So guess what? Now Lorenzo is making art that inspires life in a whole new way.
Lorenzo’s latest piece “Adventures of Ms. Strawberry Cupcake” has inspired us to create and celebrate our own new holiday: Cupcake Week! Here’s the inspirational print, now available on our etsy shop PsychicUnicorns
In this print Ms. Strawberry Cupcake is strolling by mountains of chocolate ice cream topped in hot fudge, of course.
Cupcake Week lasts from Feb 2/22/11 until Monday Feb 2/28/11 so you still have time to celebrate! If you don’t know any gourmet cupcake places, they are all over Chicagoland. You can search for cupcake bakery on yelp.com to get you started.
Here’s what we did to celebrate cupcake week so far. We went to Sensational Bites, a gourmet bakery that bakes cupcakes, pies, cakes, etc., in Lakeview, Chicago. We read famed yelper Johnny T’s yelp review and knew that place was worthy of our celebration. Here’s a link to the yelp page for Sensational Bites
This photo shows most of the heavenly cupcakes we consumed yesterday. We ate the almond coconut cupcake in the cafe, so it is not shown in this photo. Clockwise from the top we ate: orange dreamsicle, german chocolate, raspberry truffle, and Butterfinger (peanut butter). They were all close-your-eyes-and-savor delicious! True story, I think I have been craving the raspberry truffle cupcake for the last six months, not knowing or finding exactly what I needed until my first rapturous moment yesterday when I took a bite. That cupcake is actually filled with the mushy yummy raspberry chocolate part too. My favorite, to say the least. Lorenzo’s favorite was the german chocolate one, saying it’s one of the best versions of german chocolate he has had. German chocolate is practically a personal religion for him. 🙂 I figured finding out which he liked second best would be more telling, but he replied “Picking one would be like saying which child you loved the most.” So there you have it folks, art inspiring life. Yummmmmm!
On Friday I will blog about our continued adventures during Cupcake Week. Stay tuned. If you are inspired to celebrate your own Cupcake Week, you may want to buy the Adventures of Ms. Strawberry Cupcake print to make it truly official, and as always eat cupcakes responsibly. Hydrate and eat plenty of protein so that you can stay healthy and balanced, while swimming in sugary bliss.