• dinner review: la canela;

    August 7, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Last week was my best friend’s birthday, and so we went out in Rockville, MD to celebrate!  A recommendation from a coworker, we tried out La Canela in Rockville Town Center.  It was just a double date, but I love going to Peruvian places with Tyler since he studied abroad in Peru and can judge authenticity.  Two thumbs up from Tyler! They started us off with an amouse-bouche, or a complimentary chef appetizer.  I can’t quite remember what they called it, but it was basically a savory fried pastry wrapped around a ceviche center.  It was quite tasty, and the…

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  • Orchid Cellars Tasting Room, Read the Review @ bestwithchocolate.com

    winery review: orchid cellars;

    January 27, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Orchid Cellars is actually a meadery and winery!  In the interest of not having a bajillion categories, I file this under winery with Ciderworks, even though they’re a little less traditionally “winery”.  They’re both perfect stops to make on the Antietam wine trail to add a little something different to your outing!  This little baby here (actually not so little anymore) is actually one of the first reasons we ventured up to the Antietam Wine Trail at all. A friend grew up in the area and frequented Orchid Cellars with his mom, and he used to bring back all varying…

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  • Ciderworks tasting glasses, read the review @ bestwithchocolate.com

    winery review: ciderworks cidery

    January 13, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    While most of the wineries we typically go to are out toward western Virginia, occasionally we’ll make the trek up to Maryland!  There’s some nice places up there too, and specifically some unique places. The Orchid Cellar Meadery is one (post to come!) and Ciderworks is another!  It makes the Antietam Wine Trail perfect to do a little tasting of all your favorite alcoholic beverages!  I’ll save the mead and wine for other times, but Ciderworks is one of my favorites because it’s so unique.  It reminds me a little of Great Shoals actually (read the review), because it’s not made…

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  • Jousting at the MD Renaissance Festival! Read about it @ bestwithchocolate.com

    Lords and Ladies, Welcome to Ye Old Maryland Renaissance Festival

    September 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    G’dday ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire of ye olde!  Jk, I’m not going to type the whole post like that.  Mostly because I had to think even long and hard about that one sentence!  But I wanted to share with everyone the fun we have at the now annual Renaissance Fair escapade!  My sister has gone with some of her college friends for a lot longer than I have (this was only my second year).  But now that I’m in the area, I get to tag along, and also provide a place to crash!  It’s a…

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  • Basil Pesto Linguine from Kona Grill Review @ bestwithchocolate.com

    dinner review: kona grill;

    August 12, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So I know I promised you my review on Mediterranean Cellars in my post last week about quattro goomba winery, but I’ve elected to postpone that post in favor of a shout out to the place in Baltimore that we had dinner for J’s bachelorette party!  I figured that was a little more timely, and besides, I wanted to dish on some of the details of the weekend.  So keep an eye out for that Mediterranean Cellars post, I promise it’s coming! I’ve known J for what’s going on 6 years–wow can you imagine?  We met through our sorority in college, but at Bucknell…

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  • Review of Great Shoals Winery @ bestwithchocolate.com

    winery review: great shoals winery;

    July 10, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Yesterday was an amazing summer day!  Beautiful outside, and definitely hot, but not so horrible in the shade.  Definitely would have needed some sunscreen if we didn’t camp out at some nice picnic benches at great shoals winery!  I’ve wanted to try out this winery for a while since it’s pretty much smack between where I live and Baltimore, where we have a number of friends!  However today was so gorgeous and we were in the area anyway shopping for fabric for my bridesmaid dress (J’s wedding is only 3 months away!!!  It’s so close!), so groupon in hand, we trekked…

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