Two Gals and the "Chocolate Affaire"

While looking for something cheap (or free) to do this week-end, we stumbled upon the City of Glendale's "Chocolate Affaire". So...there we headed. We ended up parking about two blocks from where the action was and glad to be walking. Downtown Glendale AZ is known as the plalce to go to for antiques. It's an old part of town and most of it isn't very nice. But, of course, everything was "gussied up" for this event. There were maybe a hundred booths. The first one we came to sold almonds and cashews flavored in just about every way imaginable. Chocolate (of course), cinnamon sugar, garlic, jalapeno, barbequed - you name it. Then there was the booth with everything you could think of dipped in chocolate - nuts, potato chips, pretzels, etc. The next booth was a place where you could have your picture taken and put (as a sugar layer) on top of a good sized piece of chocolate. Every where you looked there were candied apples of every flavor, chocolate covered strawberries, fresh squeezed lemonade and every confection you can imagine. We were pretty smart - I had made us hash and eggs before we left so we werent't starving when we got there. Corrie had a funnel cake and I had a chocolate shake. By then we were over the crowd, the kids, the food and the chocolate. On the way home, we drove through downtown Scottsdale so that Corrie could see the streets lined with bouganvilla, palm trees and bronze statues. There must be a hundred galleries just in downtown Scottsdale alone. We even recognized some of the artists - Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, Dali - just to name a few. It's a whole day trip so we agreed we'd "do" Scottsdale some other time. Today (Sunday), we got our chores done and went to Harrah's Ak Chin casino. We had each both gotten "free" money in the mail and still had $40 left from our previous gambling trip. Armed with $20 each and Corrie's $15 in "free money" and my $8, we hit the slots. 45 minutes later, we left with $40 between us, a keychain flashlight each, a tee shirt and a coupon for more "free money" on Ebay. OBoy!!! Tonight we are probably the only apartment in the whole community without the Super Bowl on. We're watching Andrea Bocelli with ice skating stars. Then, it's "Grey's Anatomy". We are just having TOO much fun. More later!