Once a year Julie comes to visit. Once a year, I am a tourist in my own town.
I feel compelled to plan out the week and often have it brimming with “events”. This year, we are taking it day by day. Today we started out early at Kits Beach. Thanks to a quick lift from Pearl, we were all able to enjoy the early day breeze and sun trying to fight its way through.
The kids are back in school, a lot of the tourists are gone, and the beach was pretty much ours. We did manage to share it with this fun dog, some abandoned coffee and a cluttered mound of clams.
After the beach we decided to walk for a while. Up to 4th Avenue to enjoy some eclectic shopping, have a coffee and hang on a patio. That is, after all the true Vancouver experience. Once we hit Burrard we decided we would quick step it back home and were stopped dead in our tracks….
Chocolate…..Not just any chocolate.. MONDE Chocolat. In think anyone that can take cheesecake, drizzle it in chocolate and then put it on a stick and freeze it will automatically be my hero.
I picked this up for John, two small bars for myself and let me just show you Julie’s stash. Now, in her defense, she is a tourist and most of this will be going home with her.
Chocolates are of their own design as well as a fair sampling of world chocolates. A lot of focus on organic and fair trade and of course, exceptional taste. We were fortunate enough to be able to sample a few ganaches (imagine lime, coconut and cilantro).
Now in search of the perfect beverage to accompany our fine chocolates. Any suggestions?
What a nice surprise Carmen, thank you!
It happens to match my upcoming website. (Maybe I can knit something for it in that. 😉
See you there!
Then I will put it aside for you. I am at Trout Lake on Saturday this weekend!
> Now in search of the perfect
> beverage to accompany our fine
> chocolates. Any suggestions?
Milk! 🙂
Love that black and white spun Merino yarn, BTW!
John saving me a bite, what a laugh, he almost swallowed the stick –he at e the cheesecake that fast!
Thanks Rita….although, I haven’t been doing anything particularly Olympic lately, except for Olympic proportion eating with Julie…
And I felt guilty dropping you off, thinking you’d have an uneventful, drudge of a walk home! Can’t say you didn’t get some adventure shopping in. I hope John saved you a bite.
OMG!! Those chocolates look divine!!! (mouth salivating, licking lips) Lucky for you, you do aerobic knitting!!LOL
xoxo