Gonna finally get a piece of the… pie! Since I have moved to my new place, we have done a bit of walking around and found that we love this area even more than we anticipated. We know that not everyone has been down here, or has the option to visit the Southtown area, so we thought to bring you along on our little stroll through the hood.
the girl’s favorite…
We are likely to go for a stroll soon again, so if you see us, say hi!
NAME: Crave Cupcakes
LOCATION: 1151-06 Uptown Park Blvd., Houston, Tx 77056
5600 Kirby Drive, Houston, Tx 77005
WHAT THEY DO: make the best cupcakes in all of the world
PRICE RANGE: $
I’m going to go ahead and preface that this post is going to cause a huge debate. BUT in our opinion, Crave has the best cupcakes in the world. That’s right. The world! Crave is local to Houston, and now has two locations. Anytime Derek and I have visited one, there is always a line out the door and wrapped around the building. Why? Because they’re seriously that good. Personally I’m not a huge chocolate cake/cupcake fan because any I’ve had are never moist [shudder] enough. So I usually judge a cupcake place by the moistness of their chocolate cupcakes and crave passes with flying colors!
But Crave doesn’t just have amazing chocolate cupcakes they have dozens and dozens of daily flavors that rotate everyday. My personal favorite is their Red Velvet, Banana, Strawberry, Peanut Butter Chocolate, Pumpkin, and Crave Mint Chocolate. The only problem is that they sell out fast, so if you really want a particular flavor or a whole fleet of them you can order online and then pick them up! Talk about a quick-fix. It’s a good thing they’re all the way in Houston or I’d be mega-fat.
We always go in for just one each, yet we always leave with a box because we can’t decide on only two flavors. It’s pathetic really, but they’re all just so good! The best part though is getting to watch the assembly line behind the glass just baking and frosting away. It really is a science seeing how fast/perfect they can frost each cupcake. The whole interior is super retro and we just die over their packaging and vintage mixers that line the back wall.
So are you hungry yet? If only there was a Crave in SA. We’re big fat cupcake connoisseurs and have been to every cupcake joint in the Hill Country and have yet to be impressed. So c’mon Crave open a store here! We promise to be your number 1 and 2 customers.
Have you been to Crave Cupcakes? Or are you still gung-ho for the big cupcake chain who shall not be named? Tell us about it!
This past weekend Derek and I [on a whim] decided to drive up 5 hours to northeast Texas and surprise my parents. We showed up at 11pm and my mom was already in her jammies. My dad answered the door as we crouched down so that he couldn’t see who it was from the sidelight windows and yelled “Ohmygod!” and pretended to be mad to throw off my mom who was watching TV in the living room. I heard her shout “who is it?” and I jumped through the entry to see her fly out of the chair and squeal/flail her arms/giggle her way to us. She gave me a hug and Derek got two hugs which she will never live down. I guess I know how he feels now when his parents see me! Anyway, since there obviously wasn’t an agenda [our visit being a surprise and all] and my parents had been knee deep in home renovations we had a nice relaxing weekend.
A few weeks ago I had started searching for a small [we're talking less than 12" deep] table for my entryway to hold a vase of flowers, some magazines, a few odds and ends that are eye-catching upon entering my humble abode. Finding said table would be difficult, but then I remembered that my dad had just helped a friend move and by doing so accumulated a bunch of random furniture. One of which was a 12″ deep table.
Here’s a fuzzy iPhone photo my mom texted me when he got it:
It was love at first sight. My search was officially over! I love that it has drawers for additional storage [you really can never have enough] along with lots of shelves for all of my ceramic animals books. Plus the spindle legs remind me of my former entry table, that is about 4 feet away.
However, I wasn’t very excited about the current knob situation. The were rather.. meh.
They were glued on, so my dad ripped them off and drilled holes so that I could buy new fancier knobs.
We went to Lowe’s and Home Depot in search of white porcelain knobs that match my dresser [which were about $1 a pop from Canton a few years ago], but we didn’t see anything close. Both stores had clear “glass” knobs for $4 a piece, but they were actually plastic, which I found to be ridiculous. So we left empty handed. When we got back home my dad remembered that he had some glass knobs laying around from another project and found four of these babies, which were REAL glass!
Two were missing their hardware completely and the other two had mismatched hardware so we headed to the local hardware shop and bought four flathead machine screws and four lock nuts [so that I wouldn't have to keep tightening the knobs again and again].
After about 10 seconds per drawer the new knobs were in place which totally transformed the whole table.
Fancy pants right? I’m not showing the whole table because it’s not finished yet. I have big plans for the top of it, so instead I’ll distract you with some dollar figures.
TOTAL COST:
Table – FREE
4 glass knobs – FREE
4 machine screws – $0.60
4 lock nuts – $0.53
TOTAL – $1.13
I mean you really can’t beat a brand new entry table for $1.13. I could have probably found that much money in my sofa cushions. I have a couple of other exciting new furniture pieces to reveal this week too, so stay tuned!
As most of you know, we’ve been drooling over Warby Parker lately as evident in this post. So Sunday we finally sat down and ordered Derek five pairs for the at home trial. If you aren’t familiar with WP’s deal-i-o, you can choose up to 5 frames to to try on at home for 5 days [+free shipping] and then if you still aren’t satisfied you can select a different set of 5 until you’ve fallen in love with the perfect pair. Then once you order a pair for yourself [all frames are $95 including your prescription] a pair of glasses is sent to someone in need of corrective lenses. Pretty slick right?
So Tuesday Derek’s frames arrived [it only took 2 days people!] They came in a cute little black box with simple lettering that read “WARBY PARKER” we’re suckers for packaging so we were already excited.
Then it was time for a little fashion show. And in honor of Steve Jobs, Derek is going his classic pose.
[1] Roosevelt [2] Sibley [3] Sinclair [4] Crosby [5] Monroe
So what do you guys think? We already know our favorites, but in order for this to remain unbiased go ahead and cast your votes! Derek’s already planning to do a second round of the home trial, so we’ll keep you posted on the next contenders. Has anyone else tried out Warby Parker frames? What were your thoughts? I can’t wait to order a pair of my own, now that I’ve seen how easy it is!
cardigan {target}, skirt {jcrew}, belt {thrifted scarf}, shoes {franco sarto}, necklace {thrifted}, ring {kate spade}, watch {michael kors}
What are some awkward/awesome things that have happened to you this week? Embracing the awkward makes you awesome!
