Sorry that I’ve been MIA. Saturday was a busy one! 😯
I woke up bright and early on Saturday morning to get a jump-start on packing. Starting on Tuesday, Mal and I are finally moving into our new apartment. I’ve really enjoyed living with our friends, but I’m ready to have my life back to normal once again. I don’t like feeling so “unsettled,” living between houses and having our lives in shambles. But, only 2 days to go! Ahh, we have so much to do!
After a few hours of packing and breakfast at the Wheelhouse Diner, it was time to go to my sister’s bachelorette barbeque, which was hosted by one of her bridesmaids. I offered to bring dessert, so cupcakes from Babycakes was an easy decision.
I love Babycakes! 😀 It’s always such a special treat to have them– like on my birthday and at a baby shower.
Babycakes has such a yummy selection of flavors! They have Everyday Flavors as well as Daily Specials, Tuesday through Saturday. (They’re closed on Mondays.)
Babycakes is tiny inside, but super cute! 
I purchased a dozen cupcakes for my sister’s shower, and let’s just say they didn’t last long!
I tried bites of a few different cupcakes. My favorite was easily the French Toast cupcake, which was basically French toast-flavored bread pudding shaped as a cupcake. It was heavenly! I also really liked the German Chocolate and Oreo Cookie cupcakes. Holy yum!
Over the course of the 5-hour bachelorette barbeque, I enjoyed a bunch of “autumn” beers. I absolutely love pumpkin and Octoberfest beers. I’d drink them year-round if I could!
I pretty much snacked from the start of the party to the very end. With all of the delicious food, it was hard to turn down tasting almost every dish! I probably should have taken my own advice and made a plate for myself! Oh well. Next time!
The dish that I especially loved the hostess’s “Beer Dip.”
Beer Dip
- 2 packages of cream cheese (softened)
- 1 packet of Ranch salad dressing mix
- Shredded cheddar cheese (to taste)
- 1 bottle of full-bodied beer
Directions: In a large bowl, blend cream cheese, Ranch salad dressing mix, and cheddar cheese. Slowly pour beer into mixture and stir. Continue to add beer until dip achieves desired consistency.
I ate a ton of this stuff! It was excellent with French bread, crackers, pita chips, and pretzels! 😉 It was so addicting! Everyone else at the party agreed too!
In addition to eating lots of wonderful food, we played some games.
And drank some more beers! 😉
My sister and I really loved the Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale! Delish!
For my sister’s big night out on the town, the bridemaids designed bachelorette t-shirts for all of the girls to wear. After all of the fun we had with the t-shirts at Ashley’s bachelorette, I knew my sis would love the idea!
The back of the t-shirts said: “She’s typing the knot… Buy us a shot!”
My mom and my aunts attended the bachelorette barbeque too, but they said their goodbyes before we headed into Boston. I think we scared them a little bit!
We took the T into the city for a bachelorette pub crawl! My sister was psyched!
The bride needed a little help with her Charlie Card!
On the T, we met another bachelorette party heading into the city too!
Part of the bachelorette crew at the first bar:
My sis had 20 gals come out for her big night! It was so fun seeing a sea of purple shirts at each bar!
The final bar was about a half mile away, so instead of walking, the bride, a couple of friends, and I took advantage of a man-powered ride!
Riding the streets of Boston in a rickshaw was hilarious! We had so much fun!
We made it to Dillion’s in one piece! 😉
There, the bachelorette mayhem continued!
Being the old fart that I am, I ended up leaving the group around 11:30 pm. My sister was having the time of her life, so I said a quick goodbye and told her to have a blast with her girlfriends. She didn’t seem to mind that her old lady sister was headed to bed!
I can’t wait to hear her stories from the night! 😉
HAHA! I have a feeling that my own bachelorette party won’t go much later than about midnight because, at 29, I’m the YOUNGEST one that will be there! It looks like a blast 🙂
Those cupcakes are gorgeous!!! It’s funny that the place is called Babycakes; there is a very famous vegan bakery in NYC called Babycakes.
Those cupcakes look so yummy and fun!
Looks like a great bachelorette party for your sis!! Love the pics!! 🙂
I like the combo of a BBQ for everyone before the Pub Crawl. And how fun are those shirts. I’m sure you got lots of shots bought 🙂
What a fun day! The cupcakes look amazing and your shirts are adorable…love the matching seven jeans too!
I love the t-shirt idea! The back is very cute. Looks like you gals had a bunch of fun.
Those cupcakes look like they were to die for! 🙂
i love those shirts!! haha so funny 🙂
looks like tons of fun! you and your sister are stunning1
the cupcakes look oh so good! french toast sounds amazing!!
looks like you had a fabulous time.
jenna
What a fun day/evening!
Tina, those cupcakes look delicious! When I was in college we had a cupcake shop called ‘Cupcake’ nearby that had a wonderful flavor assortment, but nothing this great!
I hope your sister isn’t hurting too bad this morning 🙂
What fun you had…yippee! Love those cupcakes..yum!
Happy Moving!
Wow, what a fun time that looks like!
Hope you are having an awesome Sunday!
Looks great! And I love those cupcakes. Cupcakes are not really sold here in Europe and I miss them!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
Those shirts are fantastic! If I ever get married, I’m totally stealing the “She’s tying the knot, buy us a shot” idea!
How fun! LOVE the cupcakes you brought and the dip sounds out of this world. Glad your sis had fun
Sounds like a fun day and night! Those cupcakes look awesome!
Looks like you’ll had a blast. I have a friend having a Bachelorette party in a couple months…I can’t wait!
Looks like an exciting night!
That looks like fun. Good luck moving in! oh and that french toast cupcake sounds yummy
i’ve been hearing so much about babycakes! they were supposed to open a location in los angeles but it fell through. 🙁
What a fun night! Good thing the weather cleared up in time for the festivities :).
I’m so psyched for the return of pumpkin/autumn brews! I want to set up a taste test to see which kind is my fave.
how fun!
Those cupcakes look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The bachlorette party looked so fun! I too was at a bachlorette party last night!!!! I actually lasted until the bar closed!! Unusual for me!
I’ve always meant to try Babycakes. After your raving, now I DEFINITELY need to! Glad you had fun at the bachlorette, hope your sister isn’t in too much pain this morning!
French toast cupcake!? YUM!! Those shirts are great – I love the back! Looks like one fun party!!
Aw everything form the party looks like delicious! glad that you had such a fun time, and i’m sure your sister had the time of her life!
Cute shirts!! 🙂 I’ve never heard of this beer dip, but I just mentioned it my boyfriend who has requested that it be made immediately for football sundays!! Thanks for the idea 🙂
Cute shirts, and those cupcakes look fabulous!! I love cupcakes – they’re like little three-bite bits of YUM. Perfect size!!
Looks like your sis had a great night! The babycakes look very moreish!
Feeling unsettled is one of the worst feelings in the world for me! I hate living out of a suitcase and never quite being “at home.” I guess that is one of the nice things about J and I finally being out on our own. The cupcakes and beer dip look delicious!
And while I am not much of a beer drinker, I am intrigued by the pumpkin ales I saw above.
Those cupcakes look SO good and that beer dip sounds like the perfect party food! I’ll have to try it out at my next get-together! Thanks for the recipe!
Ah, your lil sis looked like she was having a blast! Perfect way to end her singledom!
i die looking at those cupcakes! yum.
I love the french toast cupcakes at Babycakes. If you go before 10:00 they are usually WARM. Heaven!!
Looks like you had a great day celebrating your sister’s wedding! Good luck with the move.
LOL I never had a bachelorette, but that looks like so much fun! We got a pedi-cab on my b-day and I felt so bad for the guy driving it with 3 of us squished in!
Lovve pumpkin beer (Shipyard especially!), but I made a rule for myself that I drink summer drinks until official autumn. . . I am so looking forward to it!
Awww that looks like so much fun! Congrats to your sister! I used to loveee Dylan’s! Good luck with the move 🙂
I am SO making that beer dip . . . looks like you had quite the party!
I don’t know which is cuter–the cupcakes or the shirts!
Looks like so much fun!
Sounds like you had such a good time! Those cupcakes look amaaazing!
How exciting that your move-in date is so close! Congratulations! And congratulations to your sister…looks like a fun night of celebrating.
looks like so much fun!!!!! Where did she end up buying her dress?
I love that your mom has that beautiful floral piece on- mother of the bride special treatment? So fun!
That beer dip looks yum! What would be a good example of a full bodied beer that would work well in the dip?
Yummy cupcakes! I will have to stop by there when I go to Boston next summer 🙂
I’m glad your sis had a good time. I’m an old lady too so I hear ya on 11:30, whew!
I can’t wait to try cupcakes from Babycakes! My birthday is next week so that gives me an excuse to stop by. :o)
I love reading your blog because we live in the same area. Makes it great that I can actually visit the places you recommend!
Looks like a fun weekend! Tina, this may be a weird question, but what model of Seven jeans are you wearing??? I love them!
This was a GREAT PARTY!!!!
I love bachelorette parties. I love those yummy cupcakes and purple t-shirts.
I think I went to high school with a girl in this video! Lauren??