We all know the cupcake has made a comeback, but we have found our favorite place in Austin to enjoy one.
Hey Cupcake!, a unique and novel cupcake stand located at the 1600 block of South Congress, lures Austinites of all ages at all hours of the day for a “sweet treat”. You can’t miss it because the stand is a shiny, 1965 airstream trailer topped with a huge rotating cupcake. But it’s not what’s on the stand that makes it such a hit with the locals, it’s what’s inside.
With a menu line-up of names like
Snowcap, Red Velvet and 24 Carrot, it is hard to choose what flavor you will try first. Once you have reached the window to order, (there may be a line, but it goes fast) you are greeted by a fun and friendly cupcake server that magically presents you with a much anticipated, fresh baked cupcake. The kiddos, or kids-at-heart, can request rainbow sprinkles to top off their cake. And if you’re feeling a little “light-hearted”, make any cupcake a
whipper snapper by getting a shot of fresh whipped cream injected inside. Complete your dreamy cupcake experience by ordering a carton of milk or cup of Blue Bell ice cream.
This is a great place to bring the kids after a fun night at Guerro’s or Matt’s El Rancho, or even a quaint spot to stop after date-night. And if you can’t just make out to the “trailer”, Hey Cupcake delivers. If it sounds like it can’t getter any sweeter... how about a freebie? Go to
www.heycupcake.com
and sign up for a buy-one-get-one-free coupon. Now there is no excuse to satisfy that sweet tooth!
The scoop: Hey Cupcake! will soon be opening a storefront location on Burnet road. As always, look for the giant cupcake.
Upcoming Events:
1379 Anniversary Sale
TODAY! Friday, May 16th, 9:30am-5:30pmThe popular activewear store for kids,
1379, located in the Tarrytown Shopping Center, (across from Casis Elementary) is celebrating it's two year anniversary by having a big sale and fun activities for kids! Everything in the store is at least
20% Off! As part of their celebration, the store will have food, drinks, a moonwalk (5-8pm), and teo gelato will be for sale from 2-5pm. This is a great chance to support a fantastic local business and stock up on summer camp gear for the kids! Sizes range from infant to kids XL. The store is located at 2727 Exposition.
Dr. Seuss Storytime with Abrakadoodle at BookPeopl
Saturday, May 17th, 11:30am
A colorful reading of
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, followed by the chance to chalk it up to a great time, right outside BookPeople’s front doors! The event is free. For more details, go to,
www.BookPeople.com.
We have found a great companion for moms. Announcing the recently published,
The Rookie Mom’s Handbook, 250 activities to with (and without!) your baby is exclusively designed for first time mothers. There are 250 enjoyable activities to help rookie moms to maintain their individuality and boost their confidence about leaving the house, socializing and doing things they’ve always liked to do, with or without baby. Inspired by the popular blog, rookiemoms.com (see dot-com of the week), this handbook offers bite-sized activities organized according to baby’s age. Full of lively advice and adorable illustrations,
The Rookie Moms Handbook is the perfect reminder that there is more to life than dirty diapers and 3 a.m. feedings! It makes a great shower gift, too.
A copy of the book is available at
www.amazon.com
Book giveaway: win a copy of Rookie Moms. See details below.
DOT-COM OF THE WEEK
BSA’s dot-com of the week: www.rookiemoms.com
We just love this site! Two moms, Heather and Whitney, once “rookie” moms themselves, decided to come up with creative ideas to do with their babies. They vowed to come up with one fun activity a day, and now they have over 300! The website answers the question of what to do with a new baby (and with yourself). The activities are catergorized by the age of your baby and by theme.
One great feature they offer is “A Week in…Activities” for various cities around the country/world. If you are taking a trip with the kids, check the link below to see if they have listed ideas for your destination.
www.rookiemoms.com/categories/a-week-in
Next, we are excited to announce Rookie Moms has asked Baby Scoop Austin to submit a “Week in Austin” for baby and mama. Since our readers are experts in planning baby and toddler friendly activities around town, we would love your help compiling the list. (For example, if you were to have a friend in town for a week and she brought her baby and/or toddler, what are some suggestions you would give her of places to go and see in Austin?) Enter to win your own diaper-bag-size copy of The Rookie Mom’s Handbook by sending your idea(s) to scoop@babyscoopaustin.com. We will also pick one of our favorites to win a Starbucks giftcard!
Check out our winners of last week’s poll: Favorite place for a moms' night out (girls' night) at www.babyscoopaustin.com
Vote for this week’s poll: Best Toddler Storytime
Thank you for posting the Scoop! If you have discussion questions or want to chit chat, head on over to our Baby Scoop Forum and post, post, post!
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