You Won't Need a Golden Ticket

And I thought I was inspired by chocolate. Steve Hendrix of the Washington Post visited Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, and brought back a story filled with two of my favorite things. (The other? Roller coasters -- the park has ten of 'em.)

The lunch bill at the Hershey Lodge came covered in Mr. Goodbar miniatures; check-in included a Hershey Bar for every guest, and the kids' program at the fascinating Hershey Museum featured edible craft projects made from Kisses. Within an hour, I was laden with that day-after-Halloween feeling -- halfway through your plastic pumpkin and one Crunch bar over the line.

My kind of hotel? You bet your sweet tooth.

"You," said the woman at a table next to a very large York Peppermint Pattie, "are my absolute favorite."

I might have a similar reaction, faced with a six-foot Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Related Hotels: the luxury Hershey Lodge and the moderate Hotel Hershey.