Pez Museum

Most people don't know this about me; in fact, I would say only my family and best friend since 7th grade know this about me--I have a Pez collection. Yes, I love Pez. It started out as a love for those tasty little pellets, and turned into a collection of dispensers. In addition to the typical dispensers related to movies and holidays, I also have a dispenser from the 1960's and some from Mexico from the early 1980's, both still in their packages (I believe that makes them more valuable). So, you can imagine how excited I was when we were looking for something to do today and saw that entrance to the Burlingame Pez Museum was free on the first Thursday of the month. I can't believe I've lived here for FIVE years and didn't know about the Pez museum! I do have to admit, however, that my Pez passion has slightly decreased since moving to San Francisco--I don't have a place to store extra toilet paper, let alone Pez dispensers. Now my love has basically gone back to its roots--I eat those yummy little candies as quickly as possible. Anyway, I still had to go check it out. As we pulled up, we had to chuckle. The museum didn't look like much of a museum at all--just a little hole-in-the-wall store. The "museum" turned out to be two small rooms. One room, the gift shop, the other, the museum. We walked in and our tour guide started the official tour. We learned that Pez originated in Austria and are actually still only manufactured there today. The first pez were peppermint flavored, and the word "pez" comes from the German word for peppermint. So interesting. The museum even housed the largest Pez dispenser in the world! Max was so excited that it was Frosty the Snowman! We even decided to give Max his first exposure to Pez. He chose a big rig dispenser and quickly became a pro at dispensing and eating as quickly as possible. I was a proud mother.
The plan for the rest of the day was to go down along the bay and watch the airplanes coming and going from the San Francisco airport. That plan quickly took a back-seat when we arrived at our location only to see 100s of birds. Max chased them around yelling, "FLY AWAY!" until it started raining. After that we went to Elephant Bar for lunch. Our first time there. Blake and I liked it, but Max LOVED it. Either that or he was super hungry. I've never seen him eat so much in my life. He was asking for more zucchini, rice, and chicken faster than we could shove it in his mouth. Chalk up a point for Burlingame!