you take the good, you take the bad. you’re mom-like, mrs. g.

POSTED ON Wednesday, May 07, 2008 AT 09:20 by saint cupcake

edna garrett, we celebrate YOU this mother’s day. you always knew the right thing to squawk; you reached out to pre-teens glued to the tv every week watching as you spit out advice to the girls of eastland school like a magic pez dispenser of wisdom. you conquered it all, mrs. g. body image issues? BLAM!  illiteracy? KAPOW!  pot smoking? POOF! race relations? BOOM! teen runaway prostitution ring? SKIFF! cousin jeri living with a disability? you didn’t even notice....you are good people. just like a mom should be.

anyway, dear reader, she doesn’t have to be your biological mother to let her know you think she’s the bees knees. isn’t there a woman in your life that treated you like her own? then for the love of frosting AT LEAST send her a card. and if you have any kind of relationship with your own mother, she can’t be overlooked, either.

but to REALLY let her know you care, bring her some cupcakes or a saint cupcake gift certificate! order some today or stop by either location on sunday after brunch. and bring mom with you. or bring your mom-like person.

happy mother’s day!

p.s. and saint cupcake would like to give a happy mother’s day shout out to the pregnant man in bend. happy manmother’s day to you, thomas!

teacher appreciation week may 4th-10th

POSTED ON Thursday, May 01, 2008 AT 14:58 by saint cupcake

when i was in 4th grade, i went to a store called “green streets” to buy mrs. sontag a little something to let her know she was the best 4th grade teacher in all the world. green streets was the perfect store; it had a wall of sticker spools, stationary, grape smelling pens, stuffed animals, and posters with kittens. even though mrs. sontag smoked cigarettes in class and always ate some kid’s chips out of their lunch box, she cared for her students. and since the lady loved her cup of sanka ALL day long, what better gift than a rainbow and unicorn mug? i wrapped it with rainbow heart wrapping paper and even cut out hearts that linked together to make a really long heart chain. if i had known the flavor explosion of sanka like she did, i’d have wanted a mug like that, too. of course all this was before jami and her grandma invented cupcakes, so there was no saint cupcake. my choices were limited in how to express my gratitude to vivian sontag. afterall, she’s the woman who inspired me to become a veterinarian. except that i never actually did become a veterinarian, but she sure did inspire me! just think where i’d be if i brought her some big tops?

don’t let the same thing happen to you. stop by saint cupcake the week of may 4th-10th and get your favorite educator a special treat. i mean, it’s no unicorn rainbow mug, but it’ll do to let him or her know you care and you may just become an animal doctor because of it.

Taste of the Nation!

POSTED ON Thursday, April 24, 2008 AT 12:03 by saint cupcake

are you coming to the taste of the nation this year? on monday, april 28th we’ll be there again and we are thrilled. being invited to participate at this event is like being asked by the cool kids if we want to ride in their convertible. it’s a great party for a great cause. and there is so much good food there you won’t believe your digestive system. we know you portlanders are foodies and at Taste of the Nation, with over 70 restaurants representin’, you can stay on top of all the cool eateries and what they have to offer. meet chefs, drink wine, have a cupcake. then drink more wine and feel free to top us off, too. jen, galen and rachel will be on hand to answer all of your cupcake questions. our favorite so far comes from one lady in a cocktail dress, with a bit of a stumble to her walk, “do I just eat these with my teeth?”

you can, yes.

help put a stop to childhood hunger. buy a ticket today!
2008 Event Info
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

Champagne Reception at 5:00 pm - $200
VIP entrance at 5:30 pm - $125
General Admission at 6:30pm - $75

For tickets call 1-877-26TASTE or you can
purchase tickets online or at any New Seasons Market location.

welcome back, lemon berry!

POSTED ON Wednesday, April 16, 2008 AT 11:14 by saint cupcake

it’s been a long, cold lemonberriless winter. things are heating up here at saint cupcake (well it did one day last week when the portland sun actually came out) and we would like to reintroduce our summer darling, lemon berry cupcake.

isn’t she pretty? stop by and give her a taste wednesdays and fridays all “summer” long.

you say it’s your earthday?

POSTED ON Friday, April 11, 2008 AT 13:57 by saint cupcake

it’s my earthday, too! yeah! but this year we are going to keep it low key. at least we’ll try to because you know earth is going to be getting trashed this year for her big day. it just seems like every year she says she’s not going to do it again, but as sure as the sun rises in the east, earth gets her party on and ends up stumbling around the solar system like it’s rush week. she hits on saturn, starts a fight with venus, runs around screaming “look at my crust!” and can’t stop giggling at uranus. then jupiter steps in and has to hold earth’s hair back as she horks lava into the atmosphere. it’s not pretty, folks and we want to keep it mellow.

despite her drinking “issues”, we appreciate mother earth. this earthday, april 22, saint cupcake would like to honor her by encouraging our customers to bring in their own containers for cupcakes OR coffee. not that our customers need an incentive but we’ll be offering a free dot size cupcake to anyone who can make the world a better place by reusing a box, a bag, a soap dish, a satchel, a bird house, an old shoe, a cassette tape holder, contact lens case, bionic man lunch box, sippy cup, suit case, or even a clay pot. whatever, really. but if you buy cupcakes and bring in a container, we’ll give you a dot.

now let’s all have a happy earthday this year, ok?