Friday, November 13, 2009

Weddings are for Normal People

Question: What do normal people do at weddings?

Answer: I suppose they sit politely, stand/sing/clap/pray at the appropriate times, and socialize/dance during the reception.

I wouldn't know. I'm not 'normal'.

Question: What do I do at weddings?

Oh, I'm so glad you asked. I sneak away with Little Boy Blue, find naked statue gardens, and take pictures. I think my way is waaaaaay more fun.

Dear Josh and Danielle ~ Congratulations! Thanks for inviting my family to your special day. You mentioned I was missing from the pictures the photographer took. Hmm, that's weird. I guess the photographer and I always just missed each other. I mean, I was there. Regardless, Little Boy Blue and I had lots of fun. It's certainly a wedding he and I will never forget. Much love ~ Charlottalove

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Wreckiest Night Ever

I got to meet Jen Yates on Monday night!





What? You don't know who she is?





Oh.





Well, I suppose I need to tell you about her.





Jen Yates is the Mastermind behind the funniest 'food' blog I've ever read. It's called Cake Wrecks and you should be ashamed of yourself if you've never read it. But, your personal mistakes aside, her blog makes my day. I literally "LOL" at each post.





When she mentioned she was writing a book, I knew it would be something I'd enjoy. To add icing to the, erm, cake, she announced a book tour with a stop in Atlanta.





And she mentioned there would be cake.

(A fra-reaking awesome cake!)


Um, Sign. Me. Up!


Now, as part of the book tour, each stop has a contest. Anyone attending is welcome to submit a cupcake replica of one of the cake disasters on her website.


I opted for 'I want sprinkles' cake. Here is the original cake posted on her blog.


Here's my cupcake replica. Mine actually had sprinkles. (I didn't win.)



It was to be me and Julia-Gulia. We invited Mama Mia to join us but, unfortunately, she had previous obligations and told us to have fun. We couldn't just leave her out of the evening though. What could we do to help Mama Mia experience the full wreckiness of our evening?


We made a cake.


The ugliest cake we could create.


(Julia-Gulia and I are torn: is it the back of Oscar the Grouch's head or a moldy football? We can't decide.)


And we had Jen autograph it.


She admitted this was the first time she'd ever been asked to autograph a cake.


I'm glad we could make her first experience so ...wrecky.