Maybe the Butterflies Carry a New Strain of Bubonic Plague
Posted by Moose on February 3rd, 2009. Filed under: Misadventures.I lose all sense of decorum when baking cupcakes. Especially when those cupcakes look something like this. Melting sticks of butter in a pan full of Guinness last night I told myself, “I’ll just make myself a nice salad when the batter is finished.” Do I even need to tell you what actually happened? That I ate six spoonfuls of cupcake batter for dinner, and licked the bowl – actually put my head in and licked it – for dessert? I didn’t think so.
Pre-boozy cupcake baking, I took a yoga class where everyone (else) was svelte and spit out vocally impressive Oms with what appeared to be a suitably spiritual blank mind. (For reference, I just hum tunelessly and think about all the pizza I ate on Saturday night.) We did handstands, the kind where you put your hands on the ground, your elbows under your pelvic bones and mysteriously float parallel to the ground. I say “mysteriously” because I’m still fairly certain the human body doesn’t work that way, despite some very compelling evidence says it does. Male or female, the strength such a thing requires is just incredibly sexy. What’s not sexy is when you manage to lift your feet off the floor for half a second and immediately careen off balance and slam your forehead into the ground. Yeah, that’s going to leave a mark.
Interpretive dance, entitled “If I tip over and roll down this hill, I’m taking you with me.”
So, I had a good weekend. But a description would read suspiciously like a bar menu, so I’ll spare you. However, I can share the above forest arabesques from our hike in Marin on Sunday. Such shenanigans are hilarious on mile five, but miles ten through fourteen are much less sprightly, let me tell you. After we got home, I had to abandon my afternoon plans and go lie in Alamo Square park instead. Supine and drooling, I spent an hour in the sun as butterflies landed on my arms. Yes, butterflies. Which are actually a stellar symbol for my weekend – so cinematic and perfect, I almost suspect a setup.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:34 am
I’m not sure where you do your yoga, and I swear I’m not one of those svelte, meditating yoga freaks, but one of the things I miss most about SF is the Friday evening “Happy Hour” yoga class at Yoga Tree in the Castro. I would live vicariously through you if you went. Trust me, it’s fucking awesome.
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Ooh, how’d the cupcakes turn out?
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I think I’m moving back to SF and moving in with you so that you can make me those cupcakes.
Although, I’m willing to bet both our heads won’t fit in the bowl.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Oh man. Those cupcakes have been taunting me!! I’m so jealous. But after my active participation in Fat and Beer Sunday, there will be no cupcakes for me.
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
That description of yoga pretty much sums up my experiences. Oh, and you have far more control with cupcake batter than I do. I would have eaten a lot more (TONS more). I am disgusting, I know.
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I love when recipes combine all my favorite things in life, like beer and sugar and butter.
Also, I love the way you work dance into your daily life. Maybe I’ll follow your lead and do pas de chats at the copier.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
um, is it unusual for grown people to lick the batter bowl? cause i totally do that all the time…mmm.
sounds like a wonderful, fun, and relaxing weekend–yay!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:03 am
You are saving me a cupcake…right? RIGHT????
February 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
um, i won’t say how many dinners i’ve had that consist of nothing but batter or cookie dough. the sad thing is that i’m not even ashamed to admit this.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
The horrors of gluten free- batters no more!
February 4th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Ooh, I’ve been thinking about making those cupcakes! Obviously the batter was good, but were the cupcakes equally delicious? (And, BTW, I sometimes make baked goods JUST so I can lick the bowl and then I pawn all the finished goodies off on other people).
February 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I’m making those cupcakes tonight!!! I’ve got a bottle of Baileys and a bottle of Guinness waiting in the fridge
February 6th, 2009 at 2:46 am
I took a yoga class once (yes, me) and with all that quiet all I could think of was what I needed to buy at Ikea to re-do my office. Sad.
(Cupcakes with Guinness? I may need that recipe.)