November First Friday

It’s First Friday ladies and gents, and tonight I’ll be holding it down solo at Bad Robot.  If you haven’t been to the shop lately, it’s a great time to go.  While the other stops on the Gallery Walk will offer you cheap wine or tepid drinks, I’ll have the good stuff.  Hot, melted, creamy-liscious chocolate.  No silly, not just any old chocolate.  I said I have the good stuff. 

Scharffen-Berger hot chocolate is about as far from powdered stuff like Swiss Miss as you can get.  We’re talking dark chocolate, warmed until melted, with just a touch of milk to make it drinkable.  The cherry flavor is what tends to stand out to me.  And the fellers always make a great whipped cream to top it – espresso-mint, or cinnamon-vanilla, or some other tastiness.

 If you can’t make it down, you can still browse the wares and start making your holiday shopping lists by cruising through the flickr photos to the right.  Yeah, over there, in the sidebar.  No, too far, back up.  Yes.  There.  Let me know if I can help you find something.  Thanks for stopping.

I Love You, Izze Dear.

I got turned on to Izze drinks a few months ago when Ken brought some over to The ‘Bot from The Mill, and I’ve never looked back. I drink more soda than I ought to – or did, anyway – and as an alternative, this is really superior in every way. The citrus flavors are tangy and crisp, and the stuff actually refreshes, unlike the brown colas – which I think I want until I actually drink it. You can find it at said Mill, you can ask them to stock it again at The ‘Bot, or The Cup has the canned version and it goes great with their lunch.

Drink up!

Edited to add: Mindy says it’s on sale at Target as we speak.