Newly Revamped Blog and a New Post to go Along with It

I'm so excited to start posting about all things I love and not just food and cooking. Although, I have to admit that this first posting does involve food. But nothing I've made, only consumed :)

I woke up yesterday SUPER excited for my Hot Doug's date with Jen. I had been dreaming about those duck fat fries and what hot dog I would have since Thursday when we made our plans. After I FINALLY got ready, I hopped in the car to pick up Jen. Well, that was all great until I was driving down Belmont and all of a sudden heard a huge *CRUNCH*. Yeah, that's right, I got in a car accident - something I don't love :( After swapping insurance, going to the police station to file the report and then contacting my insurance company it was almost 4pm, so we decided to go somewhere a little closer to the house that we could walk to :)

As disappointed as I was for not being able to indulge in those duck fat fries, I am very glad we decided to take a walk to Rockstar Dogs instead. Besides them being out of The Yardbird, which is a turkey dog, the food was DELICIOUS! After stuffing our faces and FINALLY having food in our stomachs, Jen and I were happy campers. Although be careful because the girl working when we went wasn't the peachiest, but that didn't affect the taste of our food.


As happy as we were after Rockstar Dogs, we were even happier when we came upon Swirlz Cupcakes on our walk home. After reading about Swirlz in a Daily Candy email when it first opened, it has been on my list of places to try. Now that I have finally made it there, I can't believe I waited that long, but it was definitely worth it! I had a hard time deciding between the vanilla and the carrot cake cupcakes, but am so glad I ended up choosing the carrot cake. The cake was soooooo moist and the frosting, which is an Italian buttercream cream cheese was so light and fluffy with the perfect amount of cream cheese flavor. O-M-G! Just reliving that experience has me pining for more. However, I think I have to give the vanilla a try next time, which will come a lot sooner than my first visit. These cupcakes were perfect after a day like yesterday, but I can see myself just making excuses as to why I need a Swirlz Cupcake.


So although my day didn't start out the way I had planned, it ended up fantastic, having added two places onto my list of those that I need to visit again. Frequently :)