The Chocolate Fair & a man named Chris Martin

Last Saturday we decided to check out the Chocolate Fair up in SLC. Upon arrival we noticed lots of men with mustaches and goatees, most of whom were driving trucks. We thought this was an unusual crowd for a Chocolate Fair... and we weren't quite sure what we were getting into. Katie was somewhat bewildered by the men walking by holding their hunting rifles and handguns in plain view. We wondered if we had actually come to the right place...

It turns out that there were two conventions going on last Saturday, the first being the Chocolate Fair, and the second being the Gun Show (good combination, no?). Needless to say, it was pretty entertaining watching avid hunters carrying gun cases accidentally walking into the chocolate show. One of our favorite parts of the Gun Show was the a funny sign they had, pictured below.

The fair was a lot of fun, we got to vote on our favorite cakes, test tons of different types of chocolates and other deserts, watch cooking demonstrations, and... well, laugh at people walking into the wrong convention and being very confused. There was one negative occurrence at the Chocolate Fair... It's called Choffy (the Mormon coffee). Instead of brewing coffee beans, this company has taken cocoa beans and brewed them essentially the same way to... I guess... provide Mormons with a coffee alternative. Katie and I approached the table thinking it would be like hot chocolate (they advertised it as such) ... but boy we're we wrong. It was disgusting. We were satisfied to see a trash can chock full of full sampler cups as we threw ours away. Apparently no one else liked it either.
After the Chocolate Fair we dropped the boy off with Lauren, and headed up to Salt Lake City for the much anticipated Coldplay concert with Joel and Becky and Janni. The concert was pretty much amazing. They played all of their hits (unfortunately mine and Katie's favorite songs aren't any of the hits). There were two moments that really stick out in my mind. The first was near the end of the show when the band moved to a mini-stage in the back of the arena (much closer to our nosebleed seats than the main stage) and played a short acoustic set. It gave those of us with not so good seats a chance to be much closer to the band and really added to the show. The second was Coldplay's encore in which they played the song that got me hooked on the band, "Yellow" It was so awesome hearing it live, it literally made the entire show for me.

Overall, it was a great weekend, even if it was slightly tainted by Choffy.

p.s.- Katie, did you know that the Fray just put out a new single for their upcoming album?