Comments on: "I'm A Huge Attention Whore"

By: Emily at Washingtonian

Emily at Washingtonian — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:19:19 +0000

i’m a loser. i just had to wikipedia “haiku” to remember how many beats go in a line. then i counted the beats in the haikus above to make sure no one broke the rules. *sigh*

Not a loser at all…I check them to make sure no one is cheating either.

By: SD

SD — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:20 +0000

A Mama Bear haiku to close?

Few things sound so sweet
As wind in trees, the sea’s roar,
Or a mother’s praise.

sd, that is really sweet. Thanks.

By: Mama Bear

Mama Bear — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:09:21 +0000

I couldn’t be prouder of you. You’re just so sassy! I don’t think there has even been a Mother who is prouder of their daughter than I am!

I am glad you are proud I am sassy, Mom.

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:05:51 +0000

Don’t feel anxious about your vanity… embrace it! More pictures!

Ha! Thanks, Hope.

By: Irish Lebowski

Irish Lebowski — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:19:16 +0000

Congrats! The profile was great. I’m very proud to be able to say I knew you before you were famous…

Thanks, babe. You knew me when I only needed attention from you… love you. xox

By: Former Alpha

Former Alpha — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:59:57 +0000

Damn work getting in the way. I certainly would have commented WAY before now. Having come to the party so late, I can only say that you were lovely in that article and thanks to I-66, SD and Jewcano for alleviating me of the responsibility of EVER having to write you a haiku. I will leave that to the talented ones!

Better late to the party than to not arrive at all. Thanks, FA. Lovely is certainly not the first word people use when thinking of me.

By: lacochran

lacochran — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:41:32 +0000

You rock! Congrats on your growing fame!

Thanks! (ps…you keep going to trash and you are decidedly not so…I need to figure this out.)

By: Peregrine John

Peregrine John — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:23:25 +0000

Yeah… still a freakish mystery to me. I mean, Sprinkles is still doing lovely business here, and they are in fact really startlingly good. But come on: they’re cupcakes. They really get a trend?

Maybe it was just that particular form’s turn to get its due at long last? There is both art and science to cake, as with most or all of baking, so perhaps it was a lot of people noticing all at once that excellence is to be had, in childlike form. Totally guessing, here.

Oh, you said to mention if I tried out any of the posted recipes, and I was going to before getting swept into Haiku-land (I concede, by the way, to the more well-practiced pens):

A couple weeks ago I made a version of the balsamic chicken with spinach. Changes included using fresh (instead of canned) tomatoes, crushed (instead of chopped) garlic, and a little less spinach than called for, and also doing the onions 3-4 min. before adding the chicken. It occurred to me that it would be really easy to convert the recipe into a fantastic soup. Changes for next time: more spinach, and some thyme.

Good call on the fresh tomatoes; I just had canned. Sounds like you made some smart changes. Glad you liked.

By: Peregrine John

Peregrine John — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:51:10 +0000

“Cupcake trend…” What can I say, but WTF?

Cupcakes were the new black about 2 years ago.

By: Urban Girl

Urban Girl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:45:30 +0000

Congratulations! Also, I’m (selfishly) very happy to learn of your cupcake pick, where I’ve never been. I have never liked CakeLove, and have been wondering why it is so popular. I think maybe it was talked up too much to me before I visited.

Baked and Wired is really good. If you are into pecan bars, theirs is the absolute best…ever. They also make a mean lemon poundcake.

I think CakeLove is so popular because when it hit the scene, it was the only thing like it. DC was way behind the cupcake trend. Now, there are tons of places popping up. I hope they are trembling.