A Wandering We Will Go

[irishredlass]

My neighbor and I decided to take a field trip today to Wabasha, MN, which is about an hour drive from home.  Our purpose was we were in search of truffles.  These are not just any truffles, but handcrafted truffles.  Which, by the way, are absolutely against my eating restrictions and completely delicious. 

Wabasha is a quaint little town that many of you may remember from the movies Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. 

I thought I would share some picspam of the shop we visited, Chocolate Escape and the town itself.  They had some wonderful merchandise in the shop.

This mug is an inspiration to all dieting chocoholics.


And this mug is my personal inspiration.


They had this fabulous mural stretching the whole wall giving the story of chocolate.


Does anyone remember the Green Hornet from the movies?


This is a B&B that recently had to close due to economics.
It is reputed to be haunted.


I just thought this was really cool looking.


Probably should have put this at the beginning, but this is moi by a Wabasha sign.

Comments

[droxy.livejournal.com]

Why is there no chocoholics anoymous?

Ans: No one wants to quit...

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I agree with your assessment. I have hypo-glycemia and should not eat any form of carbs or sugar, if I can avoid it, but but... I just can't give up chocolate completely.

[lulabelle72.livejournal.com]

Cool day trip!

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

yeah! We had a blast. We are already planning another trip.

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

Wabasha is such a nice town, although it's been a few years since I visited there. Minnesota close to the Mississippi is just beautiful! *is a bit homesick for MN*

Loved the mugs!

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

So are you a MN native? I am a transplant to the mid-west. I am originally from Washington State, but I absolutely love it here! I am in WI, but it is nothing to take a hop across the river.

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

I'm actually from Illinois originally. But we lived in Minnesota for 12 years before moving to Ohio 2 years ago.

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

I am in the LaCrosse area of WI. What part of MN did you live in, can I ask?

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

We lived near Faribault, about 50 miles south of Minneapolis. We drove through LaCrosse quite often on our way to visit relatives.

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

I drive through Faribault on my way to school! Or rather, past the exit on I-35.

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

Just from things you've said in the past, I kinda guessed you went to school up in that part of the world.

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

Lifelong Upper Midwesterner. :-) Wouldn't have it any other way. How are Chicago things looking?

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

More and more like I might be able to go. Just not 100% yet.

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers for you*

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

Wabasha's a lovely town. Sadly, I've only ever driven through and have never stopped to explore!

And you do have red hair! :-) (of course you do)

*big hug*

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

P.S. i LOVE THE COFFEE PICTURE.

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought of you when I saw that mug. It is huge. It would probably hold 1/4 to a 1/3 of a pot all on its own.

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed the hair is red! You must have missed the post from around the 20th of April which showed me all gussied up with my red hair!

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

I did! I will have to go look for it. And yeah, the coffee just looks... epic.

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Yup I just checked... it is a post on April 20th titled Arizona Picspam. There are pictures from trip to Arizona including me in various outfits.

[beffeysue.livejournal.com]

Those truffles sound delicious, and the town is as picturesque as you said.

I do recognize the circus wagon. We saw them when the small traveling circuses came to town when I was a little girl. It brings back fond memories.