Every girl knows the color. That slightly green, mostly blue, usually inscribed with a little black name and tied with a little white ribbon. [source] Ah yes, Tiffany & Company… the infamous color, home of breakfasts, bling, and truly untouchable luxuries. If you’ve ever received anything from Tiffany, you remember it. You probably remember where [...]
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Special occasions call for special treats. I don’t think anyone would disagree with me on that fact. A double birthday party though, in which a) one person was turning 50, b) his daughter was turning 6, and c) chocolate was requested, requires something decadent, tiny, and very very chocolate. I turned to my newest obsession [...]
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I began my love affair with cupcakes about a year ago with a spring break project that went wonderfully right. Coconut cupcakes with key lime buttercream were the beginning of something that then snowballed into a full-blown obsession love affair complete with paraphernalia, souvenirs, and requests for cupcakes all over the place. I can’t say [...]
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I knew that once Spring arrived, things would start to turn around. It was light until almost 7 p.m. tonight, the sun is in the sky, birds are chirping… and there was one little thing I’d been waiting to hear for the last four years. Being a teacher brings a small (ok, huge) amount of [...]
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Imagine my delight when, on Friday, I parked my car on a side street near the nail salon I was visiting, looked out my window and saw a sign that said “Sweet Pea Cupcakes”! I walked in with a huge smile on my face, and immediately wished I had my camera with me. So, darn, [...]
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You all know that I go a bit nutty around birthdays. I make 3-course meals, bake an inordinate amount, and generally celebrate my friends and family in the best way I know how. Many of you have already expressed interest in being one of my coworkers simply for the fact that I bake and cook [...]
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A couple weeks ago, you may remember that I made 100 cupcakes for the A to Z Literacy benefit. What you may not know though, is that I donated two dozen custom cupcakes to the highest bidder in a silent auction! They sold for $40, and I spoke with the buyer later that week. She [...]
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Today was full of pleasant surprises. The coffee shop where I get my morning coffee and sometimes breakfast changed their wraps on their breakfast wraps from a tomato-basil one to a whole wheat one. It was amazing. I walked into school and my friend Wendy handed me a cupcake, because it was “cupcake day”. I [...]
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Many months ago, in what feels like another lifetime at this point, I got an email from my friend Mal. You may remember her as the person who started the A to Z Literacy Movement, and I talked about her throughout September when every one of your clicks was a donation to A to Z. [...]
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It was the phone call students (and teachers) around the country live for. As I left school yesterday, the caller ID flashed with my district’s phone number, and the recording said “Due to severe winter weather conditions, all schools in our district will be closed on Wednesday, February 2.” I believe the first word out [...]
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