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IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!! GOOGA MOOGA HAS ARRIVED!!!

For the next three days, if you were keen enough to get tickets, you’ll be able to get your hands on our Car Bomb Parfait: a Guinness stout fudge brownie topped with a Bailey’s ricotta creme, Irish Whiskey ganache, and beer nut praline. This is a Googa-only special which you’ll never be able to find anywhere else outside of this weekend, SO YOU BETTER COME AND VISIT US. 

We’re located in “The Woods” portion, directly next to the beer tent and across from the ATMs. Best way to find us- look for the main stage, walk towards it, turn left slightly and head in the direction of all the trees. We’re in a nice shady nook with lots of picnic tables, next to Northern Spy Food Co., Rippers, Caracas Rockaway, Kasadela, and my favorite-named food business of all time, The Big Banana.

You know you’re a parent when you hear the term “Big Banana” and this is the first thing you think of. And because you can recite the entire episode verbatim.

Instead of posting the event map, which you’ll look at once and forget, I suggest you download the official Googa Mooga App, which will not only tell you where everything is, but also let you check out everyone’s menus in advance. Then you can make your own personal shopping list of everything you need to eat and check it off as you go. My list currently includes grilled maple bacon skewers from Landhaus, a Fois Gras doughnut from Do or Dine, and Tacos al Pastor from Salvation Taco.  And speaking of tacos, another big event has just been announced for us…….

Tickets just went on sale for this years NYC Wine & Food festival, and Robicelli’s will be providing the desserts for Tacos & Tequila hosted by Bobby Flay on October 19th. We’ll be everywhere that weekend as our book comes out two days before — and if you happen to be at Googa Mooga, you’ll be one of the first to see the cover! (don’t despair if you’re not making it - I promise to post a pic on Instagram at some point this weekend).

If Googaing about is not your thing, you can certainly just pick up one of these cupcakes that are going around to various shops, or a whoopie pie at any Red Hook Lobster Pound or Jordan Lobster Farms location, then follow along on Twitter where I’m sure I’ll be posting lots of nonsense all weekend long. And speaking of Twitter- congratulations Mark Turetsky! You won two tickets in our Googa Mooga giveaway by naming your pick for most underappreciated sitcom episode of the last 30 years:

Mark Turetsky ‏@mturetsky15 May

@robicellis Do the Urkel, where Steve repaired a divided America through the power of dance.

Excellent call, Mark. Excellent call. In this crazy world we live in, we can’t forget the power of Urkel to unite and heal us all.

Root Beer Float: Root beer cake, root beer custard, vanilla buttercream, maraschino cherry

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel: Chocolate cake, peanut butter buttercream, crushed peanuts and pretzels

The Aris: Orange scented walnut cake, Greek yogurt buttercream, spiced honey walnuts

I have now been inside for two whole freaking weeks.

Yep.

So, erm- what’s the weather been like? Is it nice outside? It’s been nice in here too. My mom sent over a pair of fleece sweatpant that are super comfortable, and I’ve been wearing them for a few days now. 

They’re, um, you know, really great.

Let’s see…….hmmmmm…….oh! I caught up on a whole bunch of tv shows that I haven’t had time to watch for years, like Damages and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Kinda sucks though because everyone else has already seen them, so I can’t really go on Facebook and talk about my reactions and feelings with other people. My cats watch with me, but I’m totally not at that stage of cabin fever where they can talk.

Yet.

I’m writing a lot, which is good. This time next year the book will be out, and I’ll hopefully be on tour somewhere. I hope I get to go to Pittsburgh, because I was there once ten years ago and I really liked it. I remember grabbing lunch at a ChiChi’s where my waitress decided she needed to sit with me because she was really impressed that I was from Brooklyn, and in exchange for me telling her all about what it was like to live there, she told me about her methadone addiction. I had a chimichanga. Is that a real Spanish word? Chimichanga? I think the more I say it, the more made up it sounds. “Chimichanga”. CHIMMEY-CHON-GAAAAHHHH.

I bought a new shirt, too! Off the internet! It’s really nice. I’m looking forward to wearing in a week or so when I’m off my major bedrest. 

*sigh*

Guys- go outside today and ENJOY THE CRAP OUT OF IT. Because you don’t understand how lucky you are to do such simple, stupid things- like going to the grocery store to get an avocado, or ridiculous stupid minutia that I totally miss.

One more week. One more week and I’m going to be up and out of bed. I’m going to go buy an avocado, go have a latte, then maybe hit the post office and mail the f**k out of some letters. It’s going to be amazing.

Now plot about how you’re going to leave your desk today and go get yourself a brownie, or a whoopie pie, or one of these cupcakes. And really enjoy every single second of today, because, well, it’s only going to be today once! 

Clockwise from front: Chocolate Graham, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Maple Crisp, Butterbeer

Chocolate Graham: Chocolate cake, graham cracker buttercream, ganache, graham cracker crumbs

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Pumpkin Pie: Pumpkin cake, vanilla buttercream, crushed pie dough

Apple Maple Crisp: Apple maple cake, vanilla buttercream, roasted apple butter, oat crisp, maple syrup

I survived the first day of school. Meaning that I successfully woke my ass up at 7am to drive my son there, and didn’t crash into a single thing. I’m a night owl, which may be why I was drawn to the kitchen in the first place. For the last few years, my workday ends somewhere between 2 and 4 am.

To put this into reference for you nine-to-fivers, imagine waking up at 3:00 in the morning to take your kids to school. That’s where I’m at right now, and SWEET JESUS THIS HURTS SO BAD. 

I didn’t bite the principal or anyone else, so I’ve got that going for me. For the moment.

Clockwise from front: Butterbeer, Ebinger, Hazelnut Kiss, Apple Peanut Butter

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, gold dust

Ebinger: Chocolate cake, chocolate custard buttercream, chocolate fudge, chocolate cake crumbs

Hazelnut Kiss: Chocolate hazelnut cake, Nutella buttercream, roasted hazelnuts

Apple Peanut Butter: Apple cake, peanut butter buttercream, peanut brittle

That awkward girl with the blue hair is me at 14 years old, sitting with my friends on the former “Grassy Knoll” outside of Stuyvesant High School (there’s luxury condos on top of it now).  Yes, there’s lots of Rollerblades. It was the 90s.

On the left is Katie McGloin. We were great friends back then, but then drifted apart after graduation, only seeing each other sporadically through my business or gushing about our kids over Facebook, joking about how they would NEVER find out about all the things we did when we were young.

Katie died from a brain tumor yesterday morning. She leaves behind a husband, two little boys ages 1 and 4, and many, many other heartbroken people. She was 33 years old.

Today’s blog isn’t for feeling sorry, because there’s going to be more than enough time for that. This is what it’s for:

I know that it’s Monday morning, and you’re grumpy, and you have a stack of papers or projects whatever else on your desk. I want every single of you to ignore it for five minutes.

Open your phone, find an old friend in your address book, and send them a text telling them how much they mean to you. Go into the hallway and call your mom. Send an email to your old group of friends that you never see because you’re all super busy and get really serious about getting that drink together. Or walk across the office and find a coworker who’s always helping you out or making you smile, and let them know how much you appreciate them.

It sometimes seems like we have all the time in the world. Then at times like this, no one is thinking they wish they’d spent more time day trading or watching tv or screwing around on the internet. Though you feel like you already know it, you realize that the best measure of a person isn’t what job they had or how much money they made- but by how much they were loved.

So go on. Remind someone that they’re loved. Your paperwork will still be there in five minutes. I promise.

Clockwise from front: Abuelita, Banana Nutella, Pecan Potato Chip, Butterbeer

Abuelita: Mexican chocolate cake, cajeta buttercream, ground Abuelita chocolate

Banana Nutella: Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, banana hazelnut praline

Pecan Potato Chip: Potato chip cake, vanilla buttercream, roasted pecans, salted butterscotch

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Well, I’m back from vacation. I while I should by all means be moping around half-assing everything and dreaming about cuddling with my kids next to Big Bird’s Lazy River (and no, there’s not even a trace of irony in that statement), I’m not because I have something so totally super duper awesome to announce that I’m doing that thing where I bounce up and down and kick my legs and play the drum part from “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe on my knees!

And YES, there’s a Golden Girls GIF for it! How utterly apropos! 

This Sunday, we’re being filmed for Unique Sweets on Cooking Channel! SQUEEEEE!!!! Let’s see that Dorothy Zbornak gif ONE MORE TIME!

Now if that wasn’t cool enough- here’s where it’s getting SUPER cool:

You- yes YOU- could be on Cooking Channel with us! We’ll be leaving our kitchen with the Unique Sweets crew around 3pm and heading to our shop at DeKalb Market, where we’ll be filming customer interactions, people stuffing their face with sweet sweet baked goods, and taking interview shots til about 5ish. So come on down, eat some sweets, talk about how awesome we are and get yourself on the telly!  

And now since it’s been stuck in your head for the past two paragraphs or so, here’s the video for Poison:

You’re welcome.

Now here’s a picture of some of the cupcakes you’ll be able to find at our shop Sunday- and all over town today!

Clockwise from front: Butterbeer, Abuelita, Duckwalk, Chocolate Strawberry Mascarpone

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Abuelita: Mexican chocolate cake, cajeta buttercream, ground Abuelita chocolate

Duckwalk: Vanilla cake, blueberry port syrup, blueberry port mascarpone buttercream, port simmered blueberries

Chocolate Strawberry Marscarpone: Chocolate cake, mascarpone buttercream, strawberry compote

Available at Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market and select retail partners. 

Short post today, because I have to be at a conference at 8:30am tomorrow. I seriously don’t know how your morning people do it. I also don’t know what good can come of me talking business to anyone at 8:30am. I don’t speak in anything but low growls til at least 10am, and there’s always a chance of me biting someone before noon. Why can’t more people want to meet up at 3am when I’m doing my best work? 

Wanted to quickly share something with all of you though, because it’s a new discovery that I’m super stoked about. The first customer at DeKalb yesterday was a sitcom writer, who’s credits include such classics as Will and Grace and SAVED BY THE FREAKING BELL. We started talking about comedy, and both agreed that the funniest show on television right now by far is Phineas and Ferb (if you don’t know, now you know).  

She informed me the reason it’s so amazing is because Disney is intentionally giving comedy writers almost complete creative freedom to push boundaries and make really brilliant, quirky stuff, and is attracting the best writers in the business for their future programming (who knew?). Then she told me about this show debuting Friday called “Gravity Falls”, which she said is one of the funniest things she’s ever seen on tv, and described it as Twin Peaks meets Monty Python-esque absurdism in cartoon form.  

Obviously this sounds like the greatest thing I’ve ever heard of in my entire life and I needed all of you to know, because if this is even 5% as awesome as I’m expecting I’m going to be quoting it incessantly and want you all to be able to understand what I’m talking about.  I’ve been making obscure Simpsons references for ages now, and suddenly I’m encountering “adults” who don’t remember the golden age of that show BECAUSE THEY WERE THREE WHEN IT HAPPENED. Perhaps by hitching my wagon to this Gravity Falls number I’ll seem a bit more “hip” and “with it”.

So let’s all get excited together- maybe we can live-tweet it this Friday? I mean, you guys sit home on Friday nights to watch cartoons too, right? 

Clockwise from front: Banana Cream Pie, Butterbeer, Blueberry Blintz, Car Bomb

Banana Cream Pie: Banana cake, vanilla custard, custard buttercream, banana chip, graham cracker crumbs

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Blueberry Blintz: Brown sugar cake, sour cream bavarian filling and buttercream, blueberries, slivered almonds

Car Bomb: Chocolate Guinness stout cake, Jameson whiskey ganache, Bailey’s buttercream

I wanted to write a really awesome post today (I actually had a real topic an everything!), but I am having a very bad Mommy day.

For those of you who don’t have kids, I’ll explain. I am not a monster. I love my kids more than just about any mother ever has. But there are some days where they will just not shut the f*** up and I want to sell them to the circus.

It started with them earlier this evening deciding that they were both Pokemon. As Pokemon are wont to do, they smacked the crap out of each other for an hour straight. In case you don’t know this fun fact: Pokemon can’t speak English- the only word they can only say their name. So this has been just about every conversation today:

Me: Kids, what do you want for dinner?

Atticus (age 5): Sandshrew! Sandshrew sandshrew sandshrew. Sandshrew sandshrew.

Toby (3 1/2): Pika pika! PikaCHUUUUUUU!!!!

Atticus: Sandshrew sandshrew sandshrew. Sandshrew sandshrew!

Me: Um, does that mean tacos?

Atticus: SANDSHREW!

Note that this is particularly adorable in the cartoons because this is what Sandshrew looks like. Atticus is pretty cute himself, but not cute enough to pull off saying the word “Sandshrew” about 2,500 times in an hour.

Then he passed out. Two glorious hours without that word! However, during that time Toby decided to talk pretty much nonstop about I don’t know what because after about 30 seconds everything he said sounded like the whirling of a drill bit boring itself straight into the center of my brain and I stopped listening.  

I don’t even get to count the silencing nap as a win, because it’s now 1am and Atticus is awake, asking when I’m getting off the computer so he can look up “Snuffle” on Bulbapedia, which is, you guessed it, the #1 source for Pokemon information on the internet. They are both in my bed, meaning that I will be spending  the night sleeping on the couch.

Why don’t I just move him out of my bed, you ask? Because my children know how to get up in the middle of the night, and in a deep sleep navigate flawlessly from their beds to mine. Mind you, they have set up a virtual minefield of Legos and assorted pointy plastic objects that Matt and I painfully step on every morning, which I swear is more effective in waking one up than coffee.  Back to the point, the children will step OVER the Legos, OVER the Angry Birds figures and plastic dinosaurs, find our bed in the dark, climb into it and sleep on top of me like a mattress.  Because that’s obviously in the job description: cook, maid, chauffeur, teacher, confidante, mattress.  

So no, childless people, just because I am hiding from my children does not make me a monster. Though I will more than likely look like one when I wake up tomorrow. 

Back on Wednesday with actual news about the business, baked goods, and whatever else you’d like me to talk about. You’re always welcome to friend us on Facebook and give me suggestions for blog posts. Because it’s hard summoning the magic when it’s 1am and you’re trying to make yourself virtually invisible with a Captain America blanket.

Clockwise from front: Turtle, Pecan French Toast, Butterbeer, Banana Cream Pie

Turtle: Chocolate cake, salted caramel buttercream, roasted pecans, ganache & caramel drizzles

Pecan French Toast: Maple custard soaked cinnamon cake, maple cinnamon buttercream, maple glazed pecans

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Banana Cream Pie: Banana cake, vanilla custard, custard buttercream, banana chips, graham cracker crumbs

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market is closed on Mondays, open Tuesday at noon. Find these flavors today at select Robicelli’s retail partners.

Things I learned from Internet Week:

1. As fascinating as the tech sector is, as much as we talk about the fact that Mark Zuckerburg is 28 years old and make a gazillion dollars today, I could never be truly happy in a job where I had to wear a suit and came come smelling like perfume instead of sweat and meat juices.

However, if one of our new fans happens to be launching some sort of dot com that combines the glories of six figure salaries and health benefits with meat juices, then call me!

2. Apparently without sugar and coffee, the people who run the internet couldn’t function, meaning there would be no LOL Cats or pornography. So you’re welcome, internet.

Clockwise from front: Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel, Butterbeer, Aris, Root Beer Float

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel: Chocolate cake, peanut butter buttercream, crushed peanuts and pretzels

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream

Aris: Walnut cake, honey butter, Greek yogurt buttercream with cinnamon and orange, honey glazed walnuts

Root Beer Float: Root beer cake, root beer custard, vanilla buttercream, maraschino cherry

Available at Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market, and all the other usual suspects. Check the locations tab up top. Also whoopie pies are at Madison Square Eats with the RH Lobster Pound, and brownies are at all Oaxaca Tacos locations.  Sorry for not typing it today- running super late for something, and haven’t been sleeping enough. On that note, come visit me at Roller Disco tonight at DeKalb Market, where you can watch me alternately cry, pass out on the counter, and yell like a crazy guy on the subway! Good times!

Well, we had some bad news yesterday (which was up on our Facebook page- with Internet Week I’ve had no time to update this site from 82 Mercer, because I own a Blackberry and can’t do jack squat with my stupid jerk-face phone).

As you may know, we share a kitchen with several other companies, and on Monday night one of those companies accidentally destroyed nearly our entire inventory for our shop at DeKalb Market. Meaning we had absolutely no choice but to close yesterday, meaning we had to cancel “Two for Five Tuesday”.

No one was more upset about this than me- trust me.

But to make it up to all of you, we’re bucking the trend and saying to hell with alliteration! For this week only, Two for Five Dollar Wednesday Is ON!!!! Get any two regularly priced cupcakes (3.50) for only $5!

Because we love you all longs time. Smooches.

Now quick to the photo, because I’ve been waking up every morning at 5am for this Internet Week stuff and feel like I’m going to die. We’ll talk all about that and other good stuff later this week- but as of now, my face is going into the pillow.

Clockwise from front: McFadden, Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel, Butterbeer

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel: Chocolate cake, peanut butter buttercream, crushed peanuts and pretzels

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

McFadden: Victorian lemonade cake made with a splash of Pimm’s, lemon ginger buttercream, candied lemon zest

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp: Brown sugar oat cake, vanilla buttercream, strawberry rhubarb compote

Friday afternoon with my dad at his house in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Dad: So this book, when’s this happening?

Me: It’s coming out next fall, Dad. Next year.

Dad: You gotta write it?

Me: Yes dad. That’s usually how it works when you get a book deal.

Dad: You gotta write a whole freaking book? You know how to do that?

Me: Why do you think I got a deal in the first place?

Dad: I don’t know how this works! So you wrote it already?

Me: No, I wrote the proposal. Remember all that stuff I was talking about nonstop for the past six months?

Dad: Eh, I don’t pay attention to everything you’re talking about.

Me: Ok. So I wrote pretty much a really long book report on the book.

Dad: But the book doesn’t exist.

Me: It doesn’t exist YET. I’m writing it.

Dad: Heh heh heh- so you conned these people into giving you a check for a book that doesn’t exist.

Me: No, dad. You tell them what the books going to be about, why you think it will sell, how you promote and market it etc etc, then they decide whether to take the risk on it. That’s how it works. I didn’t con anyone.

Dad: So now you gotta write it.

Me: Yup! I’ve got the rest of the year to write the book. I’ve got the outline all done and a few small chapters, and I just need to fill the whole thing in.

Dad: Uh-huh. So now what happens if you don’t finish? They sue you or what?

Me: Ummm….I’m writing the book.

Dad: Yeah, I know, I know. But what if you f*** it up and don’t finish, then what? 

Me: I’m not going to f*** it up. 

Dad: But what if you do? You’e never written a book before. 

Me: Dad, I got this.

Dad: Yeah, well, you f***ing better. You don’t want to piss these people off. You don’t want them suing you or some crap.

Me: (facepalm) Dad. I know. I have worked really hard on this. Now can you just be happy for me.

Dad: I’m happy for you! I really am! Just you better have a plan in case you f*** up and can’t write a book. And watch your ass with these people. 

~FIN~

Happy Monday everyone! Hope your weekend was just as awesome!

Clockwise from front: Bea Arthur, Duckwalk, Milk & Cookies, Butterbeer

Bea Arthur: Black coffee chocolate cake, cheesecake buttercream, espresso ganache

Duckwalk: Blueberry port soaked cake, blueberry port mascarpone buttercream, port simmered blueberries

Milk & Cookies: Brown sugar chocolate chip cake, mascarpone buttercream, crushed chocolate chip cookies

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

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Cupcakes Available At:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th Street off 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Avenue off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Cake Shop: 152 Ludlow St, Lower East Side

Battery Place Markets: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City AND 240 Murray Street, Goldman Sachs Building, Financial District

Joe: Columbia University: West 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam. Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Whoopie Pies Available At

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Brownies

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Ok, Super Bowl over. Now back to the real world, guys. Time to nag you about buying your special lady something sexy for Valentine’s Day.  Something like…..cupcakes. (or Chambord brownies- they’re sexy too!)

Yes, there is a “Sexy Cupcake” Halloween costume. Because really, why the hell wouldn’t there be. I mean, I pulled off “Sexy Pepperoni Pizza” so well and all.

For only $50, you get:

One Dozen Cupcakes or Brownies: Choose from either our classic cupcake pack (Creme Brulee, Strawberry Champagne, The Eve & The Ebinger), our nut-free pack, or 12 rich Chocolate Chambord Brownies with a raspberry jam swirl

A Handwritten Personalized Card: I will write whatever filthy, depraved message you want in my fanciest script, and won’t judge you at all for it. (Unless it’s, like, really weird.  I’ll still write it, but I won’t be able to help the silent judgement.)

Delivery: Brought straight to the home or office of your darling in Brooklyn or Manhatttan!

Tax: I’ve got nothing sexy to say about tax.

In contrast, you can get:

One dozen red roses for $39.99, plus a charge for the vase, plus a card, plus tax, plus delivery

A bear in a Forever Lazy for $69.99, plus card, plus tax, plus delivery.

A giant inflatable giraffe for $39.99, plus card, tax and delivery

A pair of Christian Louboutin Exagona Platform Sandals for $1,095, plus card, tax and delivery (you know that I’m a jeans, t-shirts and sneakers girl, and even I get tingly all over when I see these).

Order now, and you don’t have to worry about this crap again til next year! And you know what else?  Provided the Mayan don’t kill us all we’ll have cupcakes in 2013 too, so once you win their heart with them this year, you’ll never have to worry again! An investment in a Robicelli’s gift box isn’t just an investment in your relationship, it’s an investment in your sanity in the future.

If you’re looking to get on anyone’s good side today, or you’re just looking to treat yourself to something pretty, grab one of these cupcakes you see below.  You’re having a rough week- you deserve one.

Clockwise from front: Funky Monkey, Butterbeer, Bluth, Tres Leches

Funky Monkey: Banana chocolate chip cake, peanut butter buttercream, banana chip, ganache

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Bluth: Chocolate banana cake, chocolate buttercream, roasted walnuts, ganache

Tres Leches: Three milk soaked brown butter cake, dulce de leche buttercream, caramel shards

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Cupcakes Available at:

Hom: Third Avenue and 88th Street, Bay Ridge

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th off 3rd, Bay Ridge

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Battery Place Market: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City

Joe Columbia University: W. 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Brooklyneer: 220 West Houston Street, West Village

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Whoopie Pies Available At:

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Brownies Available At:

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Watching Super Bowl.  Tumblr later. Go eat cupcakes, yes, good.

GIANTS WIN!!! GIANTS WIN!!!! SUCK IT, BRADY!!!! (I’m sorry, I REALLY hate dudes who leave their very pregnant girlfriends for other women.)

(And that whole cheating thing too.  Let’s not forget that crap.)

Clockwise from front: PB&J, Pecan Potato Chip, Butterbeer, Bluth

PB&J: Vanilla cake, grape jelly, peanut butter buttercream, roasted peanuts

Pecan Potato Chip: Potato chip cake, pecans, vanilla buttercream, salted butterscotch, roasted peanuts, potato chips

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

The Bluth:  Chocolate banana cake, chocolate buttercream, roasted walnuts, ganache

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Cupcakes Available at:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th off 3rd, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th and 3rd, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Cake Shop: Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: West 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Battery Place Market: 77 Batter Place, Battery Park City

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Whoopie Pies Available At:

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Brownies Available At:

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

IT’S FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!!  EVERYONE START FREAKING OUT ABOUT SOMETHING!!! HOW ABOUT THE MAYANS? DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO EVERYONE? 

Listen, the end of the world could happen today, or on any one of the THREE FRIDAY THE 13THS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT’S OBVIOUSLY THE END OF DAYS (it’s on Wikipedia so it’s legit).  I still busted my ass today making the magic happen. Booked a few weddings for this year for people who have decided to throw caution to the wind and continue living their lives.  Also planned out some really cool stuff I’m itching you tell you about, but have to wait until the final copy is edited.  And also locked up a new client that I can’t announce til Monday.  

I know you guys hate Tumblrs like this where I’m all “Nyah nyah nyah, I know something you don’t know!”, but I’ve really got nothing else right now besides a bunch of tentative stuff in the pipeline and the whole end of the world thing.  Sorry. If you want straight up entertainment, go watch Pizza Boomerang. But if you just want mindless drivel, well then, you’re in the right place!

I also pretty much used up all my creativity today well in advance of this post.  I spent the bulk of the day working at my favorite cafe (and Robicelli’s client) Hom writing an article for a website that asked me to do it a little while ago (last summer).  I also finally put a tab up that links to some of my writing around the intertubes, and was thinking of listing some memorable blog posts as well.  If there’s anything you have found particularly memorable, go tell me on Facebook, as I’m always doing these things at 2am and really don’t know what’s going on here half the time. 

And what was Matt doing while I was busy busting my ass in a gorgeous secret cafe drinking buckets of coffee? Well, he was making cupcakes.  So you should probably go eat one so he feels like he accomplished something, too.

Clockwise from front: Car Bomb, Butterbeer, Chocolate Turtle, Oatmeal Cream Pie

NEW! Oatmeal Cream Pie: Brown sugar oat cake, vanilla buttercream, oat crisp

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

Chocolate Turtle: Chocolate cake, salted caramel buttercream, roasted pecans, caramel and ganache drizzles

Car Bomb: Chocolate Guinness stout cake, Jameson whiskey ganache, Bailey’s Irish Cream buttercream

Available at:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: 76th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza Cafes: Clark St off Henry AND Henry St off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Blue Apron Foods: Union Street off 7th Ave, Park Slope

Eastern District: Manhattan Ave off Eagle, Greenpoint

Brooklyn Standard: Nassau Street off Jewel, Greenpoint

Cake Shop: Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Queen City Cupcakes: Patchogue, Long Island

I totally had a long post planned for today since I kinda phoned it in all week (I’m tired- I’m sorry!), plus the Union Square Holiday Market starts up next week, so there’s going to be LOTS more half-assing on this blog between now and the end of the holidays. Buuuutttt…..

TODAY’S 11-11-11!!!!

Maybe it’s lucky or something- I have no freaking clue.  What I DO know is that it’s a perfect excuse to post THIS!

If you feel that wasn’t enough, here’s a longer collection of Spinal Tap highlights. It’s Friday- you can probably get away with watching the whole thing without anyone noticing. 

And now for the cupcakes! These cupcakes will give you armadillos in your pants!

Clockwise from front: Chai Latte, Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake, Butterbeer, The Breucklen

Chai Latte: Chai spiced cake, mascarpone buttercream, toasted chai spices

Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake: Pumpkin cake, cheesecake buttercream, chocolate fudge dip

Butterbeer: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

The Breucklen: Apple cake, cinnamon caramel buttercream, Good Batch stroopwaffel, cinnamon caramel drizzle

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Corner of Flatbush & Willoughby, Downtown Brooklyn

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 76th and Third Ave, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: 76th and Third Ave, Bay Ridge

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Blue Apron Foods: Union Street off 7th Avenue, Park Slope

Court Street Grocers: Court Street off Luquer, Carroll Gardens

The West: 379 Union Avenue, Williamsburg

Eastern District: Manhattan Ave off Eagle Street, Greenpoint

Brooklyn Standard: Nassau & Jewel, Greenpoint

Cake Shop: Ludlow St btwn Standon & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: West 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island 

Red Hook Lobster Pound: Van Brunt Street, Red Hook; Brooklyn Flea; Smorgasburg; Roving Food Truck (Whoopie Pies Only)