Ode to Chocolate
Chocolate delays reality.
When I am eating chocolate, everything is on hold: anxiety, panic, frustrations, and insecurity.
Chocolate offers a profound richness, a sweetness of life, a euphoric sensation of luxury.
I love chocolate in many forms, from M&M's, to imported Lindt balls, to dark fudge frosting in a pop-top can, to Hershey's dark chocolate bite-sized morsels.It is difficult to eat only a little chocolate.
I cheat myself when I chew it up quickly and swallow it like other food.
To eat chocolate correctly, one must let it melt in the mouth with eyes closed, feeling the tasty, thick smooth velvet coat the tongue.
It is also difficult to eat really good chocolate silently.
I usually purr a long ummmmmmm of feminine satisfaction when enjoying such a pleasure.I have strategies to keep from eating chocolate.
I meditate after lunch, enjoying the sweetness of life without calories, I brush my teeth after drinking my afternoon coffee, and I give chocolate away to my mother so that it's not in the house.
But it comes back as gifts from other sources, knowing that it is loved and cherished in my presence.My daughter loves chocolate, too.
A hereditary trait, I guess.
Sometimes my mother and my daughter and I enjoy chocolate together, a female bonding of sensuous gratification. We give each other gifts of Easter Bunnies, Christmas balls, and Valentine confections, then share our blessed bounty with each other.
We hide it from other family members, and never apologize for succumbing to such greedy decadence.
We have trained the men in our lives to buy it for us as well by expressing our enjoyment and satisfaction as lip-smacking, vocalized bliss.
It's as if we permit our chocolate gift givers to be voyeurs of our pleasure.I have a girl friend who refers to chocolate as the fourth basic food group.
She eats it
publicly, in front of people, instead of holding private chocolate sessions where no one can count bites or pieces.
Self-righteous jailers they are, those indignant souls who reprimand us.
Sometimes it is us, ourselves, our split personalities loving and hating our obsession.
My sister-in-law denies her children from chocolates' evil influence, but yields personally to its entrapment.
Chocolate calls her name, beckoning her in a trance- like state to follow its' seductive aroma to the kitchen.
I know that aroma well, it cannot be contained in a cardboard box, a foil wrapper, or an insulated refrigerator.Sometimes I eat chocolate to wake me up, or to keep on working when I want to stop and take a nap.
Much preferred to a carrot on a stick.
A self-imposed bribe to keep pushing. Of course, this bribe has negative consequences when my jeans don't fasten.I suppose the alligator here is the addiction.
But addiction to what?
Chocolate?
Or pushing
to achieve?
What a shame that my time is spent in activities that don't burn calories.
Striving, planning, dreaming, persisting, setting boundaries, checking off chores, reviewing goals, paying bills.I refuse to give up chocolate.
I know women who have.
Women committed to thin.
I'm committed to enjoying my life.
I have accepted other limitations, and I refuse other desserts, bread, and wine during the week.
But chocolate has its place..
The Only Thing Needed To Put Culture Back Into Jewelry is to Use Your Hands
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Dress Like a Celebrity at FamousStyle.com
(ContentDesk) December 7, 2005 - Stephanie and Gregg co-founders of www.FamousStyle.com, an online celebrity fashion boutique, want to give women the full celebrity treatment.
At Famous Style you can buy clothing brands worn by your favorite celebrity, emerging designer clothing, and celebrity looks for less. Famous Style carries fashion and accessory lines from all over the world. Our mission is pretty simple we want to make our customers famous for their style and treat everyone like a celebrity." said Gregg. Whether a Famous Style customer lives in Idaho or Japan, they are always going to be treated like a celebrity.
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South Florida Parenting Magazine Presents Camp Fun Fest March 18 at the Shop at Sunset Place 12pm - 6pm
Tamarac, FL (ContentDesk) February 18, 2006 -- Shopping for the hottest summer camp and coolest summer activities?
Visit The Shops at Sunset Place for South Florida Parentings Camp Fun Fest.
This free event will be held Saturday, March 18, 12pm 6pm at The Shops at Sunset Place, located at 5701 Sunset Dr., Miami, FL.Whether its Smores, campfires, horseback riding, soccer, computer classes, field trips or friends, camp memories last a lifetime.
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Cityboyzfashions.com Owner, Steven Brown Gets Press in New York Times
(ContentDesk) July 29, 2005 -- New business owner, Steven Brown was recently interviewed in the New York Times. The story entitled, The Rap on Puffy's Empire appeared in the Sunday, July 24th issue, which was written by Tracie Rozon. The article chronicles Sean "Puffy" Combs rise and apparent fall in the urban fashion business. It appears the urban fashion fad is fast fading. When asked which Sean John styles he carries, Mr.
Brown says, "I think I have a couple of Sean John belts on the site," Mr. Brown, lists his top designers, they are names like Ami Sanzuri, Krush, Caffeine Clothing, Dragonfly, Ben Sherman and Blue Marlin Original. Each of these designers presents a cleaner tailored line and dressier image than the baggy oversized urban fashions of the past.Erin Birmingham, fashion design student agrees. "I believe that it's
Time to ditch the saggy baggy jeans and get a pair that FIT your waist. I'm Tired of looking at someone who appears to need their diaper changed!"Ms....
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Kalyx Designs Offers a Holistic Approach to Wearing Necklaces That Make You Feel Good
Kalyx Designs announces the release of its collection of designer necklaces, the first jewelry collection to embrace a way of life. The same chunky, yet sophisticated, necklace can be worn with varying outfits and identities throughout a woman's day. A woman can put on a necklace by Kalyx Designs as she gets dressed for work in the morning. That same necklace brings the perfect stylish touch to her weekend jeans and T-shirt. In fact, that Kalyx necklace is also going to go "just so" with her petite black dress she's wearing out to her friend's charity event on Friday night.Designer Katherine Miller has unearthed gemstones of antiquity, lushly combining them into striking statements to be draped around one's neck.
A unique combination of stones and colors worn since the time of Egyptian royalty, each necklace in essence began as stones deep below the earth's surface and has traveled through time, reborn as an assertive yet feminine expression of the woman who wears it. "Think of...
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Tropi-Ties Swimwear to Show its 2005/2006 Signature Collection Swimwear Line at MAGIC, Las Vegas
Santa Barbara, CA
May 28 2005 -- Tropi-Ties Swimwear, one of the leading online swimwear retailers, (http://tropi-ties.com,) will be showing their Signature Collection of swimwear this summer, at the upcoming MAGIC apparel show in Las Vegas. Tropi-Ties Signature line has only been available to consumers through Tropi-Ties' online catalog. However, this year, Tropi-Ties will be inviting other, "brick and mortar," retailers to carry their wares.Many of the 2005 styles will be carried through to 2006.
However, there will be additional, custom prints and trims that were specially created exclusively for Tropi-Ties to tie in with the current line.
This season Tropi-Ties will be focusing on earth tones, as well as a red, white and blue euro look.
Turquoise and coral will also be big colors.
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Weight Loss Tips and Diet Information
Even the most seasoned weight loss expert can use some weightloss tips every so often. Our eating habits are tied very closely with our behavior and using a behavioral approach to dieting can be beneficial to certain types of people who have bad eating habits that can be overcome with a little behavioral intervention.
Many times an individual eats without thinking. This means that the person's habitual behavior has overrun his cognitive functioning. In a nutshell, we basically shove food into our mouths just because it is there.
Among the many weightloss tips offered, thinking before snacking is the prime tip as far as the behavioral approach goes. When we act on impulse, we rarely make good choices.
The behaviorist will look at the problem in a number of ways. The best approach would be to get into the habit of slowing down a little bit. Some good weightloss tips include waiting ten minutes before grabbing that snack that is calling you from the...
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Plus Size Clothing Online Fashion Bonanza
Have you been looking for the right fit in all the wrong places? Does your laughter echo throughout the mall when you hold up a size two halter-top and ask the sales-clerk if they have these toe-warmers in beige and purple? Are you tired of the lack of selections that Department Stores offer? Want to find, quality, name-brand, plus-size denim jeans, cotton tee-shirts, hooded and plain sweatshirts, knit tops, sweaters, blazers and much more at bargain prices without the hassle?
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Let's face it, wearing clothes that are made to fit means no longer having to lie on the bed and hold your breath in order to zip up your jeans. It's being able to reach for something without the seams coming apart. It means going out to dinner with friends and being able to order more than just a glass of water. It...
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