DC Cupcake WARS!

While Trixie was visiting, one thing we knew we wanted to do was eat a lot of cupcakes. And I'm happy to say we accomplished this goal! We started Thursday, while our friend Melissa was visiting from NYC. We had a huge lunch at Founding Farmers (Oh MY!) which is a post for another time and has some great pics (hint: Trixie :) After lunch, we went to see if we could see the Julia Child's exhibit at the Smithsonian.  Sadly, it was closed and you could only look in.

We then decided to head back to the Dupont Circle area where Trixie was staying. Yelp informed us there were some cupcake shops close by. Unfortunately  the first one we tried to go to wasn't there anymore. Then we got distracted by a used bookstore. Eventually, we ended up at Hello Cupcake. These cupcakes were super yummy, but I think my favorite part was the pink chandelier.



Friday, we met up with one of Trixie's friends from Texas that had recently moved to the DC area. We ate at this organic place that, while good, wasn't very filling. After lunch, we wanted to go the the Holocaust Museum, but made a slight detour on the way when we stopped at Zara, and got Trixie's kids some of the cutest clothes I've ever seen! After shopping, and going way out of our way and walking a ton (don't listen to metro security about directions, we were lead so far off the path!) we spent a few hours at the Holocaust Museum. If you've never been, you need to go. Its heartbreaking, tragic, but so very important. We spent some time in the propaganda exhibit they currently have, and it was a little spooky - some of the methods used by the Nazis are methods currently being used in our political dialogue today.

We left the Holocaust Museum sad and super hungry - the perfect time for Georgetown cupcakes! I now know why Georgetown cupcakes always has a line out the door - they are so yummy! The red velvet is the best I've ever had. I also got a chocolate lava cupcake. Right after this photo was taken, I ran my gross sweaty arm through the fudge on top of my cupcake. I was so disappointed - and so tempted to lick it off....



Sprinkles and Georgetown cupcakes are on the same side of the street a few blocks from each other. So naturally, on our way back to the metro we had to stop at Sprinkles to do a comparison. Our comparison wasn't really fair though: after a not too filling lunch, tons of walking in 90 degree heat, 2 cupcakes at Georgetown cupcakes, we felt a bit sick after eating Sprinkles cupcakes. We also didn't do a side by side comparison - to be really objective, we should have done a red velvet at Sprinkles too. Don't get me wrong, they are also amazing, but I was in total sugar overload with a side of heat exhaustion :) But, I am literally having dreams about the red velvet from Georgetown Cupcakes so I'm declaring them the winner! Who wants to go to Georgetown with me? I really need a  few more cupcakes :)



Even though we felt sick by the end of the day, it was wonderful spending so much time with Trixie. I'm so lucky that we can pick up right were we leave off, years later. But I really hope I don't have to wait years to see your face again!