TGIF!

Friday was a late start and when I got to Ruth’s Chris, there were freshly baked “Breast Cancer Awareness” cookies to be wrapped and handed out to the neighboring condos and concierge services around Bellevue. Along with the cookies was a flyer promoting our “Thanksgiving Dinner”, which sounds delicious with sweet potato casserole and RC’s sausage and herb stuffing!

Late in the afternoon, we headed over to Oh! Chocolate, a specialty chocolate store in Bellevue Square. We had seen the owner, Nick Masaoka at the Merchant Breakfast and he invited us to the chocolate making class they have at the store. We brought over more flyers for our “Thanksgiving Dinner”, cookies for “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” and a gift card for a drawing to be held in the store after the class.

Five other women and Nick’s brother Chris were there and started off the class with a history of their family’s business and chocolate in general. We got to try a variety of different chocolate, in different stages from nibs, the nutty beginning of chocolate (I think) to delicious chunks of milk and white chocolate. We also spoke with Chris about giving samples of chocolates to different stores and apartment buildings in the Bellevue area. They set two giant cups of melted milk and dark chocolate and array of goodies, pretzels, marshmallows, and oddly enough potato chips, in front of us. Pouring a large puddle of chocolate in front of him, Nick showed us that the chocolate should be cool before dipping.

Heading back to the restaurant, Gracie and I stopped at the Ann Taylor store, to introduce ourselves and follow up with their store re-opening. We had delivered hors d’oeuvres for the re-opening event and wanted to know if she had any other events that needed catering. I love how all the stores in the mall work together when doing anything special to promote each other’s companies.