Weekend Activities: Botanical Garden and Shopping

A week ago we drove by the Botanical Garden downtown and saw their sign advertising a "Chocolate Fest and Spices" event. We went there Sunday afternoon. It only cost $4 for each adult to get in. They had about 10-15 tables set up through the gardens. Some of the tables talked about different spices and had samples you could smell and sometimes taste. One table let you take small samples and make your own potpourri. A few tables had chocolates to sample, including a table from DeBrands and another table that had a chocolate fountain.

It was a fun tour. It had been a long time since either Paula or I had been to the Botanical Gardens. But to call this event a "Chocolate Fest" seemed a little misleading.

Oh, and I saw the former librarian from our old high school. It was his birthday and his family was taking him out for a little fun. One of his sons was in my class, and his wife was too. He had his (very cute) seven-month old daughter there, along with his other two children.

We also went shopping. Now, I've seen pork chops and lamb chops, and they're very tasty. But I saw something else in the meat department that kinda scared me. Pork chops come from pigs. Lamb chops come from sheep...

But where in the world do they get "butterfly chops" from?! Good grief, judging from the size of the chops, that'd have to be one ginorous butterfly!


-- C.