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Cupcakes at the Beach

We recently returned from an amazing trip down memory lane in our nation’s oldest city, St. Augustine. St. Augustine is special to me for so many reasons, the most important being that it is where I met my husband 14 years ago. It also is where I have so many other happy memories as well, it is where I went to college and spent a lot of time with my grandparents.

Flagler College

Flagler College

Upon walking onto the Flagler College campus, I was instantly transported back in time to my college days, everything was the same, even the smells wafting from the college’s dining hall. Of course not everything on the trip was a walk through the past, this trip had some new surprises as well.

Knowing my love of cupcakes, you can imagine my excitement to stumble upon the city’s first cupcake bakery. Of course my friend Laura and I just had to pull the car over immediately and check out the fresh little delicious works of art at Luli’s Cupcakes. (thank you Laura for being a cupcake lover like me!) Started by Flagler graduates and named after their kids, Luke and Lili, the cupcake bakery is as adorable as the cupcakes are delicious. We sampled the Simply Vanilla, Chocoholic, Fire Engine Red Velvet and the PB & C. All were moist and full of flavor. My favorite hands down was the PB & C, which had a yummy peanut butter frosting and moist, rich chocolate cake.

PB & C Cupcakes from Luli's

St. Augustine is a charming town with roots deep in Spanish, Minorcan, British and Greek culture. The city is rich with local small businesses, there are few if any at all, commercial chain restaurants or shops. That was always one of my favorite things about the city, its entrepreneurial makeup. Of course in this current economy a city so reliant on tourism is hurting a little, but the charm of the city was just the same as I had remembered.

And I must also share that love was definitely in the air this visit to St. Augustine. My husband and I attended the wedding of some close friends, which was an amazingly beautiful event. And it could not have been a more perfect celebration for our 1 year wedding anniversary. We danced the night away and remembered fondly our own wedding just one year ago. Congratulations Katie and Kyle, we are so happy to have celebrated with you!

Congrats Katie and Kyle!

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