Allen
and I went to The Festival Of Chocolate at the Palm Beach Convention
Center. It was a disappointment for 2 reasons with the first being no
free samples. Now don't get me wrong regarding that but I think it was a
big mistake to overcharge for the products that were a dollar for a,
seriously, thimble size cupcake while most items, all small, were $3-5. With the holidays around the corner they
could/would have made more money by offering small tastes and letting
people place orders for the holiday or at least get a card or pen or
some reminder of their product. I think they were ounce and penny foolish.

Another
mistake was not being allowed to pay directly for products. You had to
first 'buy' coins and then buy the product. When a (small) piece of cake
cost 5 coins and you only had 4 you had to go running around to find a
coin seller. I am sure some vendors lost money.

In
any case these were all private vendors, no Godiva or such, and I just
wish Zest for Memphis was here but more about that after Thanksgiving.
Here are just a few of the pictures I took!

A lot more chocolate and  a lot more pictures tomorrow in Part 2

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