Humboldt Crack Cake: Are you feeling Tipsy yet?

I love bakeries. You already know that though, from my previous entries. But, there's a neighborhood bakery called Tipsy Cake, and well... they've crossed into my dog house of no return.

Here's a video that I saw last night

1. My first reaction to this, is that I love City Soles, and could not believe that they continued to conduct an interview with this woman and did not call her out for her inappropriate language, like "crack cake."
2. She laughs and says that there were too many gun shots in the cakes...
3. She mentions that her upscale clients were too scared to come to her shop in Humboldt park...
4. And this is the kicker: She says that a pastry that she makes is called "crack" because the police officers in Humbolt park used to come in and ask for the "crack." Now, the host then actually calls the cake "Humboldt Crack," but the owner does not refute the name.  The owner tastes the cake and then laughs and says "oh my God, it's just like any crack I've ever had!" :: Cue laughing::

Ugh! I was absolutely disgusted after watching this video, and decided to write on City Soles website to describe how disgusted I was with their attitude toward the American drug trafficking problem. I couldn't believe that they would 1. speak about drugs in such a nonchalant way, and 2. belittle the community that has hosted Tipsy Cakes since 2005. Are you kidding me?? After my complaint and a few others, the video was taken off youtube... but if there's one thing I teach my kids, it's that once you put something online, it's there forever. (Hence how it's visible to you here on this posting)

Needless to say, the owner has thoroughly pissed off the Humboldt park community, and continues to antagonize the people who live here, by thinking her "witty" remarks are funny:

 Ooof! Bad move. Don't mess with Puerto Ricans. We don't give up. Nor do we forget. The response has been amazing! The Alderman have been contacted, as well as news stations. There is a such thing as bad publicity... especially if you want to continue your business in an area where "bullets" supposedly riddle your cakes.

Seems as though they understand this now, after seeing this comment. My comments have been deleted, as well as anyone else who mentions Tipsy Cake on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

And then they try to play the "I am friends with colored people" card.

This is a reason why the Humboldt park community is anxious when dealing with outside businesses. What is your intention? To push the community out, or to help retain the culture that we have established? If you've been a loyal reader, then you know that I am all for my community, and support local businesses. But in this case, I, for one, will boycott Tipsy Cake, and urge all others to do the same.
If you look them up on Yelp, they've gotten plenty of bad ratings due to the rude customer service. Go to Cafe Colao for a great cup of tea, coffee and home baked goods. Skip Tipsy Cake. Go to a family owned bakery that has supported the neighborhood for 100+ years: Roesers. Skip Tipsy Cake.

United, we are strong. Humboldt Park Pride. We are NOT FOR SALE.

Skip Tipsy Cake Hahahahaha

Linens and things

Luna and I went to go choose our table and chair linens. Who knew there'd be so much to choose from!
Here's what we got so far:
Ivory table cloths with green overlays.
Now we've got to choose from the super sparkly or the slightly sparkly (our terminology, not the planner)

I'm pretty set on the side knot for the chairs... But can pick from 20 different styles on March 10th, when we go for our tasting.

Wedding Cake: Bakery Question Solved

I had my mom call the wedding planner this past weekend. I'm working on so many things these days that I really don't have time for beating around the bush. My mom is just a lot better with that, while I'm more blunt. I sat next to her working on some payroll logistics that she was having problems with, while she made the phone call.

So, she calls, and explains that she's calling on my behalf, and that we were wondering what plans had been made since our original bakery had gone out of business, and we'd never been told about this. Immediately, the planner gets defensive and quite a bit of a 'tude with my mom, and says "usually, cakes are not chosen until a month before the wedding." I hear this, and tell my mom to let her know that I am busy and need to get things straightened out at once.

Mom, being more diplomatic, explains that since I am working full time and going to school full time, I have limited time to make decisions, so once an opportunity to do so arises, I like to take advantage of that.

Planner lady says, "oh, she must be really on top of things then."

Yes. Yes, I am. Wedding planning is a business, and when I am working with a business, and am paying them money, I'd like to make sure everything is planned out. BESIDES! It's not like I've been stalking her, making phone calls weekly. This is the first time I've contacted her.
Anywho, here's the new bakery:

Here's the menu for the sweet table:

Taffeta and I, don't mix

I haven't been impressed with the wedding dresses I've seen so far, but I do know this much:
Taffeta and I, don't work well together.
(Organiza either...)

Take a look at this picture:

On the average unshapely woman, this would like nice. Notice this model is small on top, and I'm sure she's pretty narrow on the bottom.

This type of dress would totally not work for me. For a petite woman, I'm pretty hippy and have a butt. This dress would end up making me look like that freaky Romanian model, Ioana Spangenberg:

Hahah! Okay, I'm being pretty extreme.  I don't get the whole hour-glass, "Princess," big ball gown obsession. On me, I'd be a walking mushroom.
Well, back to the search.

Questions I will not answer:

I hate when people talk about how much they spent on things...
"my car was blank-blank dollars!"
"I spent blank blank dollars on my shoes!" (dinner, clothes, bills, whatever else you spend your money on)

From a pretty young age, my dad taught me that it is bad form to speak about how much you spend on things. In addition to that, I'm a private person, and don't really want people knowing what I have (or don't have).

Here are some questions that I will not answer regarding our wedding day
(And if you ask them, I will smile at you, and give you my famous wave-you-away hand movement along with the following remarks):

Guest: Wow guys! How much is the wedding reception costing you?
Jackie:Ummm... are you concerned that you have to tip the waiter? Don't worry about that, because I GOT THIS!!! ::said in my George Lopez voice::

Guest: Can you make sure not to set your date for [insert date here] -- I have another wedding already planned!
Jackie: (Hehehe! Let's see if one of my co-workers figures out this one is for him.) Does the look on my face tell you everything you need to know?

Guest: Hi! What table am I sitting at?
Jackie: You see that little table over there with your name on it? Yeah? Go check it.

Guest: Hey! Why didn't you invite [insert name here]?
Jackie: Why would I? ::Awkward silence::

Guest: How many carats is that ring anyway?
Jackie: How many specs of salt is yours?

Guest: Where are your bridesmaids?
Jackie: Serving me by playing in traffic. Didn't you see them earlier?

Guest:  Jackie, don't you think the six-tiered wedding cake is a bit much? 
Jackie: Sounds like you don't want any... ::awkward silence::



I'm just saying...