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    Home » Los Angeles » Le Cupcake - Just When You Think You've Found "The One"

    March 2008 Los Angeles

    Le Cupcake - Just When You Think You've Found "The One"

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    Le Cupcake

    (formerly at) The Santa Monica Place Mall
    3 Santa Monica Place @ 3rd Street and Broadway
    Santa Monica, CA 90401
    www.lecupcake.com

    Whether or not you subscribe to the philosophy, and if you do, whether or not you will find it, and if you find it, whether or not you will know you’ve found it, and if you know, whether or not you actually end up with it – whether or not – at one point, when you were as fresh as a daisy in the morning Springtime dew, bright and young and naïve, when you were clipping pictures of dresses and upswept hairstyles and flower arrangements and tiered, fondant-covered cakes and squirreling them away in a manila folder labeled “Wedding,” you entertained the idea of “The One.”

    You know what I’m talking about. The full DeBeers-inspired fantasy played out in a sepia-toned filter with fuzzy edges in your head every night before you fell asleep. You’d be huddled under an awning in the pouring rain using your New York Times Style section to shield you from the splashes off the pavement, then he’d duck under, shielding himself with *gasp* The New York Times Business section, and your eyes would meet and suddenly the entire scene downshifts into slow-mo and both of you would instantly know in that prolonged-by-slow-mo moment, when your eyes would meet, that you had found (The) One another.

    You thought about that. You believed that someday, you’d find The One and live happily a-diamond-is-forever after. You believed in The One. I know you did.

    I did, too.

    Whether I still have my folder of magazine clippings filed away in the locked putty colored Hon file cabinet in the corner of my bedroom is for me to know and you to never find out.

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    tags :: food : and drink : cupcakes : bakeries : reviews : los angeles

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    1. RT says

      April 08, 2008 at 5:59 am

      I only tried Le Cupcake once, and I thought it was pretty good. I only went once, though, because I hated going inside Santa Monica Place; I felt really claustrophobic in there, and the narrow food court sort of concentrated all of the smells from the various subpar restaurants, making me almost noxious whenever I passed through. Still, I was kind of saddened to see SMP close, since I really wanted to go back to Le Cupcake.

      Well, I was saddened until I saw the plans for SMP on http://www.santamonicaplace.com. It looks really promising and like they really want to integrate it with the Promenade. If they bring in some really good restaurants (non-chain, preferably), I'll be very happy. If they bring back Le Cupcake, even better. They're targeting reopening in Fall 2009; guess we're going to have to wait another year and a half (at least) to find out.

      Reply
    2. RT says

      April 08, 2008 at 5:59 am

      I only tried Le Cupcake once, and I thought it was pretty good. I only went once, though, because I hated going inside Santa Monica Place; I felt really claustrophobic in there, and the narrow food court sort of concentrated all of the smells from the various subpar restaurants, making me almost noxious whenever I passed through. Still, I was kind of saddened to see SMP close, since I really wanted to go back to Le Cupcake.

      Well, I was saddened until I saw the plans for SMP on http://www.santamonicaplace.com. It looks really promising and like they really want to integrate it with the Promenade. If they bring in some really good restaurants (non-chain, preferably), I'll be very happy. If they bring back Le Cupcake, even better. They're targeting reopening in Fall 2009; guess we're going to have to wait another year and a half (at least) to find out.

      Reply
    3. bunbungirl says

      April 08, 2008 at 8:03 am

      Hi. Your blog, I found an article about Japan
      If you are interested in Japan, there is a link to my site please.
      Japanese culture (for example, Japanese healty food, animation, games) here.
      http://japanesefood-cultuer-history-anime.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    4. adeliciouslife says

      April 08, 2008 at 5:15 pm

      Sigh. All of this cupcake blogging is *not* good for my wedding diet. And, I am ashamed to admit that on Sunday, right after I got fitted for unmentionables by an old-school Lower East Side merchant, I cheated and went to Sugar Sweet Sunshine for a Magnolia-inspired cupcake. Dammit. Can you please write about something else? Maybe something less savory? Or unsavory - like more potted meat posts? ;-)

      Reply
    5. sarah j. gim says

      April 08, 2008 at 7:04 pm

      rt: i am excited about the new santa monica place, too, but of course, i don't even work near there anymore (wait, i don't work at all!)

      but when it's open, and IF le cupcake is inside there, i shall be making stops.

      bunbungirl: um, thanks?

      adeliciouslife: evil evil i am! ok, next up will be...spam.

      you think i'm kidding.

      Reply
    6. Mary Ellen says

      April 09, 2008 at 2:24 am

      Is it canned meat you seek? ;)

      Reply
    7. Term Life Insurance says

      April 12, 2008 at 7:39 pm

      delecious

      Reply
    8. diva says

      April 23, 2008 at 8:07 am

      these cupcakes are so delightful! i wnat one now ;)

      Reply
    9. JJ says

      May 08, 2008 at 4:14 pm

      Any idea how these compare to Yummy Cupcakes on Wilshire and 3rd st?

      Reply
    10. sarah j. gim says

      May 08, 2008 at 8:30 pm

      jj: on yummy...

      i'd rather eat bananas foster than a cupcake

      Reply

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