This makes me immeasurably happy

Starting Lent off Right | Courtesy of Washingtonian Magazine...

The Georgetown Cupcake sisters just announced that they have a TLC reality show in the works, but they might want to keep a close eye on their home turf: Washington’s already overstuffed cupcake scene is about to expand even more.

The New York-based bakery chain Crumbs will roll out seven stores here starting in May. The two-fister confections come in such sugar-shock-inducing flavors as cookie-dough—which is filled with chocolate fudge and topped with chocolate-chip-cookie-flecked cream-cheese frosting—as well as vanilla topped with M&Ms and chocolate cake with strawberry-jam filling and chocolate-buttercream icing. Our favorite is an oversize riff on the Hostess cupcake with a vanilla-cream filling, which thankfully doesn’t taste like it was created in a Midwestern chemistry lab. The outposts will spring up in DC—Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, downtown, Cleveland Park—plus Reston, Clarendon, and Rockville.

In other cupcake news, the six-year-old Los Angeles cupcake shop Sprinkles has snagged a space in Georgetown, and this spring Friendship Heights will get a homegrown spot called Frosting.

I would like to thank my Valentines: Katie, Rachel, Britney, Jake, Johanna, Morgan, Rita, Tiffany + Brian....and anyone else I hung out with last weekend who made Valentine/President's Day extra fun.

Add an extra special thanks to my mom for my purdy new shoes.

It's Fat Tuesday! Does that mean I can forego the gym?

Probably not...but at least I can feel less guilty about scarfing down bottomless free pancakes at IHOP.

mmmm

Living in the DC suburbs I have been most distressed at having absolutely NOTHING to do during the epic snow storm that is Snopocalypse 2010.

If I actually did live in the district and had access to an underground metro, here are just a couple of the interesting activities that I could take part in:

• Free cupcakes at Georgetown Cupcake (M St.) - The famous sweetery has been open throughout the snow ordeal. If you are smart enough to follow them on Twitter or Facebook then you know that they have a free flavor every day. Today's is Chocolate Birthday.
• Snowball fights in DuPont - Tonight is part deux of the epic snowball fight in the Circle.

Don't be a victim of the snow...if you live in the city get out and do something constructive and fun. Or at least eat a cupcake.

Trip to the Caribbean

Last weekend my friend Johanna took a group of us to Caribbean Breeze in Ballston. This was the first time I'd ever been out in that part of Arlington and I was pretty impressed.

• Barely a block from the metro (Perfect because of the most inhospitable conditions outside on Friday)
• Fabulous Mojitos (Mango flavor!)
• Friendly service (Bartenders take breaks by coming out and salsa dancing with people...or maybe my friend was just lucky)
• A good variety of music (Reggeaton, Pop, Hip-Hop, 80's...you name it)

AND apparently it's even more fun when it's warm outside. I can't wait to go back.

New Plan: Brush up on my Spanish here