My blog has moved!

You should be automatically redirected in 6 seconds. If not, please visit:

http://www.chubbymommyrunningclub.com/

and update your bookmarks.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Cupcakes: the New Coffee

Bad cupcake

I've decided I'm tired of going to coffee. I still like coffee, don't get me wrong, but I'm just tired of "going" to coffee. So I think I'll start "going for cupcakes." All of my business meetings will be conducted over cupcakes now.

Cupcakes aren't just for birthdays any more. Cupcakes are growing up. They are more sophisticated. They're getting a bit snooty; they're almost like tea, really.

From a sugar prospective, I know I'll have to be careful about the constant cupcakes, since I'm not sure I want to run 50 miles a week to burn them off, but I don't think I always have to eat them, even if I "go for" them. Sometimes I "go to coffee" and don't actually get coffee, so I don't think I have to eat a cupcake every time.

I just like the idea of going for a cupcake. I like to say the word cupcake, and I like to look at cupcakes. They're so cheerful.

So now, if I want to pitch something about corporate event strategy to a potential client, I'll just say "can I take you out for a cupcake to tell you a little more about how we can help you?"

Cupcakes are my new sales strategy.

Seriously, how could anyone say no to that? And my boss won't mind seeing all the cupcakes come through on the expense sheet, as long as I explain to her what I'm doing. She can have the accountant just make a cupcake tab in Quick Books, I think. At tax time, she'll just run a report that shows how many cupcakes it took to earn new business. The math people at the IRS can figure it out, I'm sure.

The truth is, I've been "going out for coffee" for about 25 years. I'm tired of it. I need a change.

It all started in high school, when my church youth leader, who was fun and hip, introduced a few of us to cappuccino. This was back in 1983 when I was 17. Starbucks was still new, and the trend was moving south from Seattle. Eugene was just starting to see a few espresso machines popping up around the U of O campus, near our church.

I had to start off with mochas, since the only coffee I usually drank was church coffee on Sunday mornings, and if you've ever had church coffee, you know how horrible it is, even with Coffee Mate and a half a cup of sugar.

But once I got some good coffee, and my tonuge understood what was going on, I graduated to cappuccinos, then to lattes, and finally to my beloved 12 oz Americano with room for cream, since it's cheaper, but still good.

The whole "New Coffee" thing all seemed so cool and hip back then in 1983, and I liked being at the beginning of a trend. I know cupcakes aren't new, and we're smack dab in the middle of the cupcake trend (they made a real come back a few years ago in LA,) but they're still pretty new to Bend, Oregon. New in the "let's go out for a cupcake," way, that is. Many a mom has been baking them at home since the 1940s, as far as a I know.

I like to think of myself as an early adopter, whenever I can. And since I'm not quite smart enough to understand the hottest open source code of the week, I'll just stick to the trends I do understand.

Who wants to go for a cupcake? I can help you.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those cupcakes are really that great? I must try one someday

Deby said...

What a fabulous idea! You should do a post of all the places in Bend that you can get cupcakes from as you hunt them out.

Shannon said...

Coffee was so yesterday -- yay for cupcakes.

I wish my meetings were conducted over coffee rather than a windowless conference room.

Occidental Girl said...

I love the idea of going for a cupcake! The beautiful part about cupcakes is how well they go with coffee. U R SMART.

Anonymous said...

I want the iPhone 3G but I don't want to sign a contract with AT&T so i'm planning to buy the iphone 3G in Spain cuz i'll be there during vacation and i was wondering if they have any contract requirements like the ones here.
[url=http://forexrobot-review.info]best forex software[/url] [url=http://muzicaclasica.forums-free.com/how-to-back-up-photos-on-your-iphone-library-not-camera-fr-t50.html]unlock iphone[/url]

Anonymous said...

Is forex trading worthwhile as a second income generator?
[url=http://bislsc.or.tv/olive_board2/olive_board.cgi]best forex software[/url]

Anonymous said...

http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/sitemap.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/index130.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/index43.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/seks-znakomstva-g-prokopevsk.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/sayt-znakomstv-aska.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/znakomstvo-geev-s-intim-foto.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/seks-znakomstva-surgut.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/seks-znakomstva-v-belarusi.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/seks-znakomstva-g-nefteugansk.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/tadzhikiskiy-sayt-znakomstv.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/seks-znakomstva-gorod-pyatigorsk.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/igry-umor-znakomstva-goroskopy-obsuzhdenie.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/intimnye-znakomstva-v-novosibirske.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/index68.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/index17.html
http://gisdfehxa.ukime.org/sayt-goryachih-znakomstv.html

Anonymous said...

[url=http://seghan.ru/go.php?sid=35][img]http://s001.radikal.ru/i194/1001/f2/3b8e742581a0.jpg[/img][/url]












[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/bwuihjr/]buy cheap cartons of cigarettes [/url]
buy clove cigarette buying cigarettes in malta buy cigarettes at a
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/bttxcfv/]e cigarette buy [/url]
splash cigarettes buy nonline buy cigarettes for a cigarette boat buy
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/aziajof/]buying european cigarettes online [/url]
ohio cigarette age to buy springwater vanilla cigarettes online order buy salem cigarettes
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/bewuuji/sitemap.html]order cigarettes online from europe [/url]
buy huanghelou cigarettes uk law on buying cigarettes buy ukrainian cigarettes
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/boiulqz/sitemap.html]age to buy cigaretts [/url]
buy foreign cigarettes buy cigarettes with paypal uk buy dunhill my mixture cigarettes here
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/biosgri/sitemap.html]will smokers buy price value cigarettes [/url]
buy marlboro cigarettes online buy russian cigarettes buy newport cigarettes wholesale cheap
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/cfujews/]where to buy nicotine free cigarettes [/url]
cheap cigarettes to buy buy cigarettes at the buy indonesian cigarettes
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/cieuheg/sitemap.html]buy discount cigarettes fraud [/url]
buying cigarette coupons face buy parliament cigaretts online buy salem cigarettes online
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/cgurlah/]buy cigarettes in south carolina [/url]
legal to buy cigarettes from europe buy epique cigarettes buy us cigarettes
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/aquuexj/]where to buy tax free cigarettes [/url]
buy 555 cigarettes best place online to buy cigarettes buying cigarettes online review
[url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/byyvxhv/sitemap.html]legal age to buy cigarettes in us [/url]
cigarette discount mail order buy korean cigarettes can i order cigarettes online

Anonymous said...

[url=http://seghan.ru/go.php?sid=2][img]http://banners.servized.com/current/gif/ed_720x90_1.gif[/img][/url]

[url=http://seghan.ru/go.php?sid=12][img]http://s03.radikal.ru/i176/0912/57/a8e634dad754.jpg[/img][/url]

[size=6]Misoprostol tablet[/size]
[size=5]What is this medicine?[/size]
MISOPROSTOL helps to prevent pot-belly ulcers in patients using nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDS, drugs commonly in use accustomed to in search arthritis, irritation, and wretchedness). Misoprostol reduces the amount of acid produced in the thirst and protects the resign lining from the effects of acid.
What should my fitness care talented skilled in formerly I take this medicine?
They requirement to distinguish if you possess any of these conditions:

Crohn's infection
heart disease
kidney illness
ulcerative colitis
an peculiar or allergic repulsion to misoprostol, prostaglandins, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or annoying to insinuate pregnant
breast-feeding


[IMG]http://s52.radikal.ru/i135/0912/a3/82e1520c703c.jpg[/IMG]
[url=http://seghan.ru/go.php?sid=12][img]http://i078.radikal.ru/0912/1e/cc36d96fd434.jpg[/img][/url]















































[url=http://cytotecstore.net/sitemap.html]purchase Cytotec Sweden[/url]
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/order-misoprostal-Wisconsin-WI.html]malpractice cytotec californiacodest cytotec[/url]
wait days after cytotec sexcytotec no rx needed cod accepted
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/Buy-cheap-Cytotec-New-York-NY.html]cytotec without prescriptionscytotec c.o.d.[/url]
cytotec consecuenciascytotec drug
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/Buy-cheap-Cytotec-South-Dakota-SD.html]purchase Cytotec Trois-Rivierescytotec c.o.d.[/url]
cytotec and iud insertioncytotec for post partum hemorrhage
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/Buy-cheap-Cytotec-Idaho-ID.html]purchase Cytotec Irelandcytotec dosage for labor induction[/url]
buy cytotec medication codno prescriptions needed for cytotec
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/cheap-cytotec.html]post cytotec miscarriagecod cytotec overnight saturday delivery[/url]
cheap cytotec onlinebuy cytotec from a usa pharmacy without a prescription
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/cytotec-cervical-dilation.html]cytotec miscarriagecytotec for medical induction of labor[/url]
cytotec d ccytotec for sale cod
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/order-cytotec-New-Hampshire-NH.html]cytotec cervical dilationwill cytotec work without mifeprex[/url]
cytotec pay by codcytotec
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/how-much-cytotec-to-induce-abortion.html]cytotec in catscytotec without prescription cod[/url]
purchase cheap cytoteccytotec and pregnancy
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/rectal-cytotec.html]buy cytotec without prescription neededbuy cytotece online cheap[/url]
cod cytotec prescriptions onlinecod order cytotec
[url=http://cytotecstore.net/dosis-cytotec.html]6 cytotec in month pregnancypurchase Cytotec Slovakia[/url]
buy cytotec with no rxcytotec with doctor consult

Anonymous said...

I would just like to take time too Thank everyone for doing what you do and making the community what it is im a long time reader and first time poster so i just wanted to say thanks.

Anonymous said...

I am looking for an original iPhone.

My 3g is out of order (it goes in the toilett, if you know what i mean:)). Now i need a new one. But here in Germany the cell phone is so posh :-( i have to give more then 800€ = 1.100$. This is to much for me.

When i look on ebay i see the i-phones for 600 euro and less. But this are trade in models from UK. I don´t know. Works this i-phones in germany (maybe with the jailbreak?)

Here in germany we say "[url=http://www.thinkcom.de/mobilfunk/iphone/iphone-konig-der-smartphones.html]iphone koenig[/url]" it means, king of i-phones. And i agree. The iphone is the best cellphone what i have ever set eyes on.

Thanks

Anonymous said...

[url=http://mwssgtrw.free0host.com/]viagra pill splitting[/url]
[url=http://cgjgbjkluj.freehostwebs.com/]cialis and works[/url]
[url=http://bkdsread.yourfreehosting.net/]viagra buy uk amsterdam[/url]