Set Sail....I See Willy Wonka In My Horizon!!

Yes yes I know it has been a long while since I have done a post. I just really had nothing to rant or rave about. Once please don't get me wrong. Life up in the US is pretty awesome but class has been on the borderline of boring but that is just because it was Fundamental Skills and Technique. However, I was still the ass-kisser good student that I usually am and paid attention and did the assignments and didn't act like a know it all or what the case may be.

First, I have great news I am on break. Thanksgiving Break. That roughly amounts to what a glorious time to be in NEW YORK CITY. I have seen this beautiful city by way of errands. Everyday the things-to-bring-home-or-don't-bother-to-come-home list grows and I have used that to my advantage, walking up and down the city, seeing the sights and doing the not so tourist things. There has also been some me time. I found this baking supplies store and died (yes I said that shut your mouth on the witty comments Jo and Chris).

While paying attention in Fundamentals class I was made aware of a small chocolate production company, Mast Brothers Chocolate, in Brooklyn. Hooray for me right. I instantly googled the direction and hopped a subway into Williamsburg; the area where the place is located. According to my NYC family the neighborhood went under some recent changes and now is the trend spot to live for young artists and alike. And they were right. As you got off the train it like bohemian fashion show. Pretty people wearing pretty clothing walking very pretty around the place. Anyway, I got lost finding the place but as I was a block and after away I could smell the roasted cocoa beans and the nose became the GPS. The factory is small and when I mean small I mean really small. If you have been in my house, it is roughly the size of the first three rooms put together. I loved it so much that I came back the next day for a tour and bought two chocolate bars. Now these bars are completely different from what is on the market today. First off they do not put any extra cocoa butter or emulsifiers in their chocolate but when you taste the chocolate you pick up so many different notes. Extra spices, fruit flavourings or other notes which make you think that there are other things in the chocolate. Oh by the way, they wrap the chocolate individually.



When I see guys like this be so small but yet be so successful it really does inspire me to continue to find something unique and bring back home, especially since these guys started from DIY position out of the own apartments. My only question is what can I do that Trinis would like that I like too?

Anyway I have more errands to run. I am off to Central Park tomorrow to take some fall pictures.