Chocolate Festival, Charlottesville, Saturday, Oct 20, 10am-4pm

Imagine my surprise when I found a notice for a Chocolate Festival on the Virginia Tourism website!

A whole day devoted to chocolate! (I think I may have seen Nirvana.) The site is Lee Park, at Market St. and First St. NE in Charlottesville (across the street from McIntyre Library -- the home of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society).

The program will include chocolate tastings, learning more about chocolate and its history, a 5K run/2 mile walk (the better to work off those chocolate calories!), a variety of children’s activities, and baking contests. The site is handicap-accessible.