They say you never forget your first time. I know I’ll
always remember mine. It was so sweet and well worth the wait. Hold up, y’all know I’m talking about the
first time I had a Georgetown Cupcake right? This isn’t that kind of blog ok?
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As I was saying, it was
October 30th, 2010. I was in Washington, DC visiting my friends and attending
Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity. After walking around
the city and enjoying a delicious lunch, my friend Leah asked a question that
would change my life (and my waistline) forever. “Have you ever been to
Georgetown Cupcake?”
Before I could answer, she was plugging the address into her
GPS and mentioned something about it being "smanging." 20 minutes later we
arrived and I realized we weren’t the only ones wanting some sweet baked
goodness. The line had close to 100 people in it. There was a door man, groups
posing for pictures, little girls squealing over the menu selections. I had no idea this place was such a big deal.
I mean gosh, it’s just a cupcake right?
We were allowed to entire after a 90 minute wait. Seeing the beautiful cupcakes on display,
pretty pink wall accents, and getting hit by sweet scents coming from the oven,
made me forget about my aching feet and cold hands. I saw cupcakes and I wanted
them in my belly. I had the coconut; the pumpkin spice and a maple boo berry
pancake cupcake. Did I mention that they have free secret flavors each day? Yea I had that too!
And so it began. My love affair with cupcakes. I won’t pretend I’ve been a loyal cupcake
lover. I’ve spent time at Sprinkles, and Baked & Wired, both located in DC’s
Georgetown. I would drive to DC about once a month to see my dear friends and
I’d come home with dozens of cupcakes to share with my friends family and
co-workers.
Soon, I became “that” girl. You know the one who goes on and
on about some experience that you don’t quite get because you haven’t done it
yourself? People thought I was crazy for driving 5 hours for cupcakes. If I had
a dollar for every time someone told me they knew of a comparable cupcake, I’d
have enough money to err… buy more cupcakes!
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I hate to pull a Kanye West on folks, but each time someone tries to
tell me about some other bakery I have to grab the microphone from them and say
“I’mma let you finish but DC has the best cupcake selection.” No disrespect to my local bakeries. There are
some really yummy places in North Carolina. But for me, nothing has come close
to my 3 favorites, Georgetown Cupcake, Sprinkles, and Baked & Wired.
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So a few months ago I decided to stop being “that” girl. I
had to prove to my friends that the cupcakes were worth the drive and the long
waits are kind of cool. I wanted them to get that “oops upside your head”
feeling you get when you take in those wonderful aromas. And so I decided to organize my very first
Cupcake Crawl. We would travel from North Carolina to DC in search of the best
cupcake! Would it work? Who would join me? Can it be done? I will leave you with this, yes it was done
and it was freaking awesome!
TO BE CONTINUED…
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