Fun site, Free Patents Online, with loads of links to idiotic patents granted in the Good ole, United States., the country with too much time on its hands.
I referenced one of my favorites, the Anti-Eating Face Mask at The Slimming Pool Weight Loss Blog, in draft today so if I remember, I'll come back and fix the link after I post it.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Best Chocolate in the World
Where to Find the World's Best Chocolate?
I've collected tons of links for chocolate sites but do you think I can ever find where that list is kept next time I want to look for something? Nah, that would be too easy. I'll post a few here, and see if it leads to something (like organization). This might be better over at One More Bite, my Weight Loss site, but then again, if someone wants to lose weight maybe they don't want to hear about how I am obsessed with chocolate? Hard to know which is the right way to turn, ya know?
A quick turn to my QuickNote file and I find:
Vosges Chocolate My note said, "Order for Valentines" and actually I did. They were wonderful too. If you see their chocolate bars and think they're too expensive, think aagin. They are wonderful, and you're not scarfing the whole thing, just eating a square or so, then saving the rest for next time. Really. With good chocolate, it's pretty easy to have a bit at a time.
Candinas
John and Kiras. Order their catalog! Nothing better than getting chocolate catalogs in the mail. They are socially responsible too, so hey, support their efforts and buy some chockies.
La Mason du Chocolat - er, this is just sitting here. Does it have an address? Maybe some day I'll find that info.
Chocolate Festival, 2005 World Chocolate Awards Winners:
L'Artisan du Chocolat was an OFM award winner. They state, "we love them for their unfailingly high standards, and the fact that they're still a tiny little shop making huge waves and getting their wonderful chocolate into all the best restaurants. So, luck holding, we'll be stuffing our faces with these." Located at 89 Lower Sloane Street, London SW3, 020 7824 8365
RICHART French Chocolates
For the serious chocolate lover. Get the catalog and try the mice.
Fortnum & Mason's chocolates score highly on many counts, not least as an excuse to amble around the food hall. Their pencil-thin chocolate buyer, Chloé Doutre-Roussel, does mesmerising tastings, and packaging is sublime - lovely Oriental padded boxes, wonderful graphics on their dark chocolate selection (£22). --Hey, again, where's the addy? Sheet.
Cocoa-covered truffles (£14.40) this year will come from La Maison du Chocolat - absolutely delicious. The shop is in Piccadilly, London; 020 7287 8500. So much chocolate, so little time...
"And swirly chocolate painters' palettes will come from Hotel Chocolat, which has just opened its first London shop opposite Harrods in Montpelier Street." Mail order: 0870 442 8282 --Cripes. Mail order? How quaint.
Some of my favorite Oregon chocolatiers:
Moonstruck
Godiva
Sees
Michele's Chocolate Truffles
Ladybug Chocolates
Chocolate Decadence: Chocolate Decadence has the added benefit of being dairy, lactose and casein free
Lillie Belle Farms
Jaciva
Guanaja
Teuscher
Dagoba
Euphoria
Godiva Chocolatier: What? No website? You gotta be kidding me?
888 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 226-4722
Jaciva's Chocolates & Pastries. These folks make some wonderful looking desserts.
4377 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 234-8115
Moonstruck Chocolate Company
526 Northwest 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210, phone: 503-247-3448, toll free: 800-557-6666
Portland Chocolate Fountains: Rent, don't buy. Who in their right mind would purchase a chocolate fountain? The first time it's kinda cool and the second it's like, "Wha?"
PO Box 5757, Portland OR 97228-5757, phone: 503-639-2134
No websites but worth visiting:
Suki's Vanduyn Chocolate: Hey! Suki get a website.
900 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 227-5187
Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland: Website in NY, but here's a shop in Portland.
531 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205-3425, phone: (503) 827-0587
Truffles by Serendipity
Portland, OR, phone: (503) 684-9371
Van Duyn Chocolates
10162 Se Washington St, Portland, OR 97216-2426, phone: (503) 262-0729
12000 Se 82nd Ave Ste 1033, Portland, OR 97266-7739, phone: (503) 659-1031
1212 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232-1301, Phone: (503) 281-2421
9982 Se Washington St, Portland, OR 97216-2422, Phone: (503) 262-0729
Verdun Fine Chocolates
421 NW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209-3112, phone: (503) 525-9400
Wild Sweets Chocolate Factory
Po Box 14215, Portland, OR 97293-0215, phone: (503) 232-6931
More Favorites:
Joseph Schmidt: I used to buy these in Portland, at $2.50 each they may seem expensive, but they are gigantic so one is plenty. They are egg shaped. Recently I found them at Safeway in the bakery department so I bought six to show my support.
Clare Du Lune Confections
Hand Painted Chocolates
I've collected tons of links for chocolate sites but do you think I can ever find where that list is kept next time I want to look for something? Nah, that would be too easy. I'll post a few here, and see if it leads to something (like organization). This might be better over at One More Bite, my Weight Loss site, but then again, if someone wants to lose weight maybe they don't want to hear about how I am obsessed with chocolate? Hard to know which is the right way to turn, ya know?
A quick turn to my QuickNote file and I find:
Vosges Chocolate My note said, "Order for Valentines" and actually I did. They were wonderful too. If you see their chocolate bars and think they're too expensive, think aagin. They are wonderful, and you're not scarfing the whole thing, just eating a square or so, then saving the rest for next time. Really. With good chocolate, it's pretty easy to have a bit at a time.
Candinas
John and Kiras. Order their catalog! Nothing better than getting chocolate catalogs in the mail. They are socially responsible too, so hey, support their efforts and buy some chockies.
La Mason du Chocolat - er, this is just sitting here. Does it have an address? Maybe some day I'll find that info.
Chocolate Festival, 2005 World Chocolate Awards Winners:
L'Artisan du Chocolat was an OFM award winner. They state, "we love them for their unfailingly high standards, and the fact that they're still a tiny little shop making huge waves and getting their wonderful chocolate into all the best restaurants. So, luck holding, we'll be stuffing our faces with these." Located at 89 Lower Sloane Street, London SW3, 020 7824 8365
RICHART French Chocolates
For the serious chocolate lover. Get the catalog and try the mice.
Fortnum & Mason's chocolates score highly on many counts, not least as an excuse to amble around the food hall. Their pencil-thin chocolate buyer, Chloé Doutre-Roussel, does mesmerising tastings, and packaging is sublime - lovely Oriental padded boxes, wonderful graphics on their dark chocolate selection (£22). --Hey, again, where's the addy? Sheet.
Cocoa-covered truffles (£14.40) this year will come from La Maison du Chocolat - absolutely delicious. The shop is in Piccadilly, London; 020 7287 8500. So much chocolate, so little time...
"And swirly chocolate painters' palettes will come from Hotel Chocolat, which has just opened its first London shop opposite Harrods in Montpelier Street." Mail order: 0870 442 8282 --Cripes. Mail order? How quaint.
Some of my favorite Oregon chocolatiers:
Moonstruck
Godiva
Sees
Michele's Chocolate Truffles
Ladybug Chocolates
Chocolate Decadence: Chocolate Decadence has the added benefit of being dairy, lactose and casein free
Lillie Belle Farms
Jaciva
Guanaja
Teuscher
Dagoba
Euphoria
Godiva Chocolatier: What? No website? You gotta be kidding me?
888 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 226-4722
Jaciva's Chocolates & Pastries. These folks make some wonderful looking desserts.
4377 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 234-8115
Moonstruck Chocolate Company
526 Northwest 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210, phone: 503-247-3448, toll free: 800-557-6666
Portland Chocolate Fountains: Rent, don't buy. Who in their right mind would purchase a chocolate fountain? The first time it's kinda cool and the second it's like, "Wha?"
PO Box 5757, Portland OR 97228-5757, phone: 503-639-2134
No websites but worth visiting:
Suki's Vanduyn Chocolate: Hey! Suki get a website.
900 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, phone: (503) 227-5187
Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland: Website in NY, but here's a shop in Portland.
531 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205-3425, phone: (503) 827-0587
Truffles by Serendipity
Portland, OR, phone: (503) 684-9371
Van Duyn Chocolates
10162 Se Washington St, Portland, OR 97216-2426, phone: (503) 262-0729
12000 Se 82nd Ave Ste 1033, Portland, OR 97266-7739, phone: (503) 659-1031
1212 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232-1301, Phone: (503) 281-2421
9982 Se Washington St, Portland, OR 97216-2422, Phone: (503) 262-0729
Verdun Fine Chocolates
421 NW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209-3112, phone: (503) 525-9400
Wild Sweets Chocolate Factory
Po Box 14215, Portland, OR 97293-0215, phone: (503) 232-6931
More Favorites:
Joseph Schmidt: I used to buy these in Portland, at $2.50 each they may seem expensive, but they are gigantic so one is plenty. They are egg shaped. Recently I found them at Safeway in the bakery department so I bought six to show my support.
Clare Du Lune Confections
Hand Painted Chocolates
Good Search, Better Search, Best Search
Yes, I'm a Google addict. I almost always go there first, but sometimes their results just don't cut it. That's when I think, where did I put that giant list of all the other search engines? I've got way too many lists, favorites and otherwise.
Clusty is a great place to start. Seth Finkelstein has an excellent post in his InfoThought Blog about how he was able to find how much to put a logo on a chocolate poker chip. Now that's some handy info to keep. He details wending his way through the muck and all. Good stuff. I've gone looking for info and found nothing but dreck, but he hit pay dirt! Way to go, Seth. That's why they pay you the big bucks!
So, this is the beginning of a place to put details on various good search sites. Let's just see how well I keep up that plan...
Clusty is a great place to start. Seth Finkelstein has an excellent post in his InfoThought Blog about how he was able to find how much to put a logo on a chocolate poker chip. Now that's some handy info to keep. He details wending his way through the muck and all. Good stuff. I've gone looking for info and found nothing but dreck, but he hit pay dirt! Way to go, Seth. That's why they pay you the big bucks!
So, this is the beginning of a place to put details on various good search sites. Let's just see how well I keep up that plan...
Meandering in Hyperspace
Just another day in paradise, I like to say.
Why am I constantly looking at 50 pages at once and then never wanting to close any for fear I'll never return? I can't be the only one. Here's today's selection which is somewhat left over from yesterday.
Things I'm trying to accomplish include finishing this month's Bits-n-Bites newsletter, which always leads me in a million directions but that's another rant.
I joined Dave's Garden since I want to grow flowers and it looked like a good place to learn a few things. I haven't joined for the paid part, but may do so later, which is why I left the thing open. I'd love to hear if anyone has a way to track the things they want to return to repeatedly because favorites lists won't cut it. I must have a thousand sites in my favorites, so I keep starting other lists which get lost too, and so it goes.
I know, I could start a "Daily Page" for stuff I want to do regularly, only it would include just about every category, so that's not helpful either. Maybe I'll do it anyway. If I do, Dave's Garden is getting a spot. There's a plant sale in Hillsboro May 6th, but alas I think I'll be in Eugene anyway. If not, I posted for the address, so now how do I know if someone replies? I prefer bulletin boards that send you e-mails when you get replies. Who's got time to keep checking back?
So, out of an abundence of paranoia, I'm leaving that page open for a few days, just in case I find out where that plant sale is going to be.
I started a page at Voo2Do.com but it's unlikely I'll keep using it. I still just don't trust online services--I mean what happens if they up and disappear?
I had the page of a business mentor up--I saw his page with pricing so that led me to a forum he had with posts from he and a client and I spent about a million hours reading those. Frankly, it was good at first then it slowly turned into nothing more than conversation.
I also had the Slow Food Forums page going. Must have been my day for forums. This happens to me all the time: I find a forum and they are in my area so I'm all interested then I finally notice the posts are from 2004 so they're way too old to bring back to life. Sad really.
That's all for now on this browser anyway.
Why am I constantly looking at 50 pages at once and then never wanting to close any for fear I'll never return? I can't be the only one. Here's today's selection which is somewhat left over from yesterday.
Things I'm trying to accomplish include finishing this month's Bits-n-Bites newsletter, which always leads me in a million directions but that's another rant.
I joined Dave's Garden since I want to grow flowers and it looked like a good place to learn a few things. I haven't joined for the paid part, but may do so later, which is why I left the thing open. I'd love to hear if anyone has a way to track the things they want to return to repeatedly because favorites lists won't cut it. I must have a thousand sites in my favorites, so I keep starting other lists which get lost too, and so it goes.
I know, I could start a "Daily Page" for stuff I want to do regularly, only it would include just about every category, so that's not helpful either. Maybe I'll do it anyway. If I do, Dave's Garden is getting a spot. There's a plant sale in Hillsboro May 6th, but alas I think I'll be in Eugene anyway. If not, I posted for the address, so now how do I know if someone replies? I prefer bulletin boards that send you e-mails when you get replies. Who's got time to keep checking back?
So, out of an abundence of paranoia, I'm leaving that page open for a few days, just in case I find out where that plant sale is going to be.
I started a page at Voo2Do.com but it's unlikely I'll keep using it. I still just don't trust online services--I mean what happens if they up and disappear?
I had the page of a business mentor up--I saw his page with pricing so that led me to a forum he had with posts from he and a client and I spent about a million hours reading those. Frankly, it was good at first then it slowly turned into nothing more than conversation.
I also had the Slow Food Forums page going. Must have been my day for forums. This happens to me all the time: I find a forum and they are in my area so I'm all interested then I finally notice the posts are from 2004 so they're way too old to bring back to life. Sad really.
That's all for now on this browser anyway.
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