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cblj_backupDo you guys think maybe cupcakes bend reality? Because I think maybe they do.
This evening I wanted to stop off at one of the cupcake shops in downtown and pick up some cupcakes, because I have a guest staying over and nothing says Awesome Host like cupcakes. So I walked across the river and caught the 151 bus, which was going to take me to northern Gold Coast where Sprinkles Cupcakes is. I wasn't going to be on the bus very long, so I went straight to the back and sat down next to the door, and then I hear HI! SAM! and I look up and there's Coworker Crush, in an adorable hat. On the bus.
So we sat and chatted until it was my stop, which was surreal, because I basically come up with at least three excuses a week to go upstairs to the reception desk in the hopes of seeing her, and here she is on the bus. Yes, I know I'm sad, move past it.
Anyway, she said she'd been to Sprinkles and there's always a line because their cupcakes are super-popular. I figured, even if there was a line my experience could not possibly be any worse than the one I had at Magnolia Bakery, where menus surprise them.
It turned out there was a line, but the line appeared mostly to be because the salespeople were...not terribly well organised. To be fair, the people waiting for cupcakes weren't either. But at any rate I didn't leave the store going "These better be some motherfucking amazing cupcakes for what I just went through to get them" like at Magnolia. I was just like, "Well, these are probably some pretty good cupcakes, so waiting in line wasn't too bad."
These are some motherfucking amazing cupcakes, you guys. I may have gotten chocolate cupcake everywhere, but it was totally worth it.
So yeah, I have yet to have an experience with Chicago cupcakes where the word "normal day" applies. Cupcakes: the true nexii of reality.
This evening I wanted to stop off at one of the cupcake shops in downtown and pick up some cupcakes, because I have a guest staying over and nothing says Awesome Host like cupcakes. So I walked across the river and caught the 151 bus, which was going to take me to northern Gold Coast where Sprinkles Cupcakes is. I wasn't going to be on the bus very long, so I went straight to the back and sat down next to the door, and then I hear HI! SAM! and I look up and there's Coworker Crush, in an adorable hat. On the bus.
So we sat and chatted until it was my stop, which was surreal, because I basically come up with at least three excuses a week to go upstairs to the reception desk in the hopes of seeing her, and here she is on the bus. Yes, I know I'm sad, move past it.
Anyway, she said she'd been to Sprinkles and there's always a line because their cupcakes are super-popular. I figured, even if there was a line my experience could not possibly be any worse than the one I had at Magnolia Bakery, where menus surprise them.
It turned out there was a line, but the line appeared mostly to be because the salespeople were...not terribly well organised. To be fair, the people waiting for cupcakes weren't either. But at any rate I didn't leave the store going "These better be some motherfucking amazing cupcakes for what I just went through to get them" like at Magnolia. I was just like, "Well, these are probably some pretty good cupcakes, so waiting in line wasn't too bad."
These are some motherfucking amazing cupcakes, you guys. I may have gotten chocolate cupcake everywhere, but it was totally worth it.
So yeah, I have yet to have an experience with Chicago cupcakes where the word "normal day" applies. Cupcakes: the true nexii of reality.
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Date: 2012-01-13 01:40 am (UTC)Sam + CC + cute hat + snow + bus ride + chocolate cupcakes = Ask the poor girl out already, Sam.
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Date: 2012-01-13 09:47 pm (UTC)Oh dear lord.
I nominate the girl who played Phoebe Buffay as Coworker Crush.
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Date: 2012-01-13 02:43 am (UTC)(Speaking of cupcakes, I read somewhere today that marshmallows are the next cupcake-like sensation. Me, I just can't see that somehow. Marshmallows belong on a stick over a campfire, not in a sweetshop.)
Also? I can't help wondering if somewhere Coworker Crush is blogging about how There's This Guy And I Wish He'd Get A HINT, Dammit...
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Date: 2012-01-14 06:15 am (UTC)Or not, because my hips really don't need more incentive.
om nom pie
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Date: 2012-01-13 04:01 am (UTC)P.S. you once linked to a meta Sherlock fanfic. I read it, and it was brilliant, but I have misplaced the link. Could you give it to me again, please?
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Date: 2012-01-13 04:04 am (UTC)http://holmeschat.livejournal.com/1586.html?view=1330
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Date: 2012-01-14 05:11 am (UTC)http://merlinkinkmeme.livejournal.com/12537.html
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Date: 2012-01-14 06:10 am (UTC)Normally, this sort of fic probably wouldn't appeal to me. While I've been in various fandoms forever, I never really got THAT much into them, and I'm certainly not a contributor to any of them beyond gushing comments on fics and pics. But Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin was adorkable and the multi-media fun to follow along. The Theory Of Narrative Causality is even more so, hense giving it a chance.
Reading these two stories make me feel like I've missed out on so much in fandom. :(
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Date: 2012-01-14 03:34 pm (UTC)Do you have anymore BNF fic recs you can pass on?
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Date: 2012-01-13 04:42 am (UTC)Are you crazy?
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Date: 2012-01-13 05:21 am (UTC)THE UNIVERSE pushed her right into your bus. THE UNIVERSE is asking, what ELSE do I have to do, for crying out loud?!
Don't task THE UNIVERSE anymore. JUST ASK HER OUT. NO SANE WOMAN TURNS DOWN CUPCAKES. EVER.
It can be as simple as, hey, I'm heading out to Sprinkles, can I get you anything? Would you like to come with me?
That easy, Sam.
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Date: 2012-01-13 02:02 pm (UTC)Magnolia and Sprinkles are both nationwide chains -- the one got started in NYC, the other in Beverly Hills.
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Date: 2012-01-13 02:09 pm (UTC)Although there was a stall in the Derby Westfield Centre which sells big fabric cupcakes for some reason I didn't get round to investigating. I got the impression they were soft toys, but possibly they were baskets...
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Date: 2012-01-14 04:34 am (UTC)I am rather startled to realize that I have been married longer than I was unmarried.
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Date: 2012-01-14 05:55 am (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed the Sprinkles cupcakes! They are my favorite. I like how you can always tell from their website what cupcakes will be on sale that day. You can also avoid the line (which is unusual for a weekday evening) by ordering online and then just going up to the cash register to pick up your order.
There is also an awesome Belgium bakery on that block but its the sort of place you have to go to in the morning to get their freshly made yummy (but pricey) croissants and bread.
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Date: 2012-01-14 01:26 pm (UTC)The bakery -- is that the one in the ground floor of the condo building? There's a great leather repair shop right down the alley from it.
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