It all started with a cookie…

I’ve been gone from the blog for too long now due to travel.  Most of it was for business, but part of it was for pleasure and a little more special.   Those who have been following me since the summer will remember that in June a friend from work and I held a bake sale for MoveOn.org.  (You can find my posts about it here, here and here.)  It was a whirlwind experience involving 14+ hours of baking and 8 recipes.  It made me happy to be able to do something I love to benefit something I cared about equally.  I went on to become more involved in the campaign.  It marked the first time I had made phone calls for a cause (which is amazing when you consider I’m a bit phone-phobic), made a donation to a campaign, bought a campaign tee-shirt, and held a debate party.  Because of all this I was thrilled to be able to travel to DC for the inauguration with the co-worker who co-held the bake sale with me.  Even though we had to drive for hours to get there and wake up at 4:45 in the morning, even though I was freezing and so hungry I ate a hot dog and peanut M&M’s for breakfast, it was so worth it.  Above was our view of a Jumbotron (We were back by the Washington Monument) as photographed by my friend’s camera.  I try to keep this blog unpolitical since I intend it to be about my food and not my views.  However, since this trip was linked tangentially back to food through my bake sale I couldn’t not share.  Regardless of who the candidate is, I love the thought of his or her road to the White House being paved with cupcakes and brownies.