Bless The Frenzied Masses

 Shoppers are giddy, almost nervous, choosing from our wide selection of fresh truffles; 

pure, delicious, hand-crafted treats for their loved ones. 

We are packaging up plenty of all our favorites: 

 peppermint truffles (above),

 peppermint bark (left),

And MOUNDS and MOUNDS 

of Magic Chunks (left).

Donna has been nuts about Chunks lately.  

She's making them by the hundred-pound.  And packaging 3-lb. bags for sale at the shop.

The holiday consumer momentum is building and churning and growing before our eyes in our glistening shop.  People have the frenzy.  Reaching for a gift selection, a chocolate bar, a bag of Chunks, a box of truffles, anything they can give, to ease their relationship guilt, reaching for connection and brightness as the wilderness outside closes in on the darkest day of the year. 

  

We carry on behind our counter, ready and still.  The shop is a woman in climax, 

ready for action, yet having seen it all unfold already before her.  

And then, on December 25, for 7 days we rest.   

New York Holiday

Here's me in the great city of Manhattan on Thanksgiving hoiday. 

I spent most of my time at Central Park's Wyman Rink and Bryant Park (FREE skating rink!), gliding away woes and replacing them with WOAHs!  Hours and hours on NYC ice, right in the middle of all the action, spectators abound, (a phenomenon I'm known to relish), and Sinatra bellowing through the wintery night air.  I even bought a corny photographs of myself from Bryant Park, which I was so looking forward to posting but alas: my scanner is a doozie.

It wouldn't be a trip to New York without a visit to my favorite purchaser in all the world: Manuel at Zabar's.  What a sweetheart!  Thanks Manuel. 

Even if Vermonters DO talk smack about our shrewd and stylish neighbors to the South...

                  Cheers to the New Yorkers, 

                Jaquelyn "Nutty Steph" Rieke