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Love, Dogs and Charity |
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is chock full of holidays - Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, Lincoln and Washington's Birthdays AND National Carrot Cake Day (February 3rd) To top it all off, we've gone doggone crazy and added Doggie Cupcakes to our Menu. Loaded with healthy stuff like wheat germ, peanut butter, oatmeal and milk, these treats are even capped off with a crunchy dog bone. Bakery tested and doggie approved! Why not show your pet how much you love them this Valentine's Day? Dig it!
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Seeing Red? Think Pink!
Treats are in at Bittersweet! While red may symbolize passion and desire, the color pink represents love. Pink is the sweetest of all the colors and is said to make us crave sugar. It also has a calming effect and reduces the heart rate (and anger!). What better way to show your love to someone than to pick up a gift from Bittersweet? Here are only a few of our great gift ideas.
Black Forest Cupcakes
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Still Seeing Red?
THE BEST Valentine's Gift
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Then pick up one of our beautifully gift boxed Red Velvet Cupcakes for $3.95.
Want to make your gift even sweeter? Add a $10 Bittersweet Giftcard and fork over only $10.95 for both (save $3!). The BEST Valentine's Gift - eat now and eat later!
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Mardi Gras King Cupcakes
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New for Mardi Gras!
We roll right out of Valentine's Day into Fat Tuesday this year, on February 16th. New to the lineup this year are our Mardi Gras King Cupcakes! Our seriously moist yellow cupcakes festively finished with vanilla buttercream and purple (justice), gold (power) and green (faith) casting sugars - topped off with a little sugar baby (he'll be arriving soon)!
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Doing an entire Mardi Gras Menu?
Leave the pancakes to the church and the menu to Bittersweet!
- - Fruit Skewers with brown sugar sour cream dipping sauce
- - Baby Spinach Salad with bacon and bleu cheese dressing
- - Jambalaya with ham, andouille and shrimp
- - Banana Ooh LaLa Cake
- - Bittersweet's Signature Iced Tea
- - Pitcher of Homemade Hurricanes optional!
Chocolate Cupquake
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Haitian Relief
We've all seen the pictures and wondered what we can do. Our idea was to work with the Alexandria Red Cross and UNICEF to raise funds with our Chocolate Cupquakes. NewsChannel 8 Washington Business Tonight picked up our idea and interviewed our owner on how other small businesses could help. We hope that others were inspired by the generosity of our customers! Together we've donated over $1K so far...
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Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours
Chamber of Commerce
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Bittersweet was thrilled to help sponsor this month's Chamber of Commerce after hours networking reception. This month four local businesses known as The 4 Chamber Members (Clarke & Sampson, Inc., Simpson Properties, Ltd. Appleby Law PLLC and Rose Gentile, CLTC, New York Life Agent) shared the honors and threw down a great event - with great food and service for over 125 guests. Naturally! If your company is interested in the Chamber and all the great work it does for our community contact www.alexchamber.com
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Alexandria Happenings
George Washington Birthday Parade
Date(s): 02/15/2010
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Location: Throughout Old Town Alexandria
Phone: (703) 991-4474
Admission: Free!
The nation's largest George Washington birthday parade marches a one-mile route through the streets of Old Town Alexandria. With nearly 3,500 participants including historical groups, youth from scouting groups and animals, this is still a local, community parade in honor of one of the City's favorite sons. The parade starts at 1 p.m. at the intersection of Gibbon and S. Fairfax streets. The reviewing stand is located near City Hall's Market Square, at the intersection of King and Royal streets, and ends at Wilkes and S. Royal streets
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George Washington's Birthday Open House
Date(s): 02/15/2010
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Location: Throughout Old Town Alexandria
Phone: (703) 991-4474
Admission: Free!
In honor of George Washington, on parade day these historic sites welcome you with free admission: Carlyle House, 121 N. Fairfax Street, (703) 549-2997; Christ Church, 118 N. Washington Street, (703) 549-1450; Friendship Firehouse Museum, 107 S. Alfred Street, (703) 838-3891; Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal Street, (703) 838-4242; Lee-Fendall House, 614 Oronoco Street, (703) 548-1789; The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington Street, (703) 838-4994; Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax Street, (703) 838-3852
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Old Town Boutique District Warehouse Sale
Date(s): 02/06/2010
Time: 9a.m.-3p.m.
Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial The George Washington Masonic Temple, 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
Members of the Old Town Boutique District will be participating in the Sixth Annual Boutique District Warehouse Sale! This is a one-day clearance spectacular featuring high-end boutique merchandise from Alexandria's top boutiques and designers. The most serious fashion fans line up in the early morning hours to get the first look at top label merchandise from renowned stores like Hysteria, Periwinkle, Mystique Jewelers, Treat, Gossypia, Apple Seed, Lawrence Miller and Company, Stanton Gallery, Bella, Red Barn Mercantile, the Christmas Attic, and local jewelry designer Queen Bee Designs. This year, Old Town's famous kitchen boutique La Cuisine joins the lineup, along with Diva, Mint Condition, and Pink and Brown. The event is access controlled, with a set number of shoppers allowed in the retail space at any time so that everyone can shop in a calm environment.
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Walk off and work off your hunger - stop by Bittersweet Café for lunch!
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Seafood NoodleSoup
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Healthy, Hot and Half Price
Our newest innovation, just in time for the bitter winter cold - Bittersweet's new NoodleSoup. In addition to our nightly hotbar, we are now offering made to order (that's right) piping hot noodle soup. Your choice of beef, chicken, seafood or veg only. Get yourself a giant bowl, sit down and watch the wind howl outside! With this half price coupon, you better save room for the cupcake!
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February 'Lunch on Us' Winner!
Felicia Price
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
Felicia wins lunch for two, with dessert of course, at Bittersweet Café. Please call our sales office at 703.549.2708 to claim your prize.
Next time you're in, why not drop your business card into the fishbowl? You might just eat for free!
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