Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival in Berkeley

Hot and hungry, we were driving around Berkeley yesterday in search of lunch and happened to roll past a gathering of food trucks. The words Hongry Kong splashed on the side of the first truck spoke loud and clear to my growling stomach. HK cafe fare on wheels? Perfection! All fueled up, we strolled past the food, sifting through booths filled with local arts & crafts. Just a few steps in, a man with his young child tapped us on the shoulder and hurriedly explained that he had to leave and offered us the extra tickets he didn't use. Free tickets? What for? Tastings of chocolates and other bits and bites along the way? Seemed rude to not accept, so accept we did. Street fairs and weekend farmers markets are always worth a wander, and here, we'd lucked upon Berkeley's 17th annual Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival.

Adult Brownie on the menu.. How very Berkeley. 

Chocolate and chalk art? This might sound like an odd combination, but so far, our 16 months worth of experiencing life in the Bay Area has taught us that nothing is out of the ordinary here. Anything and everything goes. And really, I couldn't think of a better way to spend the afternoon than nibbling at mini chocolate chocolate cupcakes and watching this artsy community color their ideas all over the sidewalk in the hot, hot sun. Here's a sample of some of the works in progress we were treated to (my favorite's the last one, Colorful Roots):

Knee socks in the background appeared to be getting ready for some sort of street performance.

Berkeley campus

Chocolate Mousetraps

My favorite panel here is obviously the brontosaurus sunset :D

"Old Time Jazz for the New Depression"

Chocolate Milkshake :)