food trucks.

the park near my place now has food trucks every saturday and sunday. they switch them up, but this time there was the cupcake collection's cupcake bus, which had my favorite: sweet potato with cream cheese icing!

i'd show you a picture, but i ate it before that could happen.

it's an awesome little shop that does a big business in germantown. mignon francois, along with her husband and six kids run it, and they are some wonderful folks.

check them out at cupcake-palooza!

books are amazing.

i know i've been talking about cupcake-palooza a lot lately. but the reason for it all is this: books.

books open the mind. spark the imagination. and cause children (of all ages) to dream big dreams and discover a world beyond their own.

here's one of my favorite books from childhood, the fire cat by esther averill. i recently found it in a vintage store and had completely forgotten about pickles the cat, whose big paws destined him to do big things.

when i started to read it again, every image and word came back to me. my older sister sat between my twin and i and read to us when we were small, and that is when my love affair with books began.

what about you? what's your story?

cupcake-palooza is coming soon.

cupcake-palooza 3: a benefit for books from birth of middle tennessee, is set for march 24, 2012, at belmont united methodist church in hillsboro village. this is an event i coordinate each year, and it's a lot of fun.

last year we had cupcakes from gigi's, painted cupcake, cupcake collection, matty-cakes and so many more. at this event, our guests get to sample mini cupcakes from their favorite cupcakeries while supporting a good cause.

this year promises to be even bigger and better!

please save the date! we have some fantastic sponsors on board, including abode real estate, qdoba mexican grill and game stop/nintendo.

i am passionate about books, and i love supporting this cause that helps pre-schoolers get on the path to loving books and reading! see you march 24!

oh, and please come to our facebook page and "like" us! spread the word!