A Sunday off

There will be no stand mixer Sunday today because my dear friend Alissa tied the knot this weekend! It was a fabulous ceremony that went on without a hitch. The reception had some tasty Polish food as well. I was too busy making a fool out of myself "dancing," if you can call it that, to eat cake, but there was something better.

Now I have a smallish chocolate fountain I got for Christmas several years ago. It's a tabletop model with three tiers.

Alissa procured a five-tier fountain that was the same size as me. There were twinkies, Oreos, marshmallows, bananas and the biggest strawberries I've ever seen. It was at least the size of a ping pong ball. Let me tell you, there are far more occasions that call for a chocolate fountain than people get them for. Graduation? Housewarming? Christening? All good occasions for the chocolate fountain.