the holidays have landed.

POSTED ON Tuesday, November 11, 2008 AT 13:52 by saint cupcake

yesterday, the lady who lives across the street from me started to rake all the maple leaves from her yard. “i should go and help her,” i thought to myself. “that’s a lot of dang leaves.” of course it was a fleeting thought and there was no follow through, but before i could even come up with an excuse not to co-deleaf with her, she had ditched the rake and busted out the blower. “she’s blowing them into the street!” i told my dog. keep in mind that a few weeks ago, the city of portland handed out door hangers telling us when they would come by with the leafsucker trucks to clean the side of road. it stated explicitly to not put extra leaves in the street and to bag up all rakings.
“nice blower job, meredith*,” i told her in the afternoon. then i gave her a hard time and accused her of blowing so much, that my front yard was covered in her leaves.
“do they look natural? i messed them all up so it won’t look like i made those piles!” she announced proudly. “you’re not supposed to make piles in the street!”

so between my neighbor pulling the wool over the city’s eyes to the fact that costco started selling life-sized winter wonderland yard snow globes during the hottest part of september, it is clearly the holiday season!
want to hear about our thanksgiving special? great!

well, we’re featuring thanksgiving cupcakes! and a special price for you!

you can’t go to thanksgiving empty handed. do yourself a a favor and call in a special order! all cupcakes ordered ahead of time to be picked up on wednesday, november 26th, will be specially priced at $2 for a full size and $1 for a dot. that’s a big deal!

and on 11/23-11/26 we’ll have super special holiday cupcakes! pumpkin spice cupcakes topped with a cream cheese icing with yummy maple sugar cookie.

then we are closed on 11/27 for turkey reasons. gahd i love stuffing.

*not her real name.

we have a winners!

POSTED ON Wednesday, November 05, 2008 AT 12:37 by saint cupcake

like the rest of the country, it’s been election time here at saint cupcake. the cupcakers across this great bakery of ours have been busy nominating, campaigning, voting, polling,  thumbs uping, and finally electing for what seems to have been weeks. now, the cupcakers have spoken and we heard them loud and clear. the polls closed late last night and the last vote has been counted. a winners has been declared.

meet brendan. he’s as dedicated and sweet as his long, hygienic hair is long and hygienic. and here is rachel. she’s as hard working and fun to be around as HER long, hygienic hair is long and hygienic.
the staff was hopelessly deadlocked and the two have both been named saint cupcake’s superstar employee of the year. if hair length were the deciding factor, however, brendan would have won.

rachel and brendan, your co-workers think you are both the bees knees. equal knees. you both are excellent employees and fabulous at what you do. we don’t know what we’d ever do without you and as our way of saying thanks,  you and your significant others will be treated to a night out on the town!  go out to dinner! stroll the streets of portland and then, crash at hotel monaco! on us! you’ll each get a gift certificate for one night’s stay at the classy joint and a gift certificate for a hearty meal in downtown portland. fun!

economic stimulus package!

POSTED ON Wednesday, November 05, 2008 AT 10:37 by saint cupcake

hey, don’t forget! today only (november 5th) saint cupcake is attempting to get the economy back on track by offering some relief. our team of economists have developed a plan that should work: come in and buy 11 cupcakes and get one free. full or dot size. or, if you like, you can order 12 and only pay for 11. so many choices! so many cupcakes.

saint cupcake would like to extend a hearty congratulations to all the volunteers who worked tirelessly on the obama campaign and the dedicated folks at defend oregon who put the kibosh on some really lame measures. and to our next pres: woohoo! today is a great day.

saint cupcake gets electiony

POSTED ON Wednesday, October 29, 2008 AT 11:48 by saint cupcake

in november 2004 as the election results were coming in, i was vacationing in tulum, mexico. i had been asleep in a hammock when some canadian walked by and said, “i think bush won.” i rolled out of said hammock, hit my face on a big ol’ rock in the sand (no damage to the rock or to my head, me thinks) and ran to the only house on the street with satelite tv. hiladio, his kind wife and their 3 kids watched as we (the 4 deranged oregonians, soaked in spf 30 and tequila) invaded their house to watch as john kerry conceded to president bush. “cuatro anos mas. hijo de la pelona madre,” hiladio said. “joo hab sand on jour face,” he pointed out to me.

where will you be this election day? i recommend with friends/loved-ones/like-mindeds or hiladio’s house. if you can’t make it to tulum in time to hear the results, at least you can party with your friends right? and we already know it’s not a party unless you have cupcakes. whether you’re mourning a loss or celebrating one, you can represent your party with our cupcakes. all day tuesday, our big top cupcakes will feature donkeys and elephants! really! (but not made from donkeys or elephants.) and our other ‘cakes will feature sprinkles inspired by this great country of ours.

and if that’s not enough for you, on wednesday, november 5th from open til close, we’ll be reaching across the aisle, as they say, to offer our economic stimulus package to everyone. for wednesday only, you can buy 11 cupcakes and get one free. dots or full size! we’re excited to see how the dow closes on thursday because of it.

yeah!

jami takes the stage!

POSTED ON Friday, October 24, 2008 AT 15:09 by saint cupcake

jami might KILL me for telling you about this, but ohmygod, you have got to see what she’s doing next weekend.

saint cupcake’s very own jami curl has been asked to do next week’s Super Project Lab (saturday 11/1)

i say we all go down there and watch as the audience peppers jami with questions to inspire her to tell a story or three. let’s meet out front, say, 7:15? won’t she be surprised when we all show up? she’ll crap her pants.
seriously, this improv group sounds hysterical. the evening’s theme is “dough girls”. the really funny thing (dare i say, ironic?) is that jami’s co-guest, sarah dougher (pronounced doo-gher) is the organizer of the rock and roll camp for girls. super project lab paired these two ladies based on jami being a baker and super interesting and sarah, who is also very interesting and her name is dougher. get it? DOUGH-ER. they asked her before they found out how sarah pronounces her name and also not realizing that cupcakes are made with batter, not dough. this should tell you just how silly the evening we be. oh, and when the ladies are finished telling their random tales, the super project lab sillies will act them out, improv-style. i can’t WAIT! and if you have never had the opportunity to hear jami tell a story, this will be the equivalent of going to woodstock to hear a little rock and roll. from the sixties.

what:  i already told you! jami is guest appearing with super project lab
when:  saturday, november 1st. 8pm
where:  portland center for the performing arts (winningstad theater) on broadway
how much: check out the website for ticket info