Vice Presidential Pool Reports of July 19, 2024

Good afternoon from the Woodly Park neighborhood of DC where the vice president stopped by the opening of Tyra Bank's ice cream business, called Smize & Dream. Stop was OTR until the vice president arrived on site.

The VP walked in at 2:01 pm with two little girls, her grandnieces.

The VP and grandnieces walked over to the ice cream case, where Trya Banks was behind the counter. The VP introduced her grandnieces to Banks. Banks told the girls she liked their hair and one responded she liked Banks' hair.

Banks then proceeded to tell the VP and her grandnieces about why she decided to open the shop. She explained that growing up in LA, her mom would take her to the ice cream shop every Friday and they would sit in the car and talk about their dreams. Banks noted she started this shop as a "Love letter to my momma."

Banks then told the little girls about the different ice cream flavors the shop offers. The VP got the "Cap Hill Crunch" flavor. One of the VP's grandnieces ordered the Chocolate GooGoo cake flavor.

Pool was ushered out at 2:08 pm. The VP did not respond to a number of shouted questions.

The inside of the shop is small with a yellow, black and white color scheme.

There is a line of people down the block outside waiting to go into the shop. An employee told the pool this is Smize & Dream's first location in the U.S.

A vehicle was parked outside the location and was decked out in the business' logo and graphics of Banks.