The Little Cupcake Bakeshop that could...

Do you love cupcakes...I mean literally crave them? Do you wait on line at Magnolia, go to Buttercup when in midtown, hit Eleni's when in the meatpacking district, pop by Melissa's when in Soho? Good, you keep going to them because they are all very good. I just don't want any of you forming up on lines by my new find The Little Cupcake Bakeshop. However, being it's the holiday season I'm going to share this with you...as long as you promise that if it's too busy...you go for a walk around Soho & then pop back in.

While cupcakes are their speciality Little Cupcake Bakeshop also offers cake by the slice, brownies, pie, etc... The beauty of the cupcakes is that aside from being moist & topped with delicious butter cream they are just the right size for a quick little snack & being priced at only $2.75 you can satisfy your craving without stuffing yourself or paying an obscene amount for a little treat. The slices of cake are very big & only $4.75( I recommend the slices for 2...or 3 cute petite girls).

The Little Cupcake Bakeshop offers a dozen different cupcakes & cakes daily (available as 7",9", & sheets as well). My favorites so far are the Coconut Cloud, Devils Food cake with green icing & blue sprinkles, & the Blue Velvet cake. Red Velvet, German Chocolate, & Chocolate Cloud cupcakes, Banana Bread with Nutella cake & Pistachio Icebox cake are on my list to hit next. To wash it all down they have illy coffee & homemade hot chocolates (homemade whipped cream &/or marsh-mellows optional) I'm becoming addicted to the Peppermint Hot Chocolate...it is actually even better tasting then it sounds.  homemade whipped cream or marsh-mellows.

The Little Cupcake Bakeshop is located at 30 Prince St in Soho & 9102 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn   

Black Swan: Girls Gone Crazy!

Guys if your significant other wants to see this movie...do not scoff & say "no way go see it with your girlfriends". This is no chick-flick...this is the one you want to suggest that the two of you go see. Say, it's by the guy who did the Wrestler...I like his stuff...so what if it's about ballet...that's just the setting for a well written well acted psychological thriller. Now I have to admit...I was sold on seeing this when I saw Natalie Portman making out with Mila Kunis in the trailer. Movie about ballet...who cares I'm in. Plus, it had a great cast & director. Did I mention Natalie & Mila making out?

So to make this spoiler free...Natalie plays Nina a ballerina in a major troupe in New York vying for the lead in the upcoming production of Swan Lake. The Director of the Production Thomas (played by an excellent Vincent Cassel) decides it's time to find a new star. He thinks Nina is a perfect White Swan....but questions if she has it in her to let go to play the Black Swan. Can he help her draw it out? In comes Lily played by Mila Kunis as the new free-spirited addition to the trope who is the flip side to Nina's uptight perfectionist. Throw Barabara Hersey in the mix as Nina's Mom who she still lives with & Winona Ryder as the head ballerina being put out to pasture & you get some scary good girls gone crazy performances.

Yes the themes of women's relationships, sexuality, aging etc...are all here, but make no mistake this is a tense taut expertly done psychological thriller that will keep you on edge. Plus did I mention the Nina-Lily scene...