Author: Melanie Brooks
Chocolate isn't only delicious, some of it is actually good for you. You're going to want to keep that in mind when you head out on a Boston Chocolate Tour. Luckily they're walking tours, so you'll be working off the extra calories in between tastings.
Put your taste buds in the hands of one of the friendly chocolate tour guides for 2 1/2 hours of decadent delights all over Boston. There are several tours to choose from including the neighborhoods of Back Bay, South End, and Harvard Square.
One Lucky Beantown Bride reader will get the chance to take the Faneuil Hall/North End Tour with their sweetie for free, thanks to the generosity of Boston Chocolate Tours. Not only will you get to sample some of the city's most luscious chocolate, from Boston Creme Pie at Cheers Pub to chocolate gelato in Boston's Little Italy, you'll get a fun-filled history lesson too!
HOW TO WIN: Leave a comment telling us your favorite way to enjoy chocolate--though grandma's chocolate cookies, a delicious cup of hot cocoa at L.A. Burdick's, or some other concoction that's all your own. Contest Details: Winner will be selected 9/10 midnight EST.
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Dear Beantown Bride,
Our ceremony, at my family's church, can start no later than 2 p.m., but the reception site's earliest start time for cocktail hour is 6 p.m. Is it our responsibility to set up something for our guests to do in between the end of the ceremony and the start of the reception? I kind of feel guilty.
No guilt allowed! Look, places of worship have strict schedules, and guests with any manners should respect your faith enough to cooperate with set start times. Besides, here in Beantown there are plenty of adventures to fill your guests' time! If you like, organize an event in between that celebrates your locale, especially if you'll have guests from out of town. A private charter tour of Boston Harbor or Duck Boat tours are entertaining ways to see the city. If not organizing a specific event, include and inset in the invitation or in out-of-town guests welcome bags with suggestions of things to do-- even personalize it! "Visit Boston Common, where Bill and I shared our first date!" or suggest a favorite land or sea tour, museum or cultural site. Guests can take advantage of your favs on the day of or day before or after your wedding. Another idea: if most of your guests are staying in the same hotel, ask a reliable friend to host a hospitality suite. You can provide the wine, beer or spirits and light snack food in advance and said friend can play hostess while the bride, groom and bridal party are off getting photos taken. It's a great way for guests to mingle and get to know one another. Finally, if you chose to do nothing, guests are usually quite capable of entertaining themselves... perhaps they'll finally squeeze in that visit to Cheers they've been dreaming of!
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Jessica H. says:
Guests are definitely on their own, but with your suggestions they just may take the time to venture out of the hotel. Whatever you suggest, be realistic - guests are not likely to change their clothes (and they aren't likely to walk the Freedom Trail in formal wear...) so suggest things that are convenient and clean. Two cheers for the hospitality suite idea!!
(08.31.10 @ 12:57 PM)
Laura Stone says:
Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity for photos in between the ceremony and reception!
(09.01.10 @ 05:57 PM)
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Hello! First of all, my husband and I LOVE to visit Boston even though we live in the Philadelphia area. We visit a few times a year and our favorite part of the city is Faneuil Hall, so this contest is just for us :) I am a dark chocolate addict, and my husband prefers creamy milk chocolate, so we enjoy all kinds of desserts at our house! I have a distinct favorite at the moment that I have been enjoying every morning... I recently picked up some Chocolate Chai loose tea in Bar Harbor that has dark chocolate pieces in it. Needless to say, it's amazing! Thanks for the opportunity, and I'll have to look into a tour even if we don't win... It'll give us an excuse to plan another weekend in Boston ;)
(09.01.10 @ 10:03 AM)yummmm... for me, my favorite way to enjoy chocolate is by eating a chocolate dipped strawberry!
(09.01.10 @ 10:05 AM)My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is....Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears from Russo's in Watertown.
(09.01.10 @ 11:21 AM)My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is....Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears from Russo's in Watertown.
(09.01.10 @ 11:21 AM)My favorite way to enjoy chocolate is....Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears from Russo's in Watertown.
(09.01.10 @ 11:22 AM)I can only choose one? I guess my favorite way would be with a Tuck's Turtle hot chocolate from Diesel Café on a cold, cold day.
(09.01.10 @ 12:39 PM)Wow! This is a chocolate lovers dream!! If I HAD to choose one, I'd have to say I most enjoy chocolate in my homemade double chocolate & hazelnut cupcakess!! I mix in chocolate morsels in the batter and after baking, I infuse each cupcake with some creamy Nutella! I picked up baking about a year ago and this is by FAR my favorite recipe! Between work, baking and wedding planning, we haven't had much time to do anything fun, so this would be the perfect way to spend the day with my fiance! :)
(09.01.10 @ 01:36 PM)I like to pour chocolate chips into a peanut butter jar and eat it with a big spoon. I use the "there's protein in peanut butter" to justify the chocolate but really I just love the way they taste together!
(09.01.10 @ 03:24 PM)My favorite way to eat chocolate is with a bunch of my closest girlfriends at the end of a girl's night! We love the Molten Chocolate desserts!
(09.01.10 @ 09:56 PM)i always love chocolate myself, not to mention it's a must for wedding occasion, a chocolate tour definitely full of fun.
(09.02.10 @ 11:15 AM)I just started dating my new girlfriend, so we've been lots of things to get to know each other.Being that she lives in Boston, and I in NH we try to do a little in her area and a little in my area on a 50/50 basis. For one of our early dates, we went up to Rockport, MA and into Halibut State Park on the northern end of Rockport. I took her out to watch the sunset, brought a blanket and a Thermos of what I told her was MY famous Hot Chocolate but little did she know that it was really Swiss Mix (LOL). I also brought some chocolate chip cookies that I baked the night before, using the traditional chocolate chip cookie from the Toll House package. And a bag of M&M's for us to share, but I ended up feeding them to her like they were grapes. A perfect night with a sunset, some chocolate and my new girl!
(09.02.10 @ 08:39 PM)I just started dating my new girlfriend, so we've been lots of things to get to know each other.Being that she lives in Boston, and I in NH we try to do a little in her area and a little in my area on a 50/50 basis. For one of our early dates, we went up to Rockport, MA and into Halibut State Park on the northern end of Rockport. I took her out to watch the sunset, brought a blanket and a Thermos of what I told her was MY famous Hot Chocolate but little did she know that it was really Swiss Mix (LOL). I also brought some chocolate chip cookies that I baked the night before, using the traditional chocolate chip cookie from the Toll House package. And a bag of M&M's for us to share, but I ended up feeding them to her like they were grapes. A perfect night with a sunset, some chocolate and my new girl!
(09.02.10 @ 08:40 PM)Hot cocoa (on a rainy evening) with junior mints in the bottom. Enjoyed while wrapped in a down comforter.
(09.03.10 @ 09:20 PM)