Comments on: Americana in Paris: Cupcake Camp on the Fourth of July https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/ Discover Travel Explore Encounter France and Paris Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:10:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leesa https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-348 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:51:29 +0000 http://francerevisited.com/blogs/?p=895#comment-348 Hi there!

What a great time that was on Sunday!! Great post.. I will get my post up on my blog this weekend.. I’m so behind… I hope we have another one soon!!!!

Take care,
Leesa

]]> By: Gary Lee Kraut https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-347 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:16:33 +0000 http://francerevisited.com/blogs/?p=895#comment-347 Ariel: Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
[Note to readers: I originally referred Ariel to “fellow,” hence Ariel’s first line above, but have since corrected the error.]
Kim: I’m saving my appetite for your next “Parisian Party.” When is it?
Cat: I’m aleady working on my cupcake recipe for next year. If I promise to eat a lot of cupcakes between now and then will you let me be one of the judges?

]]> By: Little Miss Cupcake https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-346 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:07:23 +0000 http://francerevisited.com/blogs/?p=895#comment-346 Hi Gary,
Thanks so much for this post and for coming out to Cupcake Camp. It was really nice to meet you, albeit briefly. We were extremely pleased with the turnout of both expats and French cupcake lovers — though yes, it was a bit chaotic! – and the money raised for a good cause: over 1200 euros for Rebuilding Haiti Now, a non-profit started by a Haitian grandmother that is providing relief for those affected by the earthquake there earlier this year. Their main goal is rebuilding homes and schools for those who have been left without.

The day could not have been possible without the bakers (almost 50 of them, both amateur and professional) who baked up over 1600 cupcakes — there was probably over 100 varieties; it’s a shame you didn’t get to sample more. And there actually were about 12 different cupcakes entered in each of the contests — the entrants spilled over on to the tables around the room so many more Patriotic and others — though I think you are right that there was not a blueberry in sight! Dommage!

Anyway, we were just delighted to share this tradition of Cucpake Camp with Paris and hope to do it again sometime soon. Perhaps you’ll bring cupcakes too next time!?

PS Happy Birthday to your Moumoon!

]]> By: Kim @parisianparty https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-345 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:10:41 +0000 http://francerevisited.com/blogs/?p=895#comment-345 Hi Gary! My company was one of the sponsors of the event, and if I remember correctly, I think the event just happened to fall on July 4th – due to space availability. So that may account for the lack of Red White and Blue… I think it was more of an afterthought. I’m impressed at your will-power to make it out with having only sampled 3 cupcakes, though!

]]> By: Ariel Waldman https://francerevisited.com/2010/07/americana-in-paris-cupcake-camp-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-344 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:54:05 +0000 http://francerevisited.com/blogs/?p=895#comment-344 For note, I’m a female, not a fellow 😉

CupcakeCamp was created as the merging of the participatory/free BarCamp model ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp ) with cupcakes. The BarCamp movement began in California but grew to be a model that people adopted worldwide, similar to CupcakeCamp. We created the first CupcakeCamp in San Francisco in 2008 and I “open sourced” the instructions on how to make your own CupcakeCamp at http://cupcakecamp.org/howto . It is meant to be an event that is created by the community, but that doesn’t negate it having organizers or an origin!

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