Sylvia's Scenario

As a dietitian, you always hear jokes about the Four Food Groups.  That was before the Food Guide Pyramid, which was before  MyPlate .  I always said there ought to be a food group for chocolate.  I'm not one of those who eat chocolate everyday or anything but I do LOVE chocolate. And now that I'm in Vegas - the land of plenty-and plenty of everything-and that includes CHOCOLATE.  I started counting all the chocolate places I've run across and finally stopped counting, just like I stopped counting how many miles I must be walking everyday. This is the land of over-abundance of everything!  Yesterday, I ran into the world's largest chocolate fountain. Pictures do not do this justice but I'll try. This is located near the lobby of the Bellagio in a French bakery cafe  where I stopped for a little bite to eat - a tuna pannini. It was just a pre-made, quick bite to eat but it was so delicious - the p...

Today is my birthday so I am spending it at all my favorite places and doing all my favorite things.  Everyone has a local farmer's market they like going to on Saturdays but before the popular trend started popping up around the country, there was…   the Public Market in Seattle or the official name, The Pike Place Market. This is my absolutely favorite place. The Public Market was always a regular stop for me as a Seattleite. Can you believe there was a time when they were going to tear it down?  But we got involved in the movement to preserve the Market and bought a tile to donate money towards it. We also bought a tile for my parents, Dick and Anne Hernon, so our love for the Market will be preserved forever.  We have so many favorite places here. The fish, of course, is the best.  We are always amazed at how the prices keep going up. We are lucky to be able to eat our fill of king salm...