Cupcakes

This weekend my mom and I picked up cupcakes at Buttercream Cupcakes in Coral Gables.  The store front was tiny, but cute with pink walls and a good selection of cupcakes.

Unfortunately, we got stuck behind a ridiculous mother/daughter duo who were buying 3 dozen cupcakes.  They hemmed and hawed over which flavors to get like it was a life and death decision.  Then, they talked to the store clerk for 15 minutes about how great Pandora jewelry is.  They were in a huff because their Pandora jewelry lady told them that prices were going up Feb 15th.  I couldn't stop rolling my eyes.

Finally, once we ordered, I picked triple chocolate and my mom picked coconut chocolate. Generally, cupcakes are either hit or miss. The worst is when the cake batter is too dry.  I'm also not a fan if the frosting is too sugary.  Luckily, these little treats were actually pretty tasty for cupcakes.  I gobbled mine down.   I also have a key lime cupcake stored in my freezer for later.

There are about a bazillion cupcakes place around Miami, so I'll have to try out a few more stores.  Buttercream are known for being among the better stores stores, and I have to hand it to them, they did a good job.

Miami Half Marathon

Yesterday I spend the morning running the Miami Half Marathon.   My Uncle Ed came down from Chicago for the weekend, and he ran the full marathon.  A few of his running buddies were also in town for the event and my parents came down for the weekend so we made a party out of it.


I finished feeling good (although I don't look so hot in the photo).  The race started at 6:15 AM before the sunrise, and we ran in the dark across the bay until the sun peeked up over the ocean. There were a lot of spectators out cheering us on given that it was so early.  As a special treat, we passed some prostitutes when running on Ocean Drive in South Beach.  


Overall, a good time.

Ed Westwick.

I went to brunch on Sunday with my friend Eliza and my sister at Bubby's in Tribeca.  And as a special treat, we saw Ed Westwick from aka Chuck from Gossip Girl.  I'm not normally star struck, but let me tell you, he was very smoking hot.   He was the most delicious part of the meal.

Gucci Mane's Tattoo Gets Crazier...

This weekend at my friend Liz's wedding, I was sitting with a guest who started talking about how his love for rapper Gucci Mane. Since I posted about Gucci's ghetto-tastic ice cream tattoo on Friday, I needed to get the scoop on Gucci's deal. Apparently, his new tattoo is actually a snow cone. And, it get better! The word "Brr" is tattooed above the snow cone as a reference to cocaine.  Keeping it classy as always.

Supersize That Latte

Starbucks is introducing an even bigger drink size..dah dah dum...the TRENTA.  At 31 oz, it's the Starbucks equivalent of "supersize it."  Calorific much?  Apparently, when Starbucks released their new logo, they were also strategizing to morph into the next best thing since McDonalds.  


I have a sneaking suspicion they won't introduce the trenta size in the EU just yet.  I'm not sure whether Europeans would embrace it or breaking windows of Starbucks stores.  In my Zurich Starbucks, a tall skinny latte costs a whopping 6.30 CHF ($6.00).  That's nearly double the cost for the same drink in the US....and you thought your local American Starbucks was ripping you off.  The Swiss are practically being robbed.  I can't even imagine how the Zurich Starbucks will price a trenta.

What Flavor Ice Cream Do You Think He Picked?

Rapper Gucci Mane (yes, I have no idea who he is either, but this story is too good not to pass on) just got a giant ice cream tattoo on his face. And yes, those are bolts of thunder emerging from the ice cream. The tattoo is a celebration of his recent release from a mental health facility.  Someone needs to get him back there pronto!

Camille Grammer on Howard Stern

Apparently, Camille Grammer went on Howard Stern yesterday to reveal that her estranged husband Kelsey Grammer enjoys wearing women's clothes.  Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.


All in all, I have a hard time feeling bad for Camille.  She comes off as too much of a stone-cold crazy on the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."  I mean, the women had her two children via surrogate so she wouldn't ruin her figure.  That's a whole new level of disturbing.  And you never even see her with the kids on the show.  She's busy bitching to the tabloids that Kelsey won't speak with her so she's having a difficult time co-parenting their children.  Umm, since when she did ever parent them in the first place?  I thought she hired her four nannies to do that for her.


I will hand it to her though, her vengeful little games with Kelsey make for good gossip.

Has She Ever Heard of Sweat?

Here's Kim Kardashian leaving Bobby's Boot Camp Gym after an hour long work out.  Can someone please explain to me how she looks like this after working out of an hour?    Normal people do not look like after leaving the gym.

Caped Crusader - Part Deux

I'm still obsessed with capes, and this fur-topped APC version is the ULTIMATE.

Bhati Beads

I watched a CNBC TV special "Business Model:  Inside the SI Swim Suit Edition" (clearly they have limited TV options at European hotels), and the show featured Bhati Beads.  They've been around for years, but I still like the idea.   You can stack different styles and colors.  Not good the winter, but nice to think about for the summer/beach time.

While we're on the subject of planes...

How cute is this!