Saturday, October 31, 2009

First Hot Chocolate of the Season


Most of the things that I enjoy about Autumn and the cold, I don't really get to enjoy anymore because I live in the desert. Some of my favorite childhood memories that marked winter was coming was the smell of roasting green chili wafting in the air from the local farmer's market, the opportunity to rake leaves into piles and then jump in them and scatter them all over the yard again...(I doubt that I was doing much raking at that age, but the jumping and scattering part I was all over!) And of course the annual balloon fiesta. Every year we would have a gymnastics meet and the morning before the meet we would go down and FREEZE only to be warmed by the fire from the balloons, the smell of funnel cake, and the taste of hot chocolate. At least I still get to enjoy my hot chocolate on occasion and with the "cold front" this week I took the opportunity to take advantage and grabbed a cup of my favorite brew...QT hot chocolate with 4 shots of cinnamon hazelnut creamer...absolutely delightful!