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New NYC cupcake store coming soon

News of a new cupcake shop coming to NYC, Pichet Ong, owner and executive chef of NYC dessert bar P*ONG (via Grub Street):
What’s next on the horizon for you? Any new ventures or restaurants in the works? Spill the beans…I’m actually doing a cupcake shop next door: vanilla, chocolate, yuzu & cinammon will be my […]

Cupcakes on the Sex and the City tour

The article by The Village Voice’s Robert Siestema is called “Cupcakes and Dildos,” but it’s not what that might imply…it’s his take on the Sex and the City tour. Here’s the relevant cupcake bit:
There we passed the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, a sidewalk café where Carrie and Miranda both discovered their exes drinking with new […]

Grandfather finds calling collecting menus

NewsDay:
Daniel Rayas moved to New York in January from El Paso, Texas, to care for his newborn granddaughter, Eva Lucia. But he needed a job to pay his room and board, one flexible enough to allow for daily diaper-changing duty.
The unlikely solution: collecting take-out menus.
Allmenus.com, an online yellow pages for restaurants, sent him on a […]

Pretty curlicues on cupcakes

Decadence Originally uploaded by Trish CupcakeMomma
From Cupcake Momma
Cupcakes laden with strawberry chocolate curls, dark chocolate curls and white chocolate curls. Stricly for chocolate lovers.
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

Bulging pistachio cupcake from The Cookie Jar Bakery

Pistachio cupcake Originally uploaded by cookiejartx
From Houston’s The Cookie Jar Bakery
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

The Inventor’s Best Friend

Inc.:
Jim Newton, 44, previously ran Laurel Systems, a user interface graphics company. He subsequently taught a metal shop class at the College of San Mateo. When he stopped teaching, however, he no longer had access to the campus lathe. So he got the idea for TechShop.
TechShop is a chain of workshops that cater to […]

Biz Owners Urged to Watch Own Finances

The Associated Press:
When a business is in its first years of existence, it’s very tempting for an entrepreneur to put every possible cent toward building the company, often at the expense of a personal financial portfolio. Years later, many owners are still neglecting their own finances, believing the investment they’ve made in a now-successful company […]

Invention Keeps Cops Cool

WKRN.com:
A new invention is helping to keep police officers cooler during the hot summer months.
Many officers wear between 20 and 40 pounds of gear when they’re out on patrol and during the hot days of summer, it can be particularly uncomfortable and hot.
One officer explains what it’s like to carry the weight of the gear […]

No Escaping Social Networks, Even If You’re Dead

The Globe And Mail:
For an example of why social networking might not be the perfect idea for every website, let’s first look at the social network for dead people.
Respectance.com marks the latest attempt to create a workable website for online memorials. The goal is to create a site where people can post online tributes to […]

11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Running Hair Biz

NowPublic.com:
Her name is Leanna Archer. At the age of 4 , after she was tested for Pre K, her parents were told that it would be a good idea to take to a gifted center to get tested because she was way too advanced for her age but we didn’t take it seriously.
At 8 years […]