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Article: Arden Courts resident's Heart's Desire: Colonial Kitchen Sink
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- October 24, 2007
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GENEVA - Through the front windows, he would watch Colonial Ice Cream employees hand churn batches of ice cream.
It is one of the enduring memories 69-year-old Arthur "Skip" Chalupa has left.
Tasting Colonial's infamous Kitchen Sink sundae brought back those childhood memories. He ate the mammoth dessert - served in an actual kitchen sink - in 20 minutes, even scooping up the melted leftovers. It was his Heart's Desire, fulfilled by Arden Courts and Colonial Cafe on a recent Sunday afternoon.
"I could've eaten another one," he said days later.
Chalupa and his wife, Lois, live in the Carriage House section inside Geneva's Arden Courts, an assisted-living center for residents with ...