{"id":319,"date":"2007-04-11T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T11:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sararosso.com\/index.php\/2007\/04\/11\/warm-fuzzies-and-chocolate-easter-eggs\/"},"modified":"2009-12-27T22:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T21:46:00","slug":"warm-fuzzies-and-chocolate-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/11\/warm-fuzzies-and-chocolate-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm Fuzzies and Chocolate Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived back from Berlin and I remembered that I had stashed away quite a few chocolate Easter eggs &#8211; what to do, what to do? Of course, <strong>we will eat these<\/strong>, but first I wanted to play a little bit. By the way, the speckled ones are the best, a thick chocolate shell with a softer, gianduja filling inside.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to arrange them in scenes from a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lifetime_Movie_Network\">Lifetime movie<\/a> or perhaps an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/After_school_special\">Afterschool Special<\/a>.  So please enjoy a little <em>doceggdrama<\/em> with some of the scenes that I created with my little chocolate eggs. They do so enjoy performing. (Can you tell I was on vacation &#8211; we got home late.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does each scene say to you? Put a title to my pictures!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, for a wonderful, addictive game where you don&#8217;t have to think too much (or do you), try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k2xl.com\/games\/boomshine\/\">Boomshine<\/a> &#8211; I heard about it this weekend and it appears to be buzzing on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haisentito.it\/articolo\/boomshine-il-gioco-in-flash-che-spopola-in-internet\/4403\/\">Italian<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookcafe.net\/blog\/blog.cfm?id=644\">blogosphere<\/a> as well. (Non ho ancora raggiunto 200 punti, per\ufffd!)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please Don&#8217;t Hit Me, Mom&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Watching Over or Ignoring? by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455146909\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/178\/455146909_69e321cf95.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Watching Over or Ignoring?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interracial Egg Couples?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Get Together or Stand Off? by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455133032\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/200\/455133032_54631119e8.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Get Together or Stand Off?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hate the Way I Look&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Ganging Up or Adoring? by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455146505\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/244\/455146505_3aa2e6c8e3.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Ganging Up or Adoring?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not Without My Daughter? &#8211; One egg&#8217;s fight for her own yolk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Being Left Out or Protected? by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455146173\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/210\/455146173_0aa83c338b.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Being Left Out or Protected?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine him in a little tattered egg cup. Or peering from behind some plastic grass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Envy or Scorn? by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455131408\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/185\/455131408_a87b65936a.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs Envy or Scorn?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixing together at the playground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/455144915\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/208\/455144915_ffb484f866.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Chocolate Easter Eggs\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived back from Berlin and I remembered that I had stashed away quite a few chocolate Easter eggs &#8211; what to do, what to do? Of course, we will eat these, but first I wanted to play a little bit. By the way, the speckled ones are the best, a thick chocolate shell with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/11\/warm-fuzzies-and-chocolate-easter-eggs\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,100,3,10,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-chocolate","7":"category-discovering-food","8":"category-food","9":"category-holiday","10":"category-italy","11":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-59","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3943,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/24\/the-largest-chocolate-easter-egg-in-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":0},"title":"The Largest Chocolate Easter Egg in the World","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"April 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I definitely think this is a contender. 6 kilos of chocolate. 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