Today we went to the Chocolate Festival at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. It sounds much more delightful than it actually is, but it was Addison's first "festival" and how bad can chocolate really be, so we continue to go and probably will go again next year.
What makes it great, is obviously the endless supply of chocolate creations. We left with buckeyes, chocolate covered strawberries, a chocolate covered banana, some peanut blossoms, and a chocolate covered rice krispie treat. Don't let me forget the chocolate malt ice cream and chocolate covered banana ice cream from Ritters. Deeelish!
What makes it bad is that it's at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds which is in serious need of a complete makeover. This is one of the dirtiest fairgrounds I've been to. It seems to be mostly local churches supplying the chocolates, which somehow yields a certain untrustworthy factor for me. Not so much that I don't trust the churches, but I don't know these people and I'm buying culinary delights from people who cooked them in their kitchens. Maybe not. I don't know. The point is, I feel a little weird buying food that I can't trust the source of. Put that in the ick-factor of the nearly decrepid fairground building, I just get a little uneasy. That does not stop my chocolate buying though.
The other bad thing about it is that it's so friggin crowded! This building reminds me of an old high school gym. There are 3 "aisles", we'll call them. There is no semblance of any order and it's kind of like being on Wall Street trading stocks. People reaching over people, calling out orders, tossing money (though I don't imagine they do much tossing of money on Wall Street). Forget if you have a stroller. Which reminds me that the Chocolate Festival also seems to bring the most old and decrepid people. People walking slower than a snail with their fun little walkers with wheels - complimented with yellow tennis balls to prevent scruffing. We danced around a man pushing a woman in a wheelchair while also pulling her oxygen tank which was also on wheels behind him. I think she might have even had some sort of something or other hanging from a bag. He was nearly touching the floor with his nose because he was so hunched over. *sigh* This Chocolate Fest must have been their yearly outing.
Anyway, we now have a few chocolate treats in the fridge awaiting our consumption later. And a stuffed chocolate moose for the child. Can't forget the toys, now can we?
FINALLY, I'm posting the latest and greatest video of Addison being crazy. She has bursts of energy where we just pin ourselves up against the wall just to stay out of her way. It's fun.
