Cupcakes are scientifically broken into three components as a measure of deliciousness: Frosting (taste and quantity), cake (taste and moistness), and access.  Corner Cupcakes represents the best of cake, frosting, and access.  By moving their cupcake bakery into a mobile food truck, Corner Cupcakes is a ‘neighborhood’ business in every neighborhood.  Corner Cupcakes is accessible for everyone.  By following their Twitter feed, I was able to track down their location today.  What put cupcakes in my mind?  I was thinking about stopping at the Sprinkles in La Jolla but saw …

Honestly, my bicycle is such a flirt! Whenever I ride around town on my bike, I always receive kind compliments about her. She’s a looker, that’s for certain. Since it would be a shame to deprive the rest of the world of her presence, I’ve been riding about town, as the weather allows.
Last weekend I rode my bike to the farmers’ market – called the Mercato – in Little Italy close to downtown San Diego. The day was gorgeous which made for a perfect day to …

I went on a little photo adventure with a friend a few months ago.  I had two old cameras that I had been interested in using.  One is a Kodak Brownie the other is a Kodak Duaflex.  Both require a size of film that is no longer made.  Fortunately, the internet came to the rescue and I learned that there is an equivalent size film but the spools that the film comes on need to be switched out.  Intrigued, I ordered a kit with the old-size spools.  Fast forward to …

Opening packages is fun – especially when you don’t know what is inside.  Usually when I’ve ordered something on-line, I know what will be arriving.  However, last week, I ordered a blind item!  RedStamp.com a stationery service based in Minneapolis will periodically offer ‘Mystery Boxes’ of cards and stationery.  As a person who has loved Nancy Drew since childhood, I was drawn in by the title.  My love of stationery is no secret, therefore all should be shocked to learn I ordered only one Mystery Box.  It was fun to …

I have an odd obsession with terrazzo.  I think it is such a beautiful building material.  I have a small(ish) and growing collection of terrazzo photos. I have the National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association, Inc. website bookmarked.  Don’t judge.  I’d like to eventually have some terrazzo installed at my house.  I love the thought of a white-on-white poured and polished floor.  But, the truth is, any time I see terrazzo floors I fall in with the color I see at the time.  Perfidious?  I don’t think so – I always …

Currant restaurant in downtown San Diego thrilled me by offering an appetizer I would never make for myself. Popcorn! I never make it even though I like it a lot. It is one of those things that looks easy on paper. Three ingredients (popcorn, oil, and salt) and one step (heat) result in (pop, pop, pop) a delicious snack. My experience with making popcorn has involved burns from oil popping on my hand, corn getting scorched on the bottom of the pan, the floor sprinkled …