Saturday, February 25, 2006

Oh, for the Love of Cadbury...

Guest writer and self proclaimed "chocolate-fiend" Richard has written this love letter to one of his favorite seasonal treats...enjoy!

To the half-wits who sang "I wish it could be Christmas everyday" I
say this, "Why would you deprive yourselves of Cadbury's Creme Eggs?"

In this nasty world someone in a lab coat at Cadburyland has your back.

Whoever crafted this fiendish confectionery deserves the kind of
praise usually reserved for the guy who said "And this machine cuts
the loaf into manageable slices"

So. You've bought a case of eggs. Well Done. Put them in the
refrigerator. You'll thank me when the outer wrapper comes off
easier. You don't want silvery bits under your nails, or worse still
chunks of foil zapping your fillings.

You now have an undressed refrigerated Cadbury's Creme Egg.

Then ... gnaw.

That's right, gnaw like an actual (?) Easter Bunny at the
surprisingly dense chocolately part at the top of the egg. You see,
chocolate engineers (yes they exist) will try to impress you with
stories of gigantic leaps in technology in the shaping of chocolate
on the production line, but trust me on this one, the top of the egg
is thicker.

Finally like a buck-toothed sugar-loving Jim Morrison you will break
on through to the other side. Congratulations, you have reached the
white and yellow inner goo. My choice here? Pucker up and suck that
yolk clean out. When you see the calories in one of these babies
you're going to be glad of the facial exercise.

You can expect some outer chocolate damage along the way, so as you
finish up the inner delights you should be left with about two-thirds
of the outer egg. What next? Simple, shove your tongue in there and
bring the egg into your mouth like a frog eating a bug. Sadly the
poor frog will never enjoy the pure sensation of milk chocolate
melting into the wells of your mouth, but hey they're holding out for
a woman to release their inner prince.

Have fun.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Meow!

I was photographing lip balm this weekend and of course, I was interrupted by my whiskered friend...


...not that I mind all that much.

Friday, February 17, 2006

Webbed Feet and Chocolate Eggs

I'm very tired!

Baglunchco.com got an update last night, with the help of my very good friend and web-genius Chris Martell.

So, thanks to his web-coding wizardry..
some new posters are up in the gallery.
And some new flavors are up as well.
New in the Bakery: slice of birthday cake lip balm and slice of wedding cake lip balm
New in the Ice Cream Shop: vanilla milkshake lip balm

Also, I'm still working on a bag lunch custom lip balm site, and that should be up in a few days. (hopefully)

In other news... Cadbury Mini Eggs are in Season! It's very exciting. These tiny joys are only available once a year here in the States so I've got to start stockpiling them now. Last year i went to London and found that Cadbury Mini Eggs are available year round over there. While over here they are marketed as an Easter candy, thus being sold for only a short time each year, In the UK they are simply available year round and the packaging features a slightly goofy looking non-descript bird.
Those lucky ducks across the pond!

Come to think of it, all the chocolate is better over there! You can find British chocolate over here, you just have to know where to look. Grocery stores that have an International Foods section usually stock some British chocolates.
Not to sound elitist, but once you've had some of these chocolates, things like Hersey Kisses and Nestle just don't cut it anymore. Although, I still love Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Well, I'm off to build a website.. Where is my construction hat?

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Here we go a Waffling...

I'm very excited.

Philosophy, a company who makes really great bath and shower gel among other things, has just released a new shower gel in "Waffle Cone" scent.

My weekend plans have officially been changed to allow myself time to track this product down!
I have horrible addiction to foodie-themed bath products. My bathroom is overflowing with colorful bottles of gels and bathing bubbles in dozens and dozens of scents.

I can't help myself. At least I smell delicious.

Thursday, February 09, 2006

New Posters!

I've been designing some new posters for Bag Lunch... here's a taste....

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Orange Button.

Orange Button now carries 2 select Bag Lunch Balms... Chilled Margarita and Glass of Lemonade.
They also sell tons of other great products from other small businesses.

visit them at www.shoporangebutton.com

32 Flavors Public Relations

Bag Lunch just made a batch of custom lip balm for 32 Flavors Public Relations.

We're excited to be able to provide them with a custom chocolate flavored balm because as they say over at 32 Flavors PR.."traditional public relations is SO vanilla."

go visit them at www.32FlavorsPR.com

Webby

Lots of things are happening in the world of Bag Lunch...

I'm currently working on an Online Custom Balm Workshop.. which will allow me to get information to people regarding my Custom Balms much faster than the previous method of mailing out Info packets via snail mail. Its slow going, but should be fully operational within a few weeks. I need a web-monkey to do these things for me!

Also in the works... new flavors:
slice of birthday cake
slice of wedding cake
vanilla milkshake
and the Neopolitan Gift Set of three balms
These new balms will be up on baglunchco.com very soon.

Whew! I need a nap!