Wednesday, June 25, 2014

It's No Lie

Monday was laundry day in Burlington, Wisconsin, which turns out to be a pretty famous place. First, it was a stop on the underground railroad. It's also home of the Burlington Liar's Club, which celebrates the art of lying and tall tales. Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo is from Burlington, where he spearheaded the local high school team, the Demons (no lie). And if that's not enough of a claim to fame, Burlington is Chocolate City, USA.


Nestle has been producing chocolate there since 1966, including Crunch Bars, Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Toll House chocolate chips, and Quik hot chocolate mix. Farfel was the Nestle mascot before the Quik bunny. Every Memorial Day, Burlington hosts Chocolatefest, and huge sculptures are made in honor of the event. Here's a recent winner:


And here's a sculpture of John and me ;)





1 comment:

  1. Yes, that's thrue the sculpture looks like you :-))
    Claire & Jean

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