New Orleans cupcakes

As far as I can tell, there are two cupcake places in New Orleans. The first one is called Kupcake Factory and is right in the middle of the French quarter, across the street from Nola, and clearly for the tourists. One bite in, I was pretty suspicious that these were made from a mix. However, the frosting was really good and creamy.

Above on the left is the Chocolate/mint and on the right is my usual, Vanilla/Vanilla.

Here's a marble cupcake--marble cupcake and chocolate&vanilla swirled frosting.

The other place was kind of a hike and I skipped part of the conference to get there, but it was worth it. Be Sweet Cupcakes.

From the top left, Vanilla/Vanilla, Red Velvet, Chocolate/Vanilla and Vanilla/Chocolate. I took one bite and said, "That's correct." The best one was the Vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. So good!! Taking the street car in the super hot weather was not so good.

New Orleans

This week, I attended a conference that was sponsored by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Kind of a weird name, right? I feel like it is saying that we are "pro" child abuse. When I wasn't in the conference, I was trying to see as much of New Orleans as possible.

I stuck my head into the St. Louis cathedral.

Had beignets at Cafe Dumont.

Went to the New Orleans Museum of Art. which was closed due to some kind of power failure, so I just wandered around the sculpture garden.

Took a river boat cruise... here's the moon over the Mighty Mississippi

Took the street car "uptown."

Yes, I did also go to Bourbon St, but did not stay long and did not take any pictures!

Quilt for baby Andrew

My BFF Esther just had a baby so it was time to get to work again. I find it hard to find cute stuff for boys, but my quilt shop put some boy charm packs together which made it a little easier. It's about the finished product anyway, and I love this pattern.

John Mayer & Keith Urban

Keith Urban

More CMT Music

More CMT Music Videos

and here's one of JM's songs.

Summer re-runs

All my shows are over for the summer. What to blog about now?

One of my all-time favorite shows is now on DVD. I'm now in the middle of season three of "thirtysomething." I almost can't fall asleep until I've watched an episode... but then it's so good I want to watch the next one, and then I am caught up in the plot and want to see what happens in the next one, and before you know it's 1:00 am. And still I don't want to go to bed.

Other than that, here's how my summer is shaping up....

--three weeks off work.
--a trip to New Orleans.
--a week at the Jersey Shore.
--my sister's wedding.
--three JM concerts.
--a trip to San Diego.
--cupcakes!!
--another move at work.
--trying to survive the heat.
--trying not to get too freckly this year.
--going to the farmer's market.
--keeping my spring workout routine throughout the summer.
--running an art therapy group with my teenage clients.


I think that's just about it...

Glee quote of the week -- 6/8 Finale

Sue Sylvester's quote of the week about Will's hair: "I have to be honest, Will, I'm having a difficult time hearing anything you have to say today because your hair looks like a briar patch. I keep expecting racist animated Disney characters to pop up and start singing about living on the bayou."

Guest judge Olivia Newton-John: "Brunettes have no place in show business."

best performance of the week: the Journey medley, of course.

Glee quote of the week -- 6/1

Sue, writing in her journal. " Something strange happened yesterday. I felt something below the neck."

best number: Puck and Finn singing "Good Vibrations"