I even had a camera this time; I just forgot to bring it.
Tonight's birthday cake was prepared in the offices of the theatre, fell over in my car, was repaired by dome light, then taken into the bar.
For Amandalee, it featured 23 chocolate cupcakes stacked, angled, and skewered to create a kind of bush tree. The cupcakes were frosted green, then the whole tray was sprinkled with green coconut so it looked like it had sprouted out of a lawn. I poked doll arms into six of the cupcakes and placed a Rainier cherry into each pair of outstretched hands. The remainder of the cherry pint was strewn about the sculpture and the platter. The majority of the candles surrounded the cupcakes; a few were poked into the non-handed bits.
It kinda looked like the lunch pail tree from Ozma of Oz except that arms were offering the fruits like so many disembodied supplicants. It was well-received by those who knew me already, particularly in the soft candlelight, but other people at the bar were somewhat creeped out by the doll parts. All in all, a success.
But I missed Molly. It's nice to have two people when you're dying coconut and trying to convince yourself it will be brilliant. (All due respect to Jaye during the grocery trip. She approved the cherries.)
Posted by Ida at May 27, 2003 11:35 PM