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Friday, May 7, 2010

Visual Art / Retail Celebrate the New CakeSpy Shop Tomorrow!

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:06 PM

As mentioned in last week's feature, local cupcake artist Jessie Oleson (the genius behind CakeSpy.com) started off the year by buying the BlueBottle Gallery, and she's spent the last few months turning it into her new CakeSpy retail shop.

In fact, when I checked in with her a couple weeks ago, she was putting the finishing touches on the shop's mural of "cake and pie having a death match complete with brass knuckles and various weapons of shankery."

The store has been open during the cakeover (get it? HA!), but tomorrow is its official grand opening as the CakeSpy Shop and BlueBottle Art Gallery. There will be a cake-filled celebration from 5-8 pm (with Trophy Cupcakes!) and new CakeSpy artwork called "Sweet Scenes From Captiol Hill."

And for those of you who don't like cake (monsters!), the store also carries Ira Glass finger puppets.

(In sadder Capitol Hill business news, Barista Boyz has closed down.)

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Did Barista Boyz ever take their Grand Opening sign down?

Posted by care bear on May 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM

What do you mean, "twee"? Have a heart.

Posted by gloomy gus on May 7, 2010 at 4:43 PM

It saddens me to see the demise of BlueBottle Gallery. While I find cupcakes themselves to be quite tasty, I am perplexed by the popularity of cupcakes as "art".

Posted by Tasty on May 7, 2010 at 6:03 PM

#3, read the post: CakeSpy Shop AND BlueBottle Art Gallery. The shop/gallery will continue to feature the work of local artists.

Posted by shakin on May 8, 2010 at 8:36 AM

So do they sell cake?

Posted by JesseJB on May 8, 2010 at 11:23 AM