Cupcakes & Mixtapes

I stumbled upon this really awesome blog called Mixtapes & Cupcakes. You should go check it out too!

Of course I couldn't just give the post such an awesome title without talking about those two awesome things that I adore-- cupcakes & mixtapes...

Cupcakes...

Every week my very good friend Raina and I get together for dinner. We call it E&I Thursdays (or Fridays depending on what day we go). Usually we get together in Oakland to eat. This week we got together in San Francisco. We had some underwhelming Mexican food for dinner. Then we had some really good cupcakes from a cupcake shop I'd never heard of...

The name of the cupcake shop is Cako.

I bought 4 cupcakes; one for me and one for each of my sisters and my mom. They all said their cupcakes were good. My mom had red velvet, my big little sister had strawberry cheesecake and my little little sister had back to basics (which is just a plain cupcake with frosting and sprinkles.). I had Pink Lemonade and it was really good!

It had this lemon cam filling in the middle and lemon icing. I very much enjoyed it...

It wasn't nearly as good as the cupcake I had 2 weeks ago. But it hit the spot... I will definitely be visiting Cako again the next time I'm in downtown SF (which may vey well be later on today) but I definitely will NOT be buying cupcakes for anyone else. $14 for four cupcakes is just a bit too steep for me...

Mixtapes...

Ok, so this isn't really a mixtape. It's an album but it leaked and now it's all over the internet for free and any free album is a mixtape as far as I'm concerned... The "mixtape" in question is the much anticipated Drake album, Take Care.

I must say, this is definitely NOT what I was expecting from a rap album. I'm not a huge Drake fan so I wasn't expecting it to be all that great but this sounds like some Luther Vandross type ish. He's hella singing on it. I actually went to sleep to it last night. It sounds like something you'd hear on the soundscapes channel... It's really bad... Lol... I mean, I like the beats and melodies because I'm a girl and they are really soft and soothing (this will definitely be my going to sleep album now), but as far as rap is concerned, it's just bad. Almost every song is about loving a chick. I don't want to hear that ish... I will definitely NOT be buying this. Not that I had planned on it. Like I said before, I'm not the biggest Drake fan, though everyone has a chance for redemption in my eyes. If this would've turned out to be halfway decent, I would've definitely bought it. Oh well... He used to be able to rap when his very first mixtape came out. I don't know what happened. He's hella soft and crooning as opposed to rapping now. Ugh...

 

Lupe>>>>>>>>>>>>>Drake

My favorite Drake song...

When I first heard this I was so excited! Not only did he use a Little Brother beat, he proclaimed Phonte to be his favorite rapper. I love Phonte! He's my 2nd favorite rapper!

Front and Center: Phonte and Lupe.

Stay classy.

Peace... And much lacquer to you.

Belated birthday post

I had a fantastic birthday this year. I didn't do much by normal standards. There was no clubbing; no partying; no drinking... That's just not my thing. My thing is food, lacquer and Lupe Fiasco... A few years ago I spent my birthday weekend in Chicago at my 15th Lupe Fiasco show. Unfortunately, there were no scheduled Lupe shows to go to so I was only able to indulge two of my 3 passions...

First, my little sister took me to beakfast...

Mmmm.... Dinner for breakfast.

Then I went home, got dressed and headed across the Bay Bridge to San Francisco...

My birthday shirt...

Happy birthday to me and Marie! Let them eat cake!

After getting to San Francisco, I headed to Stonestown Galleria to check out all the high end nail polish and swatch them on my sisters nails.

No name Nordstrom polishes

 

A brand called The New Black. Never heard of them. Have you?

 

I almost bought these Lippmanns

Butter London!

L'Occitane and Butter London. Match made in heaven.

I was all set to buy the Chanel Peridot but it just didn't end up looking the way I expected on her nails so I passed on it.I was at the mall looking at nail polish for almost 2 hours. I had a great time.

Then I headed to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. at Fisherman's Wharf...

Shirley Temple with extra cherries. My drink of choice.

I ordered the I'm Stuffed Shrimp.

Me tasting my sister's burger.

Check the nails.

I really enjoyed my day. Good food, fresh lacquer and good friends made it a joy.

I wonder what this could be?

Stay classy.

Peace... And much lacquer to you.