Half the battle is getting people into your particular chocolate store. Lolli and Pops nailed it with their store front, in my opinion. The whimsical, yet clean lines of the few letters, combined with the playfully simple architecture promised good things inside; and inside I went. While there were colorful candies lining all of the walls […]
Natalie’s Candy Jar at IAH Houston Airport
I was on my usual post-airport-meal-chocolate-hunt, this time at Houston’s IAH (George Bush Intercontinental) airport. Sometimes I pack my own chocolate and only have to hunt in the depths of my carry-on luggage. For return flights, however, the supply has usually been exhausted. Most airports have lots of the usual low end brand name chocolates, […]
Looking for Chocolate in Palm Springs
The city of Palm Springs is unexpectedly small. I don’t know the population, but it is nestled between some mountains and, at least in November, falls into the shadow of the mountain every day around 3 PM. There is an inviting downtown shopping area along Palm Canyon Drive that is easily walked in an afternoon, […]
Helpless Female Gets a Root Canal
There I was, with this large piece of flat rubber encircling one molar, the rest of it flapping wetly over my lips and cheeks. The very friendly dental hygienist had put it on per dentist instructions, then they had all left while the numbing medicine took complete affect. Now, my bladder was feeling its own […]
Barefoot in a Botanical Cactus Garden
I had about given up on seeing any visually pleasing landscape in the Palm Springs area. Between the desiccated desert climate, the politically induced California drought, and the high walls encapsulating most yards, the image of Palm Springs as an oasis had been shattered. The public so-called gardens we had visited, called Sunnylands, had been […]
