One of the local pleasures
One of the local pleasures I'll only take advantage of a few times a year is called Ben and Bill's Chocolate Emporium. It's an old-time candymaker that also has ice cream, and it served as the right destination for us for dessert last night. It's actually a chain of four stores -- the others are on Martha's Vineyard, in Maine and Northampton, Mass.
The boys opted for ice cream, while Emmeline, Bonnie and I went with the chocolate. Emmeline got three pieces of white chocolate truffles, and I splurged and got myself some Heavenly Hash -- a mixture of hazelnut, marshmallows and glazed cherries embedded in milk chocolate; my absolute favorite candy. Bonnie got her traditional Figaro truffles -- mixtures of chocolate and hazelnut paste (her absolute favorite, too).