate spread.

Details: Five Bay Area locations including 222 E. Third Ave., San Mateo, and 600 Main St., Suite F, Pleasanton; http://ift.tt/2rejoPJ

4. Freezing Point Creamery

An unassuming shop tucked inside Chinatown, Freezing Point Creamery is a tiny, cash-only joint where you can choose from five rolled ice cream flavors: strawberry, mango, purple yam, red bean, cookies and cream, or matcha. They also offer housemade ice cream in several nontraditional flavors, including wasabi, durian and ginger. Toppings also available.

Must-order: Try the purple yam ($7), made with real bits of yam. Enjoy it with a cup of the warming — and popular — ginger milk tea ($4.95), made with organic whole milk and ginger juice.

Details: 349 Seventh St., Oakland

Soft-serve, with a twist

5. Milkcow

This South Korean export boasts creamy, not-too-sweet milk-flavored soft ice cream. Its facility in Southern California sources milk from free-range cows that are fed Italian ryegrass. Drizzles include various syrups, such as pistachio and honey — sourced from Marshall’s Farm in American Canyon — and fanciful toppings, like locally made macarons, waffle-sized egg puffs, and housemade cotton candy.

Must-order: Raw honeycomb with honey drizzle ($4-$6) offers the sweetness and slight crumble of real honey, the perfect complement to this ultra-creamy, milky soft ice cream.

Details: 5657 Auto Mall Parkway, Fremont, and 3223 Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley; coming soon to Pleasanton; www.milkcowusa.com

6. Curbside Creamery

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Now in its third year, Tori Wentworth’s Temescal Alley scoop shop is an all-inclusive ice cream lover’s paradise. It specializes in gourmet versions of classic flavors (hello, Creamsicle) available in both traditional dairy and cashew-based vegan options. But it’s the soft-serve that we melted over — especially the smooth Thai iced tea and a slightly nutty vanilla that was thick and delicious, without even one icy crystal to bum us out. Soft-serve flavors change on Thursdays.

Must-order: Both the Salted Caramel and Bicycle Coffee Co. ($3.25-$5.75) make us swoon. Dairy-free folks: Get your hands on the vegan chocolate or vegan earl grey tea.

Details: 482 49th St., Oakland; http://ift.tt/VispTl

Extreme pops

7. Gelati Creation

This two-year-old Alameda ice-cream-on-a-stick shop specializes in housemade gelato and sorbetto pops ($3.65-$3.80 plus toppings). The sorbetto is made in-house from fresh or pureed fruit (everything from guava and passion fruit to mango and peach), water and sugar while the gelato base comes from a supplier and includes whole milk and sugar. The pops are not too sweet, which allows for layering drizzles — milk, white or dark chocolate — and toppings, such as ground nuts, chocolate chips, coconut flakes or rainbow sprinkles.

Must-order: These creations are very personal, but we’re partial to the coffee gelato pop with milk chocolate drizzle and crushed almonds.

Details: 222 B South Shore Center, Alameda; http://ift.tt/2dZ4aEN

8. Milk and Wood

The concept at this kiosk inside downtown San Jose’s hip SoFA Market is similar: Choose your flavor, your drizzle — in addition to the chocolate drizzles, they also offer sweetened condensed milk — and your toppings, and stand back as the artists make your dream a sugar-laden reality. Milk and Wood handcrafts the pops daily in up to 25 flavors, including chocolate hazelnut, mango strawberry, and cookies and cream, and offers crushed pretzels and chocolate shavings among other toppings. Everything’s made in small batches, so they often run out by evening, especially on weekends.

Must-order: Customers swear by the Green Tea Kit Kat or Mint Oreo with drizzles and toppings galore ($4-$5).

Details: 387 S. First St., San Jose; coming soon to Santa Cruz; www.milkandwood.com

Sandwiched

9. Maven’s Creamery

These macaron ice cream sandwiches are as beautiful as they are delicious. Available in cold cases at multiple locations around the Bay Area, Maven’s Creamery macarons are made with almonds, egg whites, milk and other ingredients, and come in six flavors, including bright purple Ube Macapuno, Coffee Hazelnut and speckled Rainbow Crunch. The ice cream’s thick, creamy consistency is the perfect complement to the cake-y macaron.

Details: Available at 12 Bay Area locations, including Poki Bowl in Palo Alto and San Jose, and Hang Ten Broiler in Hayward and Alameda; http://ift.tt/2jXnsN5

Must-order: The best-selling Cookies ‘n’ Cream ($6) packs all the creamy-delicious nostalgia of childhood between pretty blue macarons.

10. Cream

This ice cream sammie shop first opened in Berkeley in 2010 and has since exploded in the Bay Area. You can’t deny the variety. Gluten-free cookies? Check. Dairy-free ice cream? Yup. And the always-premium ingredients are custom-sandwiched to your specifications. Choose from 20-plus ice cream flavors and 10 fresh-baked cookies, including toffee nut, chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin plus brownie ice cream sandwiches, the Cream Taco and Do’sant — ice cream between two glazed donuts.

Must-order: We’re partial to the Caramel Cinnamon Chill ice cream, sandwiched between snickerdoodles, but it’s all good.

Details: 12 Bay Area locations including 2070 Salvio St., Concord and 2399 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley; http://creamnation.com

Eclectic flavors

11. Tara’s Organic Ice Cream

Tara Esperanza focuses on broadening your ice cream horizons. Her ice cream is made in small batches of two to four gallons at a time, using organic cane sugar and organic seasonal fruit, dairy and herbs sourced from local farms. The inventive flavors are like none you’ve likely tasted: Avocado and Baobab, for example, Butternut Curry, Chinese Five Spice, Orange Cardamom, Mocha and Lemon Verbena. For old-school purists, she also makes a killer chocolate chip ice cream.

Must-order: We love the saffron ice cream and, when available, any stone fruit flavor, including nectarine or white peach.

Details: 4731 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, and 3173 College Ave., Berkeley; www.tarasorganic.com

12. Salt and Straw

Sure, there are a lot of creameries in the Bay Area doing unique flavors, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t include this Portland export, which is already drawing 45-minute waits outside its new (and first) San Francisco scoop shop. Salt and Straw partners with local purveyors to create seasonal and unusual flavors that are OMG-good, like Arbequina Olive Oil, Pear and Blue Cheese, Avocado and Strawberry Sherbet, and Green Apple and Wasabi Flowers.

Talk about extreme: This month, Salt and Straw is featuring limited-edition ice creams made from food waste in San Francisco. Flavors include The Roxie Road (made with leftover popcorn from the Mission’s Roxie Theatre) and Roasted Sunchoke Mock Apple Pie (made with organic but misshapen sunchokes from San Francisco’s Imperfect Produce).

Must-order: Tough call. Seriously. We can’t help you. We dream of the Woodblock Chocolate at the SF shop, but the Olive Oil and Lemon Custard is also off-the-charts good.

Details: 2201 Fillmore St., San Francisco; http://saltandstraw.com

[leanstooneside]

Wayne Gretzky

Becki Newton's foot (loaned out)

Cobra Starship's buttocks

Shia LaBeouf's chin

Minnie Driver's hand

Levi Johnston's hand

Elton John's nostril

Penn Badgley's waist

Luke Bryan's mouth (traded)

James Rodriguez's arm

Paul Rudd's mouth (filched)

Malin Akerman's hand

Peter Facinelli's back

Rory McIlroy's eyebrow

Hugh Dancy's lip (wandered off)

Victoria Justice's ear

Simon Cowell's elbow

Eddie Murphy's lip (stray)

Evan Rachel Wood's foot (gone)

Jason Bateman's hair

Colton Haynes's lip

Mel B's breast

Tim McGraw's head

Josh Bowman's ankle (taken by magpie)

Roxy Olin's finger (embezzled)

Kerry Diamond's finger

Danielle Staub's tongue

Nikki Reed's ankle

Steven Tyler's hair (misappropriated)

Chelsea Handler's wrist

Christina Hendricks's nostril

Janelle Monae's buttocks

Jennifer Aniston's hair

Boo Boo Stewart's forearm

Willow Smith's upper arm

Charlie Sheen's foot

Eva Mendes's thumb (misplaced)

Kat DeLuna's calf

Jason Lee's lip

Victoria Beckham's lower leg

Rumer Willis's nostril

Scott Wolf's neck (lost)

Dean McDermott's tongue

Patrick Schwarzenegger's knee (hijacked)

Edward Burns's foot (gone)

Kiefer Sutherland's leg (misplaced)

David Arquette's buttocks (buried at sea)

Jennifer Connelly's lip

Zoe Saldana's calf (returned)

Mark Wahlberg's bottom

The Hills's thigh

[leanstooneside]

Intimidating others

KATE MOSS'S ANKLE

HUGH GRANT'S ANKLE (NO CAN DO)

GARY SHIRLEY'S ANKLE (TOODLES)

JESSICA SZOHR'S ANKLE

BEYONCE KNOWLES'S ANKLE

SOPHIE MONK'S ANKLE

JOSH HARTNETT'S ANKLE (GRR)

LUKE BRYAN'S ANKLE (WHATEVER)

ALISON SWEENEY'S ANKLE

JOE FRANCIS'S ANKLE (GO ON)

KRISTIN CAVALLARI'S ANKLE

ROXY OLIN'S ANKLE

RYAN PHILLIPPE'S ANKLE

OPRAH WINFREY'S ANKLE (FOOEY)

WILLOW SMITH'S ANKLE

JOHN MAYER'S ANKLE

STEPHEN AMELL'S ANKLE

CHRISTIAN BALE'S ANKLE

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S ANKLE

LILY ALLEN'S ANKLE

KELLY RUTHERFORD'S ANKLE

ROBERTO MARTINEZ'S ANKLE

ALEXANDER LUDWIG'S ANKLE

MARY-LOUISE PARKER'S ANKLE (DEAR ME)

JAY Z'S ANKLE (MY)

JAMIE LYNN SPEARS'S ANKLE

MEG RYAN'S ANKLE

EMMA WATSON'S ANKLE

GEORGE LOPEZ'S ANKLE

ALEX RODRIGUEZ'S ANKLE

TIFFANI THIESSEN'S ANKLE (OKAY)

KRIS ALLEN'S ANKLE (CRIKEY)

ERIN ANDREWS'S ANKLE (IS IT)

LAMAR ODOM'S ANKLE

ELISABETH HASSELBECK'S ANKLE

ANNA KOURNIKOVA'S ANKLE

JOHN LEGEND'S ANKLE (HEE)

JUSTIN LONG'S ANKLE

CORY MONTEITH'S ANKLE

DENIS LEARY'S ANKLE

FRANK OCEAN'S ANKLE

KALEY CUOCO-SWEETING'S ANKLE

EMMA STONE'S ANKLE (BYE)

ASHLEE SIMPSON'S ANKLE (SIGH)

KERI HILSON'S ANKLE

ADAM DURITZ'S ANKLE

NICOLAS CAGE'S ANKLE (GOOD JOB)

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S ANKLE (JUST A SEC)

GISELE BÜNDCHEN'S ANKLE

JAY CUTLER'S ANKLE