A Cupcake a Day!

Keeps the doctor in business! ;)

Remember this day when I said the cupcakes in Old Town just didn't look up to my standards? When I'm wrong, I'll admit it. :) MOST times

I was getting the shakes after running an errand in Old Town this afternoon (my classic 'bout to crash symptom), and asked the owner of the shop I was in where she recommended I catch a late afternoon snack. She suggested Bittersweet (the cafe I walked 8 blocks for previously), and since I was super hungry and my parking limit was about to expire I walked in next door to check out what they had to eat besides cupcakes. And despite the ridiculously high cost of a mini cupcake... I figured when in Rome one must do as the Romans do, right?!  So I enjoyed my sandwich and cupcake in the warm indoors while people watching!

 My King Street view from the table. 

Back to the important part: my review of the cupcake!!

In the words of Top Chef Masters, I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars. The moist chocolate cupcake left some pizazz to be desired, but the chocolate mousse icing was so light and fluffy that it would dress up almost any cake. The one thing I didn't care for was the choice of size. They only have the super large, bigger than a slice of cake cupcake, and the miniature pill-cup size. The pill cup size left you wanting more, but I can only imagine the regular size made you want to vom by the last bite. Did I mention the mini cup was just under $2? Ridic!

But a pretty good afternoon snack paired with a cup of coffee for the walk back to the car where I saw a cute just married couple getting their post-photos taken. A good afternoon!

When the Night Comes

I traveled into DC last night to Ebenezer's Coffeehouse where I went to church during Snowmageddon. A coffeehouse on a Friday night, you ask? I met up with Whitney (girl from the gym) and her co-worker to watch a documentary produced by the founder of The Invisible Children. I didn't know much about the video I was going to see, and I was a little worried I might spend the evening weeping at the tragic stories of African children subjected to ridiculous brainwashing and murdering. Fortunately, this documentary brought a hopeful view on a difficult subject.

Today is World Malaria Day, and the film, When the Night Comes, was made to bring awareness to the rampant malaria epidemic in Africa. The stats were mind-blowing. It is the longest lasting epidemic in all of history, and the amount of attention the western world brought to the Swine Flu epidemic significantly outweighs that which is given to malaria, despite the fact that 1 person died by swine flu per 100+ malarial related deaths. And the amazing thing... the key to stopping it is simple. Nets... $10 nets to cover people while they sleep, that's it! If they can stop the spread then the cases will be easier to cure quickly, and the number 1 killer of Africans will be slayed.

The film creatively displays facts and figures through the eyes of three young Californians. It will even have the viewer rocking with laughter at moments. Check out information on how you can help today at When the Night Comes and Nothing but Nets.