Flickr Shots by dotsara (from her own visit to the shop) I finally caved and checked out the Vanilla Bake Shop while I was down in Santa Monica for the Wednesday Farmer’s Market. The store is small and cute, to be sure, and the counterpeople were so pleasant and eager to help that impulse buys…
Category Archives: Sweets
Red Mango's Fugetsu-Do Mochi Has Arrived
I wouldn’t have made a special post for this if we weren’t talking about Fugetsu-Do mochi but, yes, Red Mango is now offering the delicacy to top your fro-yo. But back to F-D, I have been meaning to check out this well-known Lil Tokyo mochi place ever since someone at Hawaiian Ryan’s tiki bar opening…
Crumbs Bake Shop Opening Confirmed
Flickr Shot by Hagoody This just in: The new Crumbs Bake Shop in Beverly Hills IS opening on Monday, according to the store’s West Coast PR person. But since it’ll be a “soft launch” the shop will open at 1pm instead of its usual 8am. Regular hours will be 8am-10pm Monday through Thursday, 8am-11pm on…
NY's Crumbs Bake Shop: 90210 Grand Opening
Flickr Shot by roboppy All right, no one told New York to stop sending cupcakes over here dammit and now one of their famed cupcakeries, Crumbs Bake Shop, is opening up a scant two blocks down the street from Sprinkles in Beverly Hills. Gasp! Scandalous. I wonder if that 26-person line outside of Sprinkles will…
Must Love Cookies: I Do! I Do!
My co-worker John has a friend, Annette, who used to bake him cookies to bring to work all the time. And oh. My. God. The best cookies EVER! She made these particularly scrumptious chocolate chip cookies that were moist and thick with oatmeal, pecans and melty chocolate chips. It always made my day whenever John…
Exotica To Go: Mashti Malone's at Whole Foods
Flickr Shot by dotsara Every summer, I keep meaning to drive allll the way to Hollywood to try out Mashti Malone’s exotic ice cream flavors. But by every summer’s end, I find myself promising to check it out next year instead (I feel ice cream could better be appreciated when it’s hot outside). So as…
X Bar Is a Hit and a Miss
It felt like Dre hadn’t had a chance to catch up in awhile so we decided to meet for cocktails, but at a place I’ve never been to before. That’s always the prerequisite. X Bar in Century City’s Hyatt is on my short list of places whose cocktails I want to check out. Even though…
Festive & Cute: Fourth of July Cupcake Spectacular
The perfect treat to bring to those bbqs or fireworks spectating parties you’re going to hit this Fourth of July? Sprinkles, SusieCakes and Yummy have special holiday cupcakes just for the occasion. These would also be lovely to bring to the Hollywood Bowl’s Fireworks Spectacular. Sprinkles Cupcakes offers its red velvet cupcake topped with a…
Abode: No, I Will Not Drink My Vegetables
Abode’s Black Pearl may not be the $4,350 Diamond Cocktail at London’s Sheraton Park Tower (possibly the world’s most expensive cocktail with its 0.6 carat diamond garnish) but $300 is still quite a bit to pay for a martini. The Tahitian Black Pearl Martini to be exact, which is ultra-premium coconut Pearl Vodka and a…
Vanilla Bake Shop: Just What the World Needs, Another Cupcake Store
Many of you have already noticed the beginnings of a cupcake shop on Wilshire in Santa Monica, just a couple of blocks down the street from the Yummy Cupcakes that just opened up earlier this year. Vanilla Bake Shop is its name and its grand opening is July 10. I know, I know, do we…
