Tuesday, February 14, 2006

george was shopping for chocolate





this morning i rediscovered kpfa's world music show. victoria was rockin' some excellent tunes!

this morning's been cool. got to get some computers up to par and inventoried in the moon lab.

far be it from me to let a gent standing hopeless in front of rainbow grocery's chocolate display.

i had done my purchases...fennel, bosc pair, olive oil, peppercorns, coconut juice, yogi detox tea, omega3 supplement and new chapter's inner beauty skin supplement.

and the poor man was standing there, stupefied. he had a dagoba bar in one hand and i think a raphael bar in the other.

i asked if he needed help because he was standing in front of my favourite chocolate...goddess chocolate. and he said he was buying chocolate for his mom and he had no idea what to get her. he said he was embarassed.

i went into chocolate sommelier mode. i introduced him to all manner of chocolate, spoke about the subtleties i understood about the brands, the subtle flavors, etc.
i asked what flavors mom was into, because she might enjoy the subtle scent and flavor a lavender bar could offer versus a chili flavoured bar.

the poor man's mind was blown. here he was, young exec in international business. he imports things from china, has a command of english, spanish, japanese and chinese and still is worried about making the right chocolate bar for his mom.

moments like these are priceless.

he asked what i did, i offered my business card and gave a minor elevator pitch.

he was asking about a boysource. i said we're visioning that. who knows? i may have met a potential funder.

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