When graduate Professors and Vegas...collide

My best friend wrote this email to my favorite teacher I ever had in graduate school (actually in life). He continuously inspires me. If ever you need chocolate, click the headline above to hit up Sweet Earth Chocolates!


Hey Dr. Neuhaus!

Just had a rip-roaring weekend in Vegas with Melissa and friends for her "21st-and-then-some" birthday... :) haha (just kidding, we ladies are mellowing out SOMEWHAT in our old age), but we sure still love to EAT, DANCE, and lie by the POOL! :) We always reminisce about the good 'ole days at Cal Poly and starting up the Fair Trade Club with you.. How is that going these days, anyway?? Are more students involved/good leadership??

Anyway, I am writing primarily because I am going to a "chocolate tasting"/dinner party on Monday night, and realized what a great opportunity it would be to educate the ladies in my biblestudy about the difference they and their families could make through becoming aware of and purchasing fair trade chocolate/other products. AND IF POSSIBLE, I WANT TO TAKE ALONG SOME SWEET EARTH ORGANIC CHOCOLATE BARS!

I looked on your website, and I have not tasted any of your current bars, but would be interested in buying a couple of the 72% bittersweet (prob would be my favorite), and the 65% mint bars. Possibly a milk chocolate or 2...although that would be for others as I totally only do dark nowadays. Any suggestions? And any possible way to get things shipped to me ASAP?? I have the number to call Joanne for faster shipping...with my credit card. Lemme know your thoughts. Also, do you have any material (Fair Trade/?Project Hope&Fairness) that you'd like me to distribute to my friends and family? I would be happy to try to keep SPREADING THE WORD. :) I thought the page from Global Exchange's site would be a good overview to expose them to, otherwise I may still have an electronic copy of what you'd give everyone at their first Fair Trade club meeting. Would like it to be "semi-brief" to encourage EVERYONE to read, and THEN, I can reel them in and get them asking more questions and reading longer articles... hopefully! (and buying fair trade chocolate!)

Well, hope things are well in SLO at Cal Poly and at Splash! Melissa and I should be coming up again maybe around September-ish to stay at that cute Petit de Soliel? bed & breakfast, visit friends, and hopefully make it into SPLASH too!

Sincerely,
Lauren

p.s. I try not to be a "traitor" (and a non-fair-trader) but a co-worker brought me back a chocolate bar from her trip to NY.... I have another idea for chocolate for you if you could do it...then i'd rather buy yours. It was by "Dylan's Candy Bars" (Ralph Lauren's daughter's store apparently) and my favorite was her "Sterling Collection 65% Cocoa WITH NIBS bar"--it was phenomenol with those ?nibs of raw cocoa..but not so light as "krispies"--have you tried something like this? And their 90% cocoa bar was so bitter it was almost sour in my mouth. I still remain most pleased ~60-80% ranges I think.. and of course, Dark Chocolate all the way now...more antioxidants too, right? :) TAKE CARE!