A commercial about fried chicken; a billboard for Cinco de Mayo; the smell of grilled hamburgers wafting through the neighborhood; blogging about cake- how little it takes to convince ourselves that we “need” something. On Thursday, I wrote a short entry about cake. Fifteen minutes later, I was in the kitchen baking.
Last night, Jon and I went to Shakespeare in the Park. We picked up sandwiches from Jersey Mikes (I wasn’t even that hungry.), found a seat among the masses, and ate our dinner. The pre-show had ended and some lady got up to talk about what a wonderful benefit it was to have done these productions for the past twenty years. I started browsing through my brochure and her voice phased into a mumbling similar to the teacher on Charlie Brown as I concentrated on reading the play synopsis. I would occasionally hear phrases like “t-shirts for sale” and “donations are accepted by anyone with a bucket,” as she droned on and on. Suddenly, the word “M&Ms”. She had captured my undivided attention. Chocolate beckoned. What? I can get M&Ms at the park? I turned to Jon. “I wonder where they are selling those M&Ms.” Quickly followed by, “Okay, seriously, I don’t need M&Ms. I HAVE to stop eating.” I went back to my brochure. Our ten-minute intermission came and Jon scampered off to find a restroom while I sat and people-watched. Someone walked by with a sno-cone. They have sno-cones? I love sno-cones! Jon walked up with M&Ms in hand. There is a reason I love this man! I had the bag emptied before the intermission ended (I shared- don’t judge!). But then I was thirsty. Oh, the double-edged sword of chocolate (the other edge having something to do with my expanding hips)! I blame the M&Ms for making me get a sno-cone.
1 comment:
it's a proven fact that the liquid in frozen sno-cones eases the thirst-inducing chocolate bioflavinoids that are released when cracking through the candy shell of m&ms. it's true!!
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