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