bury me in...

Sprinkles Cupcakes popped up in Georgetown, DC this spring in an area already home to at least two other cupcake bakeries, Georgetown Cupcake and Baked and Wired.

Sprinkles duo

The line at G-town Cupcakes is almost always to daunting to even consider getting in, as it regularly wraps out of the store and down the whole block when the weather is decent.  I'm no fanatic when it comes to cupcakes, but I do love a really good one every once and a while.  There's just no way that I would stand in like for more than about 90 seconds to buy one.

carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

So, during a recent afternoon jaunt in G-town, B and I stopped by Sprinkles.  And, boy, was it good.

yum!

We tried the PB Chip and the Carrot Cake (in honor of the approach of Easter).  I have to say that my favorite of the two was the PB, but they were bother pretty out of this world.

peanut butter chip

Have you tried Sprinkles yet?

butternut things

Last night, Blake and I went out to dinner.  While dining, we realized that they last time just two of us went out on a dinner date was the week before Thanksgiving.  Romance FAIL.  jk, we manage to keep love alive in spite of the fact that our actual 'dates' are rare these days.  We do other fun things like go on walks, sit next to each other on the couch with our laptops on each of our laps, and do the dishes together.  whew... HOT!

So, back to dinner.  Blake ordered roasted duck (typical) and it was awesome!  I ordered butternut squash ravioli, and it was similarly amazing.  It was served in a cream sauce with big shavings of salty parmesan cheese, caramelized onions, and what (at first) looked like craisins sprinkled over top.  Luckily, they were NOT craisins, but actually dried cherries -- mmmmm.  The flavor of the cherries worked well with the butternut/cream/parm/caramel-onion goodness.  I quite enjoyed it.

So, this morning I ran across a recipe on Sweet Paul with the same flavor idea.  And a pretty picture to go with:

Butternut squash soup with cranberries and pumpkin seeds

Head on over and chup it out.

And do share... what are you eating this weekend?

Glace ice cream

On Friday evening, Blake and I and a friend stopped in for some :: artisan :: ice cream at Christopher Elbow's new ice cream shop: Glace.

It is presented much like gelato, but is actually ice cream..... very very good ice cream.  With uniquely interesting flavors.   I ordered the Venezuelan Spiced Chocolate and the Salted Pretzel (both amazing), and also tried the Goat Cheese with Honey, which was delicious -- just the right amount of sweet and tart.

If you're in KC, it is a must on the ice cream stop.  We'll be stopping by a few more times before we head out of town, I'm sure.

I almost forgot to mention!  THE Christopher Elbow took our cash at the cash register when we were in!  You know that someone truly believes in their product when they're a well-known choclatier and they are the actual ones in the store, selling their wares, watching people oooo and aaaah at their delicious creations.  Pretty cool, I think.

the culinary adventures of a girls' weekend

I spent the holiday weekend in Wichita for a little girl time with my sister-in-law, mom-in-law, and aunt-in-law.  It was a wonderfully relaxing weekend and included lots of great food! And antiquing and fabric shopping, and sewing and laughing and more eating.  Completely amazing.

Saturday morning, we stopped by the Donut Whole for some gourmet donuts.

 (L-R) coconut, classic buttermilk, honeybee, and orange

MA and our (obviously shared between 4) Tang-y slushie.  The straws were a bit OOC.

After searching for treasures at the antique and fabrics shops, we stopped by Sport Burger for an early lunch.

 If you can't tell from the picture, it was the best 99 cent hamburger I've ever had.  YUM!