October 24, 2006
Berkeley Time
On Friday (10/20) we went to have Chicken and Waffles in Jack London Square for breakfast. After breakfast we checked out a huge restaurant supply store, which interestingly enough, had a gargantuan mounted polar bear near the entrance. It is apparently, according to the boone and crocket plaque, the 9th largest polar bear ever shot. Next we hit the North Face Outlet in Berkeley and then ran over to Scharffen Berger (chocolate maker) for a chocolate factory tour. While on the tour we learned in detail about how chocolate is grown, processed, and then molded into different shapes. We also learned about what makes chocolate different, and of course we had some samples. I highly recommend the Scharffen Berger tour. After the tour we did some shopping around Berkeley before grabbing a pizza from Zachary's (Chicago style) and bringing it home.