Blommer Chocolate Company

May 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized

Blommer Chocolate Company, Fulton River District, Chicago
Blommer is the chocolate factory that makes all of downtown smell like chocolate if the wind is blowing right. I don’t know what this truck was doing, but I imagined they were filling it with chocolate.

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Walk Home

June 15th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized

Monday night it was nice out. I didn’t really want to just go home. Dallas is stuck in Toronto for work for the second week in a row, it’s pretty much day to day whether the things that need to get done, get done and whether he has to stay longer or can come back. [...]

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CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE

August 1st, 2005 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Teuscher Champagne Truffle :: Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Rachelle :: Hershey’s Store, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
HERE is how we OD’ed on chocolate. And HERE are all the photos I took of it. Like my Hershey’s hat? See Erin & Andrew in their hats.
My Previous Chocolate Expeditions:
» New York Chocolate Show (10.15.2002)
» Getting a Personal Chocolate Tour From Chef [...]

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What would you do for a bunch of free chocolate?

November 19th, 2004 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized

Fannie May Opening Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Fannie May Opening Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Fannie May Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Sign in a Jewelry Store Nearby, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

StreetWise Salesman, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Fannie May, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Fanny May, Magnificent Mile, Chicago

Fannie May Chocolates, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Call in a little late for work? Check! Stand on line for 40 [...]

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Vosges Haut Chocolat

July 29th, 2004 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized

Vosges Haut Chocolat at North Bridge, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
There was a lot of talk today over at Chicagoist about Chicago chocolate shops. I found out that one of the best chocolatiers in the city has a store right by my office so I stopped by to sample the goods. The Vosges Haut Chocolat store is [...]

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