cupcake stare-down

on wednesday our baby girl had her first birthday, so yesterday we had a party with some friends.  she enjoyed her first cupcake, ice cream, and of course, lots of laughs with many of our pasadena friends (including a stare-down with her friend dave).

more from the doo dah parade

i feel like this image could easily qualify for petrea's zen monday photo series - you tell me what is going on in this image!

classic doo dah parade fun.

the cookie monster cupcake

i've been curious about polkatots cupcakes since i heard that they won some awards at an l.a. cupcake challenge. it took me a while to venture a few blocks down the street to sample their confectionary delights, but i was happy i did. as the title of this post suggests, i ordered their "cookie monster cupcake" - a delicious chocolate cupcake with cookies and cream frosting. kind of pricey at $3, but pretty delicious washed down with a tall glass of cold milk. check them out at the corner of lake and orange grove.

cupcakes and the king

dots cupcakes just opened up a second pasadena location at the one colorado shopping area. i'm not sure what elvis has to do with cupcakes, but i like the mixed media of this window display.

cupcakes and a wedding

this weekend we traveled to virginia for my cousin's wedding. my mom and my aunt made hundreds of cupcakes for the reception, and of course we were roped in to the process of icing these treats. chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, carrot cake - so much work, and such a tasty end result!

a great trip, and a wonderful wedding. congrats you two!