Ashley Moore
Ashley Moore
Issue date: 9/6/05 Section: Diversions
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Speaking of chocolate, has anyone checked out the black tie mousse cake from Olive Garden? It's creamy, highly chocolaty, and very rich in taste. The black tie mousse cake is one of those desserts that you don't share, and take a couple days to eat. Of course, though, an Olive Garden dessert is just a quick remedy if you can't make it to Whetstone in St. Augustine for some of their famous fudge.
A day in St. Augustine perusing the small, quaint shops downtown could only be topped off with a necessary visit to the "fudge shop", as my sister and I call it. I know that if I were trying to impress a girl with my appreciation of beauty, my love for art, and taste for fine chocolate, I would definitely make the 45-minute trip to St. Augustine...wink wink!
Women love to window shop, and a stroll downtown would be a perfect day trip for a budding relationship. Let's be serious, women eat all that cute stuff up. I would even be willing to bet that if a man suffered through a day of window-shopping and what not, your appreciative female would suffer through lunch at a sports bar watching the games. A doggy bag of chocolate could even make for an interesting evening.
Now if you'd like a more localized first date, but still want to stay in the sweet zone, Angell & Phelps is a local chocolate factory that gives tours. Angelle and Phelps is located on Beach Street across the street from the library and would be a fun place to check out before heading to Martinis for one dollar martinis from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Beach Street chocolate factory is closed on Sundays but Martinis' happy hour goes on seven days a week.
Now on to Freshmen ... I know it is going to be very tempting your first few weeks in college to indulge in all the local bars and clubs, but don't. As a student that has been living in Daytona for three years I have two words of advice ... PACE YOURSELF!
Daytona might seem new and exciting now, but very soon it is going to loose it's novelty and you will be stuck in the same rut the rest of us are: bored with the beach, tired of driving to Orlando, and sick of the local clubs.
Instead research other things to do in Central Florida so that you can resort to the local bars and clubs for the most treacherously boring nights. For instance, there are a lot of state parks in area where you can go tubing, canoeing, swimming camping, fishing, and just have a great time.
This might seem lame but you can have a good time anywhere with the right people. So find the right people and have a wonderful semester.
A day in St. Augustine perusing the small, quaint shops downtown could only be topped off with a necessary visit to the "fudge shop", as my sister and I call it. I know that if I were trying to impress a girl with my appreciation of beauty, my love for art, and taste for fine chocolate, I would definitely make the 45-minute trip to St. Augustine...wink wink!
Women love to window shop, and a stroll downtown would be a perfect day trip for a budding relationship. Let's be serious, women eat all that cute stuff up. I would even be willing to bet that if a man suffered through a day of window-shopping and what not, your appreciative female would suffer through lunch at a sports bar watching the games. A doggy bag of chocolate could even make for an interesting evening.
Now if you'd like a more localized first date, but still want to stay in the sweet zone, Angell & Phelps is a local chocolate factory that gives tours. Angelle and Phelps is located on Beach Street across the street from the library and would be a fun place to check out before heading to Martinis for one dollar martinis from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Beach Street chocolate factory is closed on Sundays but Martinis' happy hour goes on seven days a week.
Now on to Freshmen ... I know it is going to be very tempting your first few weeks in college to indulge in all the local bars and clubs, but don't. As a student that has been living in Daytona for three years I have two words of advice ... PACE YOURSELF!
Daytona might seem new and exciting now, but very soon it is going to loose it's novelty and you will be stuck in the same rut the rest of us are: bored with the beach, tired of driving to Orlando, and sick of the local clubs.
Instead research other things to do in Central Florida so that you can resort to the local bars and clubs for the most treacherously boring nights. For instance, there are a lot of state parks in area where you can go tubing, canoeing, swimming camping, fishing, and just have a great time.
This might seem lame but you can have a good time anywhere with the right people. So find the right people and have a wonderful semester.