Have case, Will travel

Guess what's in this case. (No, this is not "Deal or No Deal".)

Cupcakes!

From not one, but three well-known cupcake sources.

Sprinkles

Auntie Em's Kitchen

Crumbs Bakeshop

My sister's birthday was on March 30th. I had originally planned to fly out to Virginia for her birthday. Due to conflict with my then work schedule, I had to re-schedule. To make it up to her, I offered to get her cupcakes. Then, my over-achiever mind kicked into overdrive. I got the crazy idea to create a cupcakes sampler for her.

Flying with cupcakes in a cupcake carrier was less complicated than I expected. If anyone wants to try this, be prepared for LOTS of silly comments from strangers. I am not a big fan of so much attention. So to me, it was a bit of an ordeal. I carried that cupcake carrier like it was filled it with state secrets. The only thing I needed was to have it handcuffed to my person. I was THAT hardcore.

I went through all of that to have the cupcakes look like this when I arrived in Virginia.

Thankfully, my sister and my nephews are not interested in aesthetics and the cupcakes still tasted as good as they originally looked.

Pinkberry

There's been a lot of hub-bub about Pinkberry. There's even been a L.A. Times article about this phenomenon. I had a rough day. So as a treat, I thought I would investigate Pinkberry for myself. Thankfully, there is one right by my office. I took a short break and headed over there.

The store was bright and cheerful. The staff was incredibly helpful and gave me a few small samples. With all the choices they had to offer, I went with a small green tea flavor with Cap'n Crunch Topping. Here's some photos I took before I dove into it.
It looks delicious, right? The little girl in me was excited about the Cap'n Crunch. Two spoonfuls later, I felt cheated. I equate cold and creamy to sweet and delicious. In this case, it was tart?! I just couldn't get over the tartness of it. When I have a dairy product and it tastes sour, all I can think is that it's gone bad. I ended up eating most of the Cap'n Crunch. I gave the rest to my co-worker who happily devoured it. Pinkberry fans, you can keep your frozen nastiness. Just point me in the direction of the nearest Coldstone Creamery or Baskin Robbins.