magnolia, our hearts are with you

POSTED ON Wednesday, July 11, 2007 AT 22:58 by saint cupcake

we were just told that new york’s very own magnolia bakery was shut down earlier today by the (gasp!) department of health. several reasons were sited (see this here article) but the magnolia bakists believe they will have the "issues" rectified by morning. until then, we will think good happy thoughts and send them eastward.

 in other news, thanks to matt and jake, our new patio tables are out and cuter than ever! the folks of nw portland are loving them! there’s never been a better place to eat a cupcake, except in bed while watching a marathon of america’s next top model, but we couldn’t fit as many beds on the patio as we could tables. and cable reception is not so good out there.

but please come down and cool off under our fluffy pink umbrellas, enjoy an ice cold iced coffee and a cupcake or four! you too, tyra! 

talk to the saint part 2

POSTED ON Friday, July 06, 2007 AT 23:56 by saint cupcake

the following is a transcript of a REAL message left on our voicemail. seriously. i really wish you could hear it. i am surely going to save it and listen to it now and again. in her second sentence, the lady gets herself real worked up and is hollering.

tuesday, july 3, 2007 12:39pm:

 hi. i’m trying to find out if you have any trans fats in your muffins and the girl in the belmont store hasn’t got a clue and the other store doesn’t answer the phone and you have all these messages with these strange hours that you’re open and it’s different everyday and it’s confusing and i bet if i come in there you have really uncomfortable seats, too, not even soft ones. so WHY THE HELL WOULD I WANT TO PATRON YOUR ESTABLISHMENT? you just make life difficult for people and if you didn’t have trans fats in your muffins, you should advertise it on your stupid long message but that would add one more thing. ok, no, the message is fine. it’s good to have the information, but you know what? every now and again a person answering the phone or the person who works for you should know if you have trans fats in your muffins. don’t you at least train these people to know these things? how stupid can you be?

unfortunately tuesdays caller left no name or number, so we were unable to call her back. hopefully she is reading this blog entry so i can answer her question.

hi lady. while we don’t have any trans fats in any of our CUPCAKES, and while we do train our employees to know that, you may have found the girl at the belmont store confused because she was unaware we carried muffins. poor thing must have felt way out of the loop. also, at the belmont store, we don’t have seating but stephanie from noun sells really comfortable chairs that you can take to go! AND funny you should mention soft chairs! jami just bought a bunch of new chairs for the nw shop and reupholstered them herself! they are cute AND squishy! your crazy ass will love them! and sorry about the long message; we had a mid week holiday and people were calling alot to find out our hours that week so we thought we might leave it on our out going message.

thanks for calling! 

seven, seven, oh seven.

POSTED ON Friday, July 06, 2007 AT 20:20 by saint cupcake

saint cupcake would like to say mazel tov to all of the brides and bride grooms (we love saying that) who are getting married tomorrow, the coolest date all year, 07-07-07. it’s been two thousand years since we’ve been able to have this rad calendar combo and couples around the world are taking advantage of the triple sev. yeah, I said triple sev. saint cupcake is honored to be the frosted dessert tower of choice at some of these weddings. WE LOVE LOVE!

and on a strange note, you know how seven is a lucky number and thirteen is thought of as unlucky? would you believe me if I told you that we are making exactly 1313 cupcakes for the 07-07-07 weddings? what does it all mean?

and just as an FYI, did you know you can take packing peanuts to a local shipping store and they can reuse them? for free! if you are getting married, you will be very happy to have this info after you open up your pile of gifts.

for the love of country…

POSTED ON Monday, July 02, 2007 AT 18:28 by saint cupcake

happy birthday, america! we sure hope someone ordered you a birthday cupcake and a candle so we as a nation can collectively blow it out as you make a wish. and for the love of steve, make a wish that counts this year.

anyway, in honor of you, america and everything you stand for (ok, well maybe just the capitalism part and the right to bear cupcakes) we will keep our doors open until 5 pm (that’s about when the bbqs start getting crazy and we get to show up)!

so again, america, happy b-day. you don’t look a day over 229! have you had some work done? I’m sorry, that’s none of our business.

7.4.07 saint cupcake hours:

belmont: 10am to 5pm

nw:         9am to 5pm 

get ready, belmont!

POSTED ON Thursday, June 28, 2007 AT 04:06 by saint cupcake

are you ready for a new cupcake experience on belmont? we think you are. starting thursday, june 28th, you, our beloved belmont customer can create your very own cupcake combo. what? you only want ONE cupcake? we think that’s crazy but who are we to tell you how many to get. you can pick your own flavor of the day! cupcakes for all!