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A couple of decades ago, my dad was visiting a foreign country and observed over the course of a week that the driving conventions were…different…from what we mostly encounter in the U.…

Source: Green Means Go, Red is a Color

I discovered my favorite color when I was four years old. During summer break from school, my grandmother would set up a table for me in our small dining room in front of two windows. The golden su…

Source: My Favorite Color

No one who knows me will be surprised by the second part of this title. LOL! I mean, afterall, I often sign off as “Hugs, Loves, & Peanut Butter” on books and posts. Peanut butter i…

Source: Chocolate & Peanut Butter

This month, in honor of spring and St. Patrick’s Day, we’re all sharing about something green. Since green is not my favorite color and this year is my Year of Joy, I decided I would fi…

Source: Finding Joy in Green

Not all things which are sweet in life are full of sugar. Sometimes, savory can be just as sweet. Case in point, when you are making a huge Tomahawk steak for Valentine’s Day and you use a de…

Source: Savory Chocolate Can Be Just As Sweet

“My Steady Boyfriend” You might say I have an intense personal relationship with chocolate. Servers at my favorite restaurant laugh when taking my dessert order because, and I quote, &#…

Source: Lusty Confessions of a Chocoholic

You’ve caught me. I admit it. I’m the person that waits until the day after Valentine’s day to do all of my chocolate shopping. It makes me downright giddy to get the major discou…

Source: Choco – Late

Happy Valentine’s Day!! I was in LA this weekend and that usually means chocolate from my favorite chocolatier, Diane Krön.  However, I’m still on a diet – The remnants of my New Y…

Source: Chocolate without the Calories

I’d do anything to declutter my condo, just don’t ask me to do that… Recently, I jumped on the Marie Kondo bandwagon and took a major whack at my tchotchkes. I had a mind-boggling…

Source: Chocolate Sparks Joy Amid Clutter

When you think of chocolate, what comes to your mind? Perhaps one of the top chocolate brands in the world as listed by Global Brands magazine including the countries that produce them: F…

Source: The Discovery of Chocolate