by shortstreetcakes | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, Short Street Cakes will be closed from Monday, July 22nd through Thursday, July 25th for our annual river retreat. We will re-open on Friday, July 26th, fresh and ready to make beautiful cakes for your life’s celebrations! We’re really... by shortstreetcakes | Apr 24, 2013 | asheville, community, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Uncategorized
When Duncan and I moved to Asheville from Georgia (by way of Boston) in 2001, we didn’t move here for the mountains, although they are lovely. We didn’t move here for the food, and we didn’t move here for the weather (though that was a big plus,... 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 | Apr 23, 2012 | Cake Ladies, cupcakes for cures, Events, Friends, Southern Foodways Alliance, Uncategorized
Piece of Cake by Kathryn Stripling Byer (written for Poet Laureate installation, 2005, at the state capitol) When the young woman calling from Charlotte to interview me for her radio program asked, “What is a Laureate, anyway?” I heard my voice hem and haw... by shortstreetcakes | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
This past Tuesday, the Cake Shop celebrated our third birthday with a Mardi Gras party with live music and a raffle to benefit Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready Program. Heinzelmannchen Brewery in Sylva donated the beer (and stuck around to pour it!) and Sour... by shortstreetcakes | Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last Sunday I had plans to meet my Dad in the mountains of North Georgia to celebrate his 72nd birthday. Friday morning I got a call from him asking if I would be able to come down a day early to go see Willie Nelson with him in Hiawassee… to which I replied a...