CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL!!!!!
Sunday we went to Long Grove for their chocolate festival. We were promised LOTS of chocolate. The festival was like Valpo's Popcorn Festival. Booths of stuff to buy, sample or eat all around us. One of the booths had about 50 jars of things to sample. Jelly, salsa, dips, etc. They offered pretzels and chips to taste everything. Then if you like something - you could buy a small (very small) jar for only $5. We tasted and then left.
Another booth had samples of dips. They gave you a handful of pretzels. The dips were in bowls that you could dip. There were signs everywhere "No double dipping or turnovers." I like those signs! The dips were expensive. They actually were powder that you added to either mayo or sour cream. We tasted and then left.
We walked several blocks and didn't see any chocolate. What kind of a chocolate festival is it without chocolate. Finally, we came upon strawberries dipped in chocolate. OR, you could buy a strawberry kabob dipped in chocolate. At $4.75 each strawberry, we opted out. Ridiculous. What do they think we are, tourists?
At least we got a lot of walking in - the wind was fierce - thus the hair blown all around. At least now we know to skip the chocolate festival from now on. Not worth the time. The only good out of it was doing it as a family.
posted by Adminswife @ 1:18 PM
4 Comments:
Does Zilla have transitions, or are those clip ons?
Man, it stinks when things are that pricey! We recently went to a chocolate store on the LA Boardwalk to spend $10 of Easter money....and ONE candy apple (which is what they are famous for) was $8. ONE. :O So we each (there were 3 of us) picked one piece of chocolate out and just barely had any change left. Sheesh!
Oh, cute photo of the fam! Dad musta been the photographer...or hiding somewhere.
Z & E's sunglasses are clip-ons. We can get them for a few $$, whereas the ones that come with your glasses cost $68 or something like that.
Yes, Dad was the photographer. There wasn't much to take pictures of, so what you see is all we got.
The Taste of Serbia festival is where it's at. We totally missed out!
;)
love,
Betsey
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