You know about Orange Julius, right?
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Oh, dear me, some of you don't. I can tell by the way you are timidly holding up your hands. GOLLY BUM(something a late uncle always said that, for some reason, I keep reciting every single day as much as possible to irritate my husband), we need to get this cleared up NOW via my little timeline:
1980s: They were everywhere. I think that is why I love them so. Besides the fact that they taste like rainwater from heaven, they remind me of the days my mom, aunt, sister and cousin went shopping ALL DAY together. We would find time at some point for an Orange Julius. Drinking one made me feel loved and cared for, you know? If someone cared enough to buy me an Orange Julius, I could count on the fact that they wouldn't try to sell me at a garage sale. At least not more than once.
Later on: They were gone.
Even later: Saw one in San Antonio and another one in Atlanta. None in Houston.
More recent days: My heart ached over the memory.
Even more recent: Saw one! It was about an hour away and conjoined with Dairy Queen. Ordered the largest possible size, drank it slowly and agonized over when I could come back for another one.
Even more recent than my "even more recent" notch on the timeline: Went to a Dairy Queen near me, inquired about an Orange Julius, was met with a "Huh? What's Orange Julius?". Heart was crushed.
Soon afterwards: Wrote a post about it called "I Have An Orange Julius-Shaped Hole In My Heart". O.J. Simpson made an appearance in it even.
Undisclosed span of time: Daydreamed about an Orange Julius. Tried to fill my time with other things so the memory of having an Orange Julius just within my reach wouldn't paralyze me. Tried to make my own via the recipes on the internet and was met with disappointment at every turn. Contemplated smashing my blender to bits with a hammer.
Seriously recent: My sister tells me she saw a sign that says "ORANGE JULIUS SMOOTHIES COMING SOON" and then catches me as I faint.
Just after the "seriously recent" notch: Drive to that particular Dairy Queen. Ask about the arrival of the Orange Julius drinks even though this menu was staring me right in the face. They tell me I will have to wait two days. I begin to violent sob right there. People that came to the outside menu next thought it had rained in that spot only.
SAME DAY: My 7-year-old asks me when he can get an Orange JULIA. He is quickly set straight. Contemplate taking away his bike for an entire year.
THE VERY NEXT DAY: I GET AN E-MAIL FROM ORANGE JULIUS.
I got an e-mail from Orange Julius.
I got an e-mail from Orange Julius.
I got an e-mail from Orange Julius.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone in their company happened upon my post about my Orange Julius-shaped hole in my heart (see "Soon afterwards") and giggled. At least a little bit. It got forwarded around a bit and then...the e-mail.
The e-mail!
I was so excited.
Apparently, Dairy Queen will be welcoming Orange Julius drinks into their restaurants at over 4,000 locations in the next few months. HALLELUJAH!
You know what I'm going to say next, don't you? They gave me a gift card and gave me one to give away.
I already used mine.
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While I was there, I saw the DQ workers wearing shirts that said "EMBRACE THE FROTH". So, of course, I said:
"I know you are going to find this question odd, but...do you sell those shirts?"
"Nah."
"Okay, okay. It's just that I write this blog..."
"For real?"
"Yeah, I write this blog and I'm going to mention Orange Julius in-"
"For real?"
"..it and, yeah, I thought it would be fun to have a shirt."
"For real?"
"Yeah, for real. You know what? Never mind. I know you don't sell them anyway! Thanks!"
That would be the second time I've embarrassed myself at Dairy Queen over an Orange Julius. The deep pain and horrible humiliation is all worth it.
Sooooo, if you want to try an Orange Julius or if you want to reunite with the blissful orange-vanilla dreamicle-y frothy drink you remember so well for free, JUST LEAVE A COMMENT.
29 comments:
I too am a fan, you see Orange Julius has stepped up their game and now sell the most delicious smoothies. I can't even have a favorite because they are all so yummy!!!
This was too funny! And I feel your pain, Orange Julius is the best! I'd love to get hooked up with a gift card! :-)
It's so funny that you describe the linkage between shopping all day with your fam & Orange Julius, bc that's exactly my memory of them too! We'd go to the "Big Mall" in our city (across town), shop til we dropped, and have tacos & Orange Julius for lunch. Awesome summer day memory right there.
THanks for the chance to win!
OMG!!!! I was SOOOOOO in love with those! Funny, too because the only things I used to drink besides Cokes (way, way long ago) were Orange Julius & Mr. Softee root beer floats. You may too young to remember Mr. Softee trucks. ????? Anyway, I HOPE you will include me in your drawing for the card! My mouth iS watering!!! Yum!
There were so many funny lines in this. Take his bike away for a year, ha. If I substitute TCBY for Orange Julius, I totally get this.
For real? :)
I was trying to explain a Dreamcicle to my 7 yo the other day. I can't find any in freezers where we live, but when we went to my parents' house in Boston this summer, they had them! Soooo delicious!
What a fun post and email!
If you go to potomac mills mall in virginia, you can go to orange julius.
lmao!!! that is awesome they emailed you!!! very cool...
Wow - I thought I would never taste one again. Thanks for the research!
I'm sorry to tell you this, but here in Canada we have Orange Julius in most shopping malls. So every time we shop, we drink. Nothing makes your shopping day complete like a frothy, cold Orange Julius. I hear ya.
WOW, when I was a kid in the 70's (yep I'm ancient) my Mom would take me shopping and we would ALWAYS have an orange julius after a slice of pizza. Such great memories!!! Please enter me in the contest. How fabulous you received an email. YOU ROCK!!!
I can relate. We had one up until a few years ago. I just HOPE the DQ version will be the same. And here's where I will bestow on you the word "Hallajulias!"
I think we still have Orange Julius here in Portland. When I worked at the local mall in the '80s I had one of their chicken sandwiches nearly every day. They were the best.
Here in Portland, OR we have three or four Orange Julius's (Juliusi?). You are more than welcome take one of ours.
Are you SERIOUS????? If they are coming to the Dairy Queen in York, Pa I just might kiss you on the mouth for being the bearer of good news. We had one in Florida, but since we moved to PA...nothing. It is ridiculous how giddy I am about the possibility of being reunited with this drink.
Oh my gosh, that is so funny! I remember I could hardly wait for summer time, when I would go to the city for holidays, and go to the mall for Orange Julius with my cousins! I love Orange Julius, too! So does my daughter, we have a lot of them in Canada still, but I have noticed more popping up, as they are pairing with DQ! After reading this, it makes me think that I will have to take my daughter for one soon! :)
We have ZERO DQ's here anymore! But a random place sells the Orange Julius...and it is so good!
I, again, have the same memory. Shopping all day with my two older sisters and my grandmother and Orange Julius. It must have been a mall thing.
Whaaaat? Which DQ? Orange Julius evokes all kinds of sentimental memories for me. They used to have one at the now defunct Northline Mall. I used to go every Saturday (as all young teens did back in the day) and just hang out all day. My friends and I always, always, ended our day by going there and tasting that frothy piece of heaven. And then of course, that's where I the first boy I ever crushed on, told me he liked me too. :) I MUST know this information! P-u-h-lease! :)
I happy sobbed when I saw on the TV that Orange Julius was coming back - and in close proximity to delicious DQ treats, no less!!! The next time I go in there I'm going to gorge so hard on Orange Juliusness and Blizzards that they're going to have to call Maury Povich to come cut a hole in the wall to extract my bloated body and haul me away in one of those giant hammocks they use to transport whales. I. Can't. Wait.
OH MY GOD.
Ima hootin and hollerin.
MY FAVORITE drink OF ALL GD TIME!
Nearly made my highschool Boyfriend go broke with the after school Julius' at the mall.
Seriously. A gallon of the Julius isn't enough.
I can't believe this news.
I CANNOT believe how good my life just got.
Halleluia! I love Orange Julius'!!
Now, I need to post on Razzle Raspberry snackcakes.
I've never had an Orange Julius and it is obvious that I'm missing out!! I'll have to try it!
Oh, I haven't had one in ages. Now I'm going to have to go on a treasure hunt and get me one haha
I won't have to google recipes for them anymore, we have DQ here. There is a God.
~Bliss~
Who hasn't heard of Orange Julius?
Someone whose life is kind of empty.
Probably.
Also, I will be using Golly Bum all. day. long.
(So you can expect a follow-up email from my husband. Probably.)
We had an orange julius shop in our mall and it disappeared a few years ago! I love, love them. Please put me in the drawing...please please--or give Orange Julius my email address!
Love Orange Julius! We have one in our mall! Very delicious!
TRUE STORY: I WORKED AT ORANGE JULIUS! When I was 16 (in the 1970's) at a mall. I loved cutting the oranges in half and making real orange juice. I always thought they had malt flavor. The powder was a TOP SECRET ingredient. No one knew what was in the special powder that came in a plastic bag in a square box. No one. Sort of like Bush Beans commercial only real. I cannot wait to *test* this Orange Julius because I will be able to tell if it's the same fresh OJ recipe with the secret ingredient.
OMG, I love Orange Julius! My hubby does not get what all the hype is, but they are amazing. I remember going to mall as a kid and getting one...it was a special treat because we lived in the middle of nowhere and the nearest big mall was 3 1/2 hours away. We moved six months ago and the first time we went to the mall I saw that they had an Orange Julius and a DQ together and I thought I'd died and gone to little kid heaven.
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