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Treat yourself.

Some people call Valentine’s Day “Single’s Awareness Day.” I don’t really know why single people would get bent out of shape over Valentine’s Day- it’s about love. Not just romantic love, but familial love, love of friends, and love of yourself. If you’re single on Valentine’s Day instead of feeling bad, go buy yourself something! [...]


February 20, 2010

Cookie, cookie, me want cookie.

It just so happens that while I’m a cupcake (and brownie) person, my boyfriend is a cookie person. Me? I’d rather have a cupcake than a cookie. That’s not to say I don’t like cookies, I do… but if you give me a choice I’m picking a big, fat, vanilla cupcake with thick vanilla buttercream [...]


September 09, 2009

Candy cane cupcakes & why Yoyo rocks (again).

I know, I’ve been MIA again. *sigh* I’ve just been really busy… its the holidays, and I’ve been preoccupied setting up my new blog at mariloca.com and writing and gathering pictures together for my Cupcakes Take the Cake guest blog (which will be on the 23rd- mark your calendars!) But alas, I’m here with a [...]


December 12, 2008

Caramels, apples, and crisp- oh my!

It totally feels like fall today. Its cool, its supposed to be around 40° degrees tonight and the air smells like that fall-y crisp smell. That smell that has a ‘snap’ to it. I love the fall, its my favorite time of year. The fall fashions are always the best, and I love my boots. [...]


September 10, 2008

Someone’s been drinkin’ the Kool-Aid!

As a kid I really wasn’t into Kool-Aid. I was more of a soda drinker, really. That and.. the Kool-Aid man kinda creeped me out a bit. I’m told my great-grandfather was a big fan of it however. Kool-Aid, that is, not the Kool-Aid man. And when I was in middle school I had a [...]


August 29, 2008