Cupcakes are SO 2008

Before they become passe, & with Mountie's help, Peanut and I decided to have some folks over to ring in the New Year with cupcakes and cocktails (not that I expect the latter to go out of fashion any time soon). We started making them Tuesday night: Peanut couldn't have been happier:



Javier came over in the afternoon, after we went to the gym, to lend a helping hand. He described putting the glaze on the mini marscapone cupcakes like "painting a doll house, uh..., I mean, toy plane".



I named each of the seven cupcakes after a particularly person, and came up with labels to help describe them. For example, the "Classically Cliff" are chocolate with vanilla frosting. It looked like this:



And so, we had (in NO particular order, though Peanut claims his were the crowd favorite):

1. Peanut's Petit Fours: Marscapone with strawberry glaze



2. Holy Javier!: Banana with maple glaze



3. Classically Cliff: Chocolate with vanilla frosting



4. DJ Double D's Delight: Chocolate Orange with Limoncello frosting:



5. Martin's Missed Maturity: Vanilla cake with fresh strawberry frosting baked in an ice cream cone



6. Jack's Joy: Red velvet with cream cheese frosting



7. Mountie's Maple Mayhem: Pumpkin with maple cream cheese frosting.



I was too slow to get pics of the other folk who brought cupcakes, though think there was a peanut butter theme: Thanks Mountie, Lady & Emily, Billy & Scarlet, and Gregory & Big D!

And then, we popped the bubbly!

PARTY PICS!!!

I can't believe Martin actually posed like this :



So I quickly had to call on Vixen to de-nerdify my camera.



Peanut designated himself as bartender (with Tom with his sexy new stache in the background)



I was happy to be called upon to introduce our international guests to the concept of cupcakes: Jean Claude with Mountie.



Guy with my gym buddy Lou, who's still looking good even though I'm not there to crack the whip!



I was forced to pose like this for this picture to prove that I was wearing JEANS, not TIGHTS.



I was so lucky to have THREE of my yoga teachers in attendance! Anni-Frid with yoga teacher TranquilTim.



Yoga teachers 2 & 3: Billy and Scarlet.



Where's Peanut? Javier and Ozzie.



George and Cliff- sad that I didn't make coconut cupcakes, they found an alternative.



Dancing with Anni-Frid and Agnetha!!!



Cute pic of Lance and Charles:



A riddle: Which of these three people actually has a twin but has been previously confused as MY twin? Emily, Lady, and Zero:



Sparkles couldn't find any Whitney Houston on my iPod to dance to :(



How adorable! Whitey and James:



Peanut sandwiched by Anni-Frid and "wishes he could cook, and dance, better than me" Zero (as in, Zero Mostel).



Larry and Guy leaving:



So, the doorbell rang after everyone had left. I was still happy to see my boys Wesley and Elmer!

May 2009 be filled with many more dinner parties with family and friends!