On a perfect day for the annual Mimbres Region Arts Council's Chocolate Fantasia'not too cold, not too hot, with the sunny shining'the streets of downtown Silver City saw crowds of folks seeking out chocolates in 30 different venues.
Restaurants also had tables full of diners. People checked out stores they hadn't visitied before and made decisions to go shopping there.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2014
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Truffles from Syzygy Tile. Don't they look yummy?
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Patrick Hoskins at Syzygy marks a ticket.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Collin Grady, a WNMU Mustang, helps out at Dandelion Wish.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Karen Porter and Juliana Albershardt at the Murray Hotel
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Abe Villarreal and Mustang David Martinez serve up chocolates at Lois Duffy Art
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Susan Hill is the server at Copper Quail Gallery
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Lucy Whitmarsh, chocolatier Claire Catlett, and Anna Dye serve up chocolates in a tropical setting.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Jayden and Preston Hotchkiss greet visitors to Insurance First
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Barbara Taylor serves at The Raven's Nest.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Iris Johnson and Teja Clark serve at Leyba & Ingalls Arts Supplies and Gallery
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Charles Hubbard awaits the change to hand out maps at the MRAC Chocolate Fantasia Headquarters.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Ward Rudick and Diane Barrett welcome folks into Diane's Restaurant, reconfigured.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Holly Sytch welcomes chocolate lovers to Ellis Island.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
The Hub fountains remained icy, in spite of beautiful weather.
MRAC Chocolate Fantasia 2016
Fiddlin' Friends brought out the dancers at the Hub.
