Austin, TX

I just spent 7 hours putting together gingerbread houses for the cake club. I’m exhausted and my back is killing me from lifting boxes. They smelled really good, though. The gingerbread is made to order so it’s very fresh. The kits are going to run $21.65 which is more than you might pay for a kit at say, Target, but they are a much superior quality. Each box is hand packed and has a ton of candies for decorating and a big bag of royal icing mix that only needs water added to it. We made 200 kits today. We still have 100 left to make up so we’ll probably be assembling kits next weekend, too. The kits should be up for sale on our website soon but if you want to buy one, just let me know and I’d be happy to get you one. I’ll have a picture of an assembled kit soon.

Our club cookbooks are also in now. It is full of recipes and tips written by members of the cake club. It’s a great value at 10.83. As an added bonus, my fabulous and most often requested chai cake recipe is inside. The Gingerbread Houses and the Cookbooks are fund raisers for the Cake Club’s upcoming Cake Show which will take place in February of 2008.

Tomorrow I start cleaning for the influx of Thanksgiving guests who will begin arriving on Tuesday. They are coming early so they can go see the Ted Geisel exhibit going on right now at Arts on 5th. Ted Geisel as you all probably know, was better known as Dr. Seuss.

I saw this exhibit a while back at the AMOA and let me tell you, it’s a wonderful exhibit with something for all ages. The exhibit ends on November 24th so if you haven’t seen it, you should do so at your earliest opportunity.

From Arts on 5th’s website:

EXTENDED HOURS: Monday - Friday November 5-9, 10-8, Saturday November 10, 10am-6pm
Regular Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10-6
Originally created to commemorate the 100th Birthday of Dr. Seuss, the exhibit has expanded to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The collection also includes the newly discovered Lost Sculptures, featuring three-dimensional animals created with horns and beaks and shaving brushes! Included in the show will be thirty-two historical panels chronicling the life and career of Theodor Seuss Geisel from the 1920’s through the 1980’s, plus the complete collection of the “Secret Art of Dr. Seuss” limited edition artwork. This will be the largest showing of the art of Dr. Seuss ever displayed in Texas and will include new commemorative anniversary works from The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Be sure to bring the kids to Art on 5th’s “The Seuss-sational Art and Life of Ted Geisel: 1904-1991.” Not only will all you parents enjoy the “Secret Art of Dr. Seuss” and the “Unorthodox Taxidermy” collection of wall sculptures, but the kids can keep busy at an activity center with all Dr. Seuss activities such as coloring Dr. Seuss characters, cutting out masks and Dr. Seuss word games.

Selected Secret Art pieces will be available for purchase.

Check out their website for more great information on Ted Geisel.

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