#13500 Waiting in Line for Frozen Yogurt at 21 Choices in Pasadena, CA

Your back is still sweating when your face first leans into the tingly-sweet, cold air of 21 Choices. Their daily-made, organic frozen yogurt is delicious; after nine years in business, they’ve got it down. But, 21 Choices is revered as a Pasadena institution for more than its treats. It’s the waiting in line outside, people-watching at the busy pedestrian corner; inching forward, the anticipation building into a hum as the door swishes open and smacks closed. The magic is in the contrast, between the soggy heat outside and the balloon-adorned ice cream world of inside; it’s in straddling the doorway, one foot in, dancing towards fro yo salvation, one foot out, burning on the cement. It is finally stepping into the cold, wood paneled interior where a happy teenager lets you try all six of the specials before ordering and then, it's the brain freeze of a summer treat done well.