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How to Find a Shop with Chocolate Near Milan in Monza, Italy

April 3, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

We only saw a couple of gelato shops during our excursion in Milan, but in Monza, there was one on every corner. Many of them had other types of chocolate as well.

The day trip to Milan had been… odd. After getting yelled at in the neighborhood fabric store, my girl friend and I had visited the exotically grand Duomo for a while. It is in the center of Milan and even its exalted structure was draped with huge, big-city advertising banners where construction on the cathedral […]

Competing Chocolate and Salt Water Taffy Shops in Newport, Oregon

March 6, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

A helpful map of the Yaquina Bay area, with my dear mother-in-law pointing to the location of the shopping area we were in.

  Tucked tightly among a bunch of colorful shops along the northern strip of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, are two little dueling candy shops. To access the narrow road they are on, that curves right along the Bay Front, you have to go down unlikely side roads from the main highway, but there are signs and […]

3 Fun Chocolate Shops in Orlando, Florida

January 16, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

A couple weeks ago, I got to visit 3 chocolate shops in Florida. Usually, I try to limit myself to one chocolate shop per travel excursion, but the last couple of trips I have had the enviable problem of finding too many without even trying. For today, I am going to tell you what I […]

World Class Chocolate Shop in Jackson Wyoming

October 14, 2013 by Laura Blodgett 1 Comment

CocoLove is a clean, brightly decorated chocolate and tea shop on a side street in Jackson, Wyoming. My husband and I were wandering around the streets of Jackson in the fading light, after having been driving all day, then having accidentally gone to a football bar for dinner. We needed to walk and I had […]

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