Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Nut Free Section
Just got back from my favorite city in the world…New York. We had a wonderful weekend. But as a mother of a child with a life threatening food allergy, traveling is stressful. But as I always tell my child… you have a mouth and eyes to ask and see ingredients and an epipen to save your life. You have a plan. All the restaurants we ate at were extremely accommodating except the famous Cipriani’s. They were rude and completely unwilling to help us. However, we ended up at Park and they were beyond wonderful. The managers went out of their way to keep my daughter safe and happy. The food was terrific! The place was beautiful. So thank you to the staff at Park! The highlight of our weekend was going to Dylan’s Candy Bar. Taking a child who is allergic to ALL nuts into the worlds biggest candy store is not easy. But, Dyaln’s was a dream come true. As we entered this slice of heaven on earth, we met another girl named Emily who has the same allergy. She is a bright and adorable 13 year old from Chicago. Emily overheard us discussing our strategy for going through the store. She was excited to take us to the NUT FREE section. We were thrilled to see a special area with delicious products from Divvies and Vermont Nut Free. What a relief to see that Dylan’s cared enough to dedicate this special spot to those who have allergies. I spoke with Jordin in the marketing department. She is working on other allergy safe areas such as gluten free, egg free, etc… The store is a dream for anyone who loves candy, but my child (even with her allergies) had the best time ever. Thank you Dylan’s… you are as sweet as your delicious candy!
