Robyn, I Have Found the Motherland

I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a lot as a kid. A LOT (should that have told us something...?). Anyway, I always wished that their was a candy factory near us, with lickable wallpaper and a chocolate river. (These days I wish more for the one with Johnny Depp in it, too, but that is beside the point.)

Well, I found a little sugar haven that comes pretty close to Wonka's. Powell's Sweet Shoppe. They just opened one near us, and I had so much fun taking the kids. They have every candy ever made in stock. Even candy from the covered wagon days of Christie's Mom's childhood! Powell's has tons of lollipops, rows and rows of jelly beans, baskets of salt water taffy, and a gelato bar, if you want a frosty treat. There is a t.v. playing - what else? - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with little movie seats in which to sit and watch.

Seriously, go. Go and take the kids. (And the camera. So people can look at you funny when you are photographing pieces of candy.)

It's a fun little shop, and did I mention? There's CANDY.

Grace and the Great Wall of Pez.

Jake chose a Wonka Bar. It was gooooood.

Somebody else thought it was gooooood, too.