Kauai: Chocolate Farm Tour

CHOCOLATE (Think of the old TV commercial that goes, “chaaaaaawclett”) One of the most different and fun activities we did this time in Hawaii was the chocolate farm tour.  Lydgate Farms is home to the state’s largest cacao orchard (more than 1,000 trees) and makes single source chocolate and chocolate tea from these trees.  Their …

Tidy Tidbits: Boyhood, McEwan & Chocolate

This Week’s Movie Boyhood I loved Boyhood. We watched it almost in one sitting with only a short break and it was so real.  It’s fiction, a scripted story, but because of its pace, it seems like a documentary.  Mason, the boy, is amazing, but there is something satisfying about watching the parent actors, Patricia …