Wednesday, February 20, 2008

CHOCOHOLICS LOVE WHAT THEY DID WITH THIS ROOM

An all-chocolate room was unveiled in Manhattan last week -- a pre-Valentine's Day creation complete with furniture and artwork made of the sweet stuff.

Godiva chocolate "pearls" were dripping off the chandeliers above the dining table, which was a sea of stars, truffles and crescents -- all chocolate, of course, under glass.

This year, someone who buys a box of chocolates -- starting at $23 -- could win the room. One box contains a note that is good for a getaway weekend for two in May at Manhattan's Bryant Park Hotel, where the chocolate room will be re-created.

Hanging in the "living room" is a painting, inspired by Gustav Klimt's The Kiss, built entirely of multicolored chocolate pieces. Above the dining table is a "canvas" dripping with brown and white chocolate -- a takeoff on Jackson Pollock's signature "drip" paintings.

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