24 hours in the East!!!

we decided to fly to PA to surprise Jeff's parents for their 50th anniversary...

took a red eye from lax to washington dc and saw this plane at the airport.

breakfast at Dean & Deluca!!!

it was one of my dreams to visit georgetown cupcakes and on this day my dream came true!!!

(love the show: DC cupcakes)

so happy to be waiting in line before they opened.

the line was really long but we finally got in!!!

the menu

heaven!!!

fern & wayne

got our order!!! yahooo

my second wish was to see the cherry blossoms!!!

so amazing....

2 hour drive back to Jeff's parents home...

finally, got to eat my cupcakes!!!!

cherry blossom of course!!!

it was best cupcake i have ever eaten

(ate a lot of them in my life so far)

surprise dinner for mom and dad's 50th anniversary 

with family and friends

the cake

(red velvet)

the family

next very early morning got on the plane back home for lunch at Disneyland 

our food... so yummy

we had a lunch date with cousins from hawaii, clyde and kai!!!

kai and kassidee

jeff... really?

had a very nice day at disneyland

it was a crazy weekend but super fun!!!

beard papa's

Today was one of my best days. With greatest anticipation, beard papa's cream puffs are finally opened (first day was last Saturday). I have been waiting since April. Jeff was on jury duty and ate lunch everyday at Main Place mall and told me it was opening in June. I was so excited and couldn't wait. The first time we ate these delicious cream puffs was in Hawaii over a year ago. Cousin Laura bought them for us. It's been a long time since we got to have one again. We were not disappointed. They were slightly crunchy on the outside and a creamy custard on the inside. Can't wait till we get them again...

puffs are waiting to be filled

the puffs are filled with the custard cream when you order them. then topped with powdered sugar

the pastry is baking in the oven

cute bag

simply beautiful

crispy on the outside, creamy light custard on the inside

(little black dots are vanilla bean)

messy but good till the last bite!!!

cupcakes for jeff

Today is Jeff's birthday and I am making him some homemade cupcakes. I used Mother Fern's wacky cake recipe but used cake flour intead of regular and added extra coco powder. It's hard to understand why this recipe tastes so good when it doesn't contain any eggs or butter.

ready for the oven

15 minutes later and finally done

frosting is yummy, can't wait to try one

looks good

and taste good too. my best batch this year!!!

Happy Birthday Jeff...

sprinkles cupcakes

Part of my birthday wish was to go to sprinkles cupcakes. I love these cupcakes even though they are not the best I have ever had (homemade is the best), they are so cute and pretty tasty too. We have been to sprinkles over 5 times and have tasted a variety of the flavors. Jeff's favorite is the red velvet and for now, mine is coconut. They are very popular on the weekends. Once we waited in line 45 minutes. Not sure that they are worth waiting in line for but I will still do it cause I love cupcakes!!!

ours

Jeff's

mine

YUM!!!