Let Them (And Me, Mom and Dog) Eat Cake

I used to work a few blocks away from ‘Snice, Manhattan’s awesome veg sandwich shop, and have frequented it many times. Yet through all the work lunches and meet-ups, I have stayed monogamous to their Vegan Panini. It is just perfect: a warm, toasted, roof-of-the-mouth-scraping flatbread smeared with green pesto and stuffed with generous rectangles of smoked tofu and sun-dried tomatoes. At S’nice the sandwiches are whoppers, enough to wrap half up for the next day’s lunch, and always include a heap of mixed greens.When the place first opened, I had a horrible experience with their cupcakes. I bought myself a red velvet cupcake and was in shock with how terrible something so yummy-looking can taste. I don’t know if I got a bad batch or if I hallucitasted to help my dwindling allowance for eating out, but it took me years to try another. Feeling brave, I threw in a cupcake at my last visit. Now, I am sure my initial negative experience had to be a fluke. The cupcake was delicious!
Let’s talk more about cupcakes. Mother’s Day cupcakes! My special Mom gets some basic chocolates with some of my leftover marsh-nilla frosting and some shaved chocolate for her celebration.  So pretty! But the warm May sun melted off all the frosting in transport so they looked a haggered upon arrival.
Another special lady, canine-extrodinaire Pancake, had her birthday Pup Pie from Lazy Dog Cookies. She’s a now 7 and showing off her new grey snout these days. Look at her chomp her cake down! Next year I’ll try whipping up a special homemade treat.