Sunday, March 21, 2010

Chocolate Indulgence

Paul and I had the chance to get out for a few hours (to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary tomorrow) without kids - thanks to Korryn (& family) who took Kathryn and our friends Richard and Brean, parents to Raigan, she just turned 3 years old, took Ryan. More on that below. We took Seattle's Chocolate Indulgence Tour and it was a lot of fun. I think we went to 6 or 7 different places in downtown Seattle, sampling things like a chocolate cocktail, chocolate coconut cream pie bite, Columbian drinking chocolate (oh man that was rich) chocolate gelato, brownie enrobed by chocolate ganache, Bailey's chocolate cheesecake (my fave . . . . and I am not a big cheesecake fan) and more. Didn't eat a lot of chocolate, but what we did eat was so rich, we were chocolate'd out by the end. We got some fun information about Seattle and how the city got it's gourmet chocolate stores etc. Something I would recommend to others, for sure.
And then Ryan got go on a real locomotive train ride through Ballard and have lunch with his friend Raigan. Ryan's first outing sans parents. I only got this picture, but I hope more are to come from Raigan's parents! I'm told they got to sit inside the engine room and outside by where the bars are. It took Ryan a bit to warm up, especially after he had to put ear plugs in, but he tells me he had fun. A unique experience for sure.
And not to be left out. . . .

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