For the second time in visiting the life of this place I was disappointed, is it just me? I mean it recently won an award for Best Bakery for Sweets, so am I the only one in Dallas missing something? Probably not. I know what I like and don't like and I don't like the three pies I've tasted from there (Cherry Bomb and Lord of the Pies and another one my mom got when it first opened).

"Cherry Bomb" is self explanatory, cherry that tastes super sour and tart-isn't cherry pie supposed to be a hint of sweet? "Lord of the Pies" is described by D Magazine as "a towering slice of apples baked in handmade caramel and topped with cinnamon streusel." I took about 3 bites this last time and was just as pucker faced as the first. I couldn't pin point the awkward taste at first, turned out to be the "handmade caramel", the caramel tasted like sour milk....something along the lines of "cajeta".

Typical price for a slice is $6-8, if you get two slices you could have bought the ingredients and baked the thing yourself. I'm too frugal. I love to bake and I don't see myself going there again.

Don't get me wrong guys, I truly love the idea and the concept and decor and location, etc etc of this place, but something was missing, like a sweet tasting pie. Maybe I'm too spoiled by my own baking along with my sister's homemade pies, Apple Cranberry pie anyone?

Emporium Pies,
in the hip- new- happening place to be, Bishop Arts District in the Northern tip of Oak Cliff (BA doesn't constitute Oak Cliff as a whole, a later post)
314 Bishop Ave.
Dallas

Hello again everyone, or myself since I'm the only one who knows of this blog....ha! Alas I have once again decided to spontaneously start blogging again about you know, this and that. Too much has passed, a little of the same, a little of the not so same but altogether, time has flown.

I'm going to actually try and get people to find me in the blogger world this time around. I still love to take a lot of pictures but unfortunately about two thousand of them were smashed instantaneously earlier this year so I'll never get them back (no I didn't back them up or transfer them-boo me).

With that, I will try and post my personal review on places I visit or just tips on what you can do or not do when you decide to go where I've been.

In any case, I will post a little of this, a little of that. Keep reading, come back and comment! :)

what? what?

too much to say, not enough time.

and the like

I remember back to my HS days when I would think to myself of certain words, while writing my essays. The thesaurus would always be a great help. I remember my first real relationship, I felt like he fit all the categories of being a superbly awesome boyfriend: honest, loyal, trustworthy, kind, generous, loving, thoughtful, etc, etc. He was what any girl would want and any girl deserves.

An old HS friend posted this on FB (facebook) recently:

"The danger is that once trusted and broken now shy is not a motto that will support the building of future relationships."

and we carried a petite conversation:

me: says who?! :D

him: Without trust how can you honestly have a relationship? Trust is the foundation of a relationship. If its ever broken, its hard to trust again.

me: wise words my good man, this is true, this is VERY VERY true. But I wonce heard that love conquers all, is that not so

him: How do you Love someone if you can't Trust that person?

me: even more true

That day, I thought about this post for a while and realized that in fact, there can be no love without trust. This made me sad. I thought love would indeed conquer all but how can one love another if there is no sense of security?
I came to the realization that the relationship I had with my HS boyfriend was true, it was real, he was real. But that was HS, this is 13 years later, in another ended relationship, working hard to make it happen, make love happen for us, again-somehow-if possible, with the lack of trust.

paper talks

working tonight, after working a 10 hour day, I couldn't get enough. just kidding. I love that this place is open 24 hours a day! So much opportunity for over time, yikes! gotta get back to work! :D

Wednesday

Happy hump day to all!

time flies!

Its been too long since I got on this. I almost forgot I had it.
A lot has happened within the last year, its almost pointless to try and re-cap anything and everything. Instead, I will start with this year, or this month...
My group of very close friends and I decided it would be best to start a blog about the five of us....visit us! We are fun! blushingdames.blogspot.com
Just updating today, tomorrow is something more!