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Name: Amanda
Birthday: 12/14/1982
Gender: Female
Interests: Culture, Life, Languages, Business, Current Affairs, DANCE, good times
Expertise: Laughing, and having a great time in the process
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AIM:  am8weiss
Member Since:
2/24/2006
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| My journey through San Francisco's Cupcake Bakeries.
My friend and decided to go on an adventure... armed with nothing but a sweet tooth and a map. We started in Inner Richmond and made it all the way to Fisherman's Warf.
1st stop - Schbert's Bakery
At 6th and Clement in the wonderful area of Inner Richmond. A bit disappointing as the shop was small and overcrowed so we had to stand outside to enjoy. Also this bakery makes a lot of cakes, but NO cupcakes! for the first stop on the CUPCAKE tour this was a bust. We did end up getting a single serving "Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse Cake" The cake itself was ok, but a little dry and the ration of mousse to cake was off. Not too sweet and delicate with the perfect touch of raspberry in the mousse.
2nd stop - Blissful Bites
Near the corner of Clement and Arguello, also in Inner Richmond. This place was great!!! Honestly we were just walking past and stopped by, but they had amazing selection and a great atmosphere. The lady behind the counter was very helpful! Thanks!
We ordered the lavendar/lavendar cupcake and it was ok for me, very floral tasting, but that was the goal, so I guess they hit the mark. Katie really liked it, and said the cake itself was very moist and suprisingly delicious.
Also the fudge cupcake was great! This was intensely chocolate... moist brownie-like cake and super sweet chocolate icing.The icing had a nice fudge flavor, but was almost too much with the brownie. Katie said the cake was a little dry and that the icing had a good seperate flavor.
Lastly we had the Raspberry Red Velvet I was looking for a good redvelvet all day and this was just a little light for my tastes. the Raspberry replaced the chocolate part of the red velvet cake. Good cream cheese icing. It was good for a raspberry as the light sweet fruitiness was a welcome change.
3rd stop - Sweet Things
In Precidio/Laurel Heights, at California and Spruce. These were good cupcakes. Since the main branch is in Tiberon and we went to the branch in SF, most specifically in Cal-Mart, the cupcakes we a little"refridgerator" tasting. They seemed a little spongy/dry, yet tasty. However the icing was phenominal!
(right) Lemon Drop was great! the cake was ok as stated, but the icing was cream cheese icing with lemon flavoring and AMAZING! it was so smooth and perfectly blended with the cake.
(left) Butter Bite was a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting. Good, but very normal. Again the frosting was the highlight, not to sweet, extra smooth and silky. Nice job!
4th stop - Miette
In the Ferry Building, Financial District. Having lived in San Francisco for a while now, I was looking forward to this treat. However we got there at about 3:30/ 4:00 o'clock and the selection was few and far between. We only had 3 cupcakes to choose from (all chocolate based) so Katie opt'd for the Strawberry Panna Cotta a silky pudding treat. topped with strawberryies. This was a light and refreshing break from cupcakes, it was similar to a cheese cake made with ricotta cheese, although smooth.
Chocolate Strawberry this was delicious. The icing was whipped and very light in flavor, almost just vanilla flavored icing, and the cake itself was great! a semi-sweet cake that paired with the whipped frosting perfectly. Not too moist, not dry but good.
5th stop - Kara's Cupcakes
 
In Ghiradelli Square, near Fisherman's warf. This was a welcome restful place. We walked up from the Ferry building (to work off some of the cupcakes) and although there were tourists they were mostly there for the Ghirardelli. The place itself is simple and very chic. The lady working there was having a hard time keeping cupcakes in the case as they were selling so fast. (good sign)
(left) Carmel Banana - Filled this was great! Banana cake was soft and a little moist, but perfect for the amount of caramel - it was filled with a tablespoon of homemade caramel that was just a tad bit salty. The cream cheese frosting was good too, a little bit too sweet, but we ate it with three quarters the icing and it was a good ratio.
(right) Fluer de Les wow! that's this cupcake, Wow! Rich, chocolate cake, it was a sweeter chocolate cake and again filled with that perfect caramel sauce. On top the RICH chocolate ganache was a dark chocolate even it that's not on the menu, its Great! Dark and a little bitter, but the kicker is the fluer de les (French rock salt) on top. the salt perfectly evens out the dark chocolate icing and milk chocolate cake.
Overall this day was wonderful! I would like to build my own new cupcake from these ingredients, but in reality I probably won't eat another cupcake for a couple months... that was a lot of sweet in one day... My favorite was Kara's Fluer de Les, Katies favorite, was the icing on the Lemon Bite at Sweet Things (although their cake lost).
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| I'm writing here to see if anyone still reads this... if not... I'll probably close my page...
Wow... the circle of life... how appropriate is that saying.
Have you ever wondered how you ended up somewhere and then realized that the exact reason you are there is because you WENT there? --- Kinda vague, but here's the deal... I wonder how I ended up in the position I am, and how amazing it is that God would bless me with just such a position as I asked for and sought out for, but then thats what I did, and God blessed it.
I sought to make friends and God said ok... but still I sought. If we only ask for something but don't move toward that point, then what are we really doing in life? Why just exist? Why not GO for something?
I sought a home, and God brought me to San Francisco, and gave me just that! I have a family that I live with who are more awesome than I could have thought, of course we all have our moments. Really there isn't anything that i really want that I haven't been blessed with.
The things I still seek, I haven't yet asked God for (I'm realizing). hmm.... but the point of this is.
Never underestimate the power we have been given of CHOICE. We all have the choice to go, or stop, or never move, or wan over failure, or act as though we are the only victim in the world, or embrace life, or thrive, or ______.
We have been given this power....ask yourself why...?
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| So this guy comes up to me and says "What's the vision? What's the big idea?" I open my mouth and words come out like this....
The vision? The vision is Jesus - obsessively, dangerously, undeniably Jesus. The vision is an army of young people. You see bones? I see an ARMY. And they are FREE from materialism.They laugh at 9-5 little prisons. They could eat caviar on Monday and crusts on Tuesday. They wouldn't even notice They know the meaning of the matirx, the way the west was won. They are mobile like the wind, they belong to the nations. They need no passport... People write their addresses in pencil and wonder at their strange existence.
They are free yet they are slaves of the hurting and dirty and dying.
What's the vision? The vising is holiness that hurts the eyes. It makes children laugh and adults angry. It gave up the game of minimum integrity long ago to reach for the stars. It scorns the good and stains for the best. It is dangerously pure. Light flickers from every secret motive, every private conversation. It loves people away from their suicide leap, their Satan games. This is an army that will lay down its life for the cause. A
million times a day its soldiers choose to loose that they might one day win the great ' Well done' of faithful sons and daughters. Such heroes are as radical on Monday morning as Sunday night . They don't need fame from names. Instead they grin quietly upwards and hear the crowds chanting again and again: COME ON!!!
This is the sound of the underground the whisper of history in the making foundations shaking, Revolutionaries dreaming once again, Mystery is scheming in whispers, Conspiracy is breathing.... This is the sound of the underground.
And the army is disciplined. Young people who beat their bodies into submission. Every soldier would take a bullet for his comrade at arms. The tattoo on their back boast"for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. Sacrifice fuels the fire of the victory in their upward eyes.
Winners. Martyrs. Who can stop them? Can hormones hold them back? Can failure succeed? Can fear scare them or death kill them?And the generation prays like dying man with groans beyond talking, with warrior cries, sulphuric tears with great barrow loads of laughter. Waiting. Watching. 24 -7- 365 Whatever it takes they will give: Breaking the rules. Shaking mediocrity from its cozy little hide. Laying down their rights and their precious little wrongs, Laughing at labels, fasting essentials. The advertisers cannot mold them, Hollywood cannot hold them. Peer-pressure is powerless to shake their resolve at late night parties before the cockerel cries.
They are incredibly cool, dangerously attractive inside. On the outside?? They hardly care. They wear clothes like costume to communicate and celebrate but never to hide. Would they surrender their image or their popularity? They would lay down their very lives-swap seats with the man on death row - guilty as hell. A throne for an electric chair. With blood and sweat and many tears, with sleepless nights and fruitless days, they prays as if it all depends on God and live as if it all depends on them. Their DNA chooses Jesus. ( He breathes out , they breathe in) Their subconscious sings. They had blood transfusion with Jesus.
Their words make demons scream in shopping centers. Don't you hear them coming? Herald the weirdos! Summon the loosers and the freaks! Here comes the the frightened and forgotten with fire in their eyes. They walk tall and trees applaud, skyscrapers bow, mountains are dwarfed by these children of another dimension. Their prayers summon the hounds of heaven and invoke the ancient dream of Eden.
And this vision will be. It will come to pass: it will come easily : and it will come soon. How do I know? Because this is the longing of creation itself, the groaning of the Spirit, the very dream of God. My tomorrow is his today. My distant hope is His 3D.
And my feeble, whispered, faithless prayer invokes a thunderous, resounding, bone-shaking great "Amen" from countless angels, form heroes of the faith and from Christ himself. and he sit he original dreamer, the ultimate winner. Guaranteed.
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| Oh life... what an interesting thing it is!!!
I love my job, mostly, but we all have those days and those people, that we wish would go away.
I haven't been back to the awesome hip hop class, though it is usally on my planner. hmmmm...
I'm starting Japanese school in a week! Ahhh!!! I need to step it up a notch. I have been practicing like two or three times a week but now it will be a requirement. I seriously want to become fluent. practice is the key! I have several Japanese-language exchange partners in the city and they all rock!
I'm going snowboarding and I couldn't be more excited about it! Woohoo!!! I knew last time I went that I would HAVE to go again soon. Yeah!
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| Why do people try to be things they aren't? Some people want to change so much they don't know what the next step is, its paralyzing...
and Why do we try to change people? Why are we as humans so set on people being "ideal"?? I am realizing that expectations of a person can really ruin a person. If you expect something of me, and I disappoint you, then I feel horrible, you are upset, and really the whole situation could have been staved off if we just were happy with what we have.
On that same note, be sure what you have is what you want, if you are set to be ok with it. Don't be blinded by what others say, or what you think you want, but what is REAL. Step back, look at the situation and say, "Wow" Once you know the tone of the wow... you have your answer :)
In the last 5 months, I can't believe how much my life has changed...
I have an awesome job now, and I really feel like the challengingness of this job will push me to be better. I am making steps and moves to go in the direction that I want to be in my future career. I am also looking to continue my pursuit of languages. I need to step it up at the moment, so I am starting to study more regularly, and I am looking for a language-exchange partner here too! YEAH!
I have really found a home in my church, they have been so great! I have a good group of friends that are awesome and I can tell its genuine...
I love the hip hop dance class that I have been attending. Ok, I have only gone once but it is really great.
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