The Side Effects of Endorphins

I worked for Godiva Chocolatier for a few years out of grad school. My boss had no life and talked constantly about his ex-wife who he divorced 15 years ago. He always tried to get me to go to the bar after work and I never went.

But there was a place in Reading Pennsylvania called the Northeast Tavern. We had a tight group of runners and we would meet at this bar often. My boss at the chocolate factory knew nothing about this bar.. I loved to go to this bar escape from the chocolate factory.

Another Chocolate Bar

Working this job, I got to travel a lot to take inventory of chocolate all over the United States. There was a little bar I found in the Chicago airport tucked in the corner that hardly anybody frequented. The bar served Leinenkugel’s which was another regional delegacy.

The bar with a nice little escape from the chocolate factory..

And my All time favorite.

I have two little sisters who are 23 years younger than myself. Maren, who lives in Heidelberg, earned herself a nickname from my father. We all called her Mars Bar. Sometimes we also called her Barsey. She is rather cool sister and she speaks German with me.

Deflection

I don’t know exactly what this prompt was asking. Being a vegan I don’t eat too many chocolate bars.. When I worked for Godiva I rarely ate any chocolate. We could buy 3 pound bags of chocolate for five dollars.

There certainly are a lot of decent vegan chocolates these days. As humans we were never intended to drink milk from the udder of a cow. Cows would appreciate if you give the vegan ones a try..

When I was a little kid, I didn’t know anything about this. I grew up 40 miles from Hershey, Pennsylvania.. I did like their plain old chocolate bar.