I distinctly remember how excited I got as a kid when I would peek inside the grocery sack (they were always brown paper then) and see my mom had purchased root beer and vanilla ice cream.  It was often on a Friday when we would be having friends over that evening for game night.  She knew how much my dad, brother and I loved root beer floats.  It was like a neat science experiment you got to eat.  I loved watching the foam bubble up as we stirred the yummy ice cream into the root beer.  Frosty mugs made it even more fun...and more grown-up like. 

Tomorrow (Friday, June 19), A&W begins celebrating its 90th birthday with free floats for everyone between 2 - 8 p.m.  Then on Sunday they are offering dads $.90 hamburgers.  To find a location near you, check out the A&W website.  What a great way to start and end your Father's Day weekend!