by shortstreetcakes | Jan 30, 2015 | asheville, Asheville Grown, Business, cake shop, community, Events, Family, News, Short Street Cakes
Dearest Loved Ones, It is with great excitement for the future- and with deep gratitude for the past- that I would like to share some really big news with you: I have decided to sell Short Street Cakes! I have long considered this move, and I know now that it is time.... by shortstreetcakes | Mar 9, 2014 | asheville, Business, Cake Ladies, cake shop, community, Events, Family, Friends, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Mardi Gras, Peter Parpan, Pictures, Seasonal, Staff
Our 5th Anniversary Mardi Gras Block Party was a wild success, thanks to our donors, sponsors, customers, friends, and supporters! It was the loveliest evening, full of bright and shining souls and smiling faces- and we raised $1,179 for Pawnstorm- Hall Fletcher... by shortstreetcakes | Jul 4, 2012 | asheville, cake shop, Family, Hannah Dansie, Peter Parpan, Short Street Cakes, Uncategorized
Last week, my friends Peter Parpan and Hannah Dansie decided to collaborate on a mural project on an abandoned storefront two doors down from the Cake Shop. The inspiration for the design was an educational poster printed in the 1970’s, which Hannah, like many... by shortstreetcakes | Jan 6, 2012 | cake shop, community, Family, Haley House, Seasonal, Social Justice, travels
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. -William Butler Yeats, “Anima Hominis,” Essays (1924) I began this year with several days of cleaning out closets and boxes of letters, pictures, and childhood... by shortstreetcakes | Dec 12, 2011 | Cake Ladies, Family, travels
So, we headed north for Thanksgiving and book tour. Highlights included: -Visiting wonderful friends -Thanksgiving dinner with Clan Macfarlane -Book signing at Global Libations, hosted by Go Indie! by shortstreetcakes | Sep 11, 2011 | cake shop, Family
First, let me say, Happy Birthday to Jasper! I am so incredibly lucky to be the mom of such a thoughtful, loving, curious, and fun creature as my son Jasper. We had a great birthday party yesterday with friends and family at the fair! I love you, Jasper. I’m so...