Twitter + Cupcakes = Curbside Cupcakes!

I work in SW DC.... and there is basically nothing around... aside from the standard McDonalds, Starbucks, Potbelly, and Quiznos. Lunch is painful (well it would be if my Agency didn't have such an Awesome cafeteria!).... Happy Hour is sad.... Luckily there are awesome places 1 stop away @ Capitol South.... and don't get me started on all the Cupcake and Yogurt places up near GalleryPlace....

So imagine my delight a few weeks ago when one of the people I follow on Twitter re-tweeted a post from @CurbsideCupcake! They were coming to SW! But I was out of the office that day :(

But a week later... They were back! And I got my cupcake! And it was awesome!

Now I troll my twitterfeed looking for the Cupcake location ....

Note - There is also a mobile Yogurt truck - but it rarely comes to SW... I caught them once in L'enfant... and coming soon... a Pizza Truck!

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I set out to pick up some soup for lunch at the Au Bon Pain inside L'Enfant Plaza's La Promenade set of shops, to find the store all closed up. In fact all of the shops around it were also closed. It looks like they are finally getting read to renovate that cluster of shops/eateries. (Hopefully a good Happy Hour spot will move in ... SW DC near my office is sorely lacking in the bar department). And while it appeared that most of the other eateries had moved to another location... Au Bon Pain seems closed for good :(

On the plus side.... I came across a pizza joint that has NYC by the slice pizza.... and it was GOOD! Its called Pizza Autentica..... 300 7th St SW.... basically kitty-corner to the HUD building.

As of September 22 the cafeteria at the Ford House Office building is under new management.

Prior to this I had been protesting going to lunch there due to a French Fry incident (I ordered them... they then forgot about me for 15 minutes :P).

After a former co-worker told me about the change in management I was ready to try again.

So a little before 11:30am, I called the Ford Hotline to get the menu. Message = This number has been disconnected. OK.

We go over anyway. The cafeteria has been totally remodeled. It looks nice! Nice array of food (but a lot of it looks premade... sandwiches and wraps OK, hot food like cheeseburgers, fries, chicken fingers... not so much...I start getting a bad feeling about this).

I order a hamburger... which they had to cook (this is a fast food trick... order something standard but without at least 1 topping, they have to put it together, and you won't get something that has been sitting out for a while). and side of fries. After a few minutes my burger is done. But no fries! I wait... the server walks away! Then someone else says have you been helped? I respond - I am waiting for fries. So she proceeds to cook these from scratch, and I get to wait another 5 minutes!

As my friend and I are walking out, and discussing previous protest, I say - well I'll give them a pass. We can try them one more time.

Back at my desk I get an IM from my friend (he had pork loin and corn pudding).

He Says "That is one of the worst meals I've had in my past 13+ years working at X Agency"

My response "I guess we won't be going back?"

He says - "Nope"

This is bad... there are not that many places in walking distance in SW DC, luckily our Agency has a really good in-house cafeteria. But I need some variety!!