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Cupcake Cake Goes International!

We were thrilled to receive a survey response from Capt. Mike now serving in Iraq. We don’t hear from people on the other side of the world often, especially when they tell us we made them a hero with a Cupcake Cake! Read Mike’s comments below. By the way, Cupcake Cakes can now be ordered on line – thanks, Capt. Mike!

"I wanted to order a cupcake cake online. I am currently in Iraq and was trying (to) order for my girlfriend’s birthday. I didn't pick up the order, a friend did and by all accounts the cupcake cake was a huge success. I was a hero for the night. Thanks."

Mike

Eight Years of Great Food and Excellent Service

"I've been using Bittersweet Catering exclusively for 8 years and (they are) still going strong. Food is ALWAYS exceptional, always on time - they have yet to let me down. Jeffrey in the catering group is the best - he makes is go easy and the day goes smoothly, and always with a sense of humor. Jeffrey, you rock!"

Thanks for a great 8 years!
Karen Glass-Haddon

Karen is an experienced design rep who has her choice of caterers for her many accounts. Karen often chooses the Corporate VIP Lunch with Seasonal Fruit Salad, Pasta with Basil Tomatoes and Parmesan and Sesame Noodles as her winning lunch combination.

Scary Treats - Sure to Please

• Spice Cupcakes
  With cream cheese frosting
  
  
• Pumpkin Cookies
  Frosted pumpkin flavored cookies
  
  
• Boo Bags
  Eight very scary cut out cookies
  
  
• Truffleweens
  Festively decorated Halloween truffles
  
  
• Spookakes
  Chocolate cake frosted with vanilla buttercream and decorated with ghosts

Welcome New Community Partners

• George Washington Middle School
• City of Alexandria, Office on Women, Domestic Violence Program
• SOHO - Space of Her Own
• American Red Cross
• Alexandria Volunteer Bureau

Alexandria is a city of incredibly generous people and Bittersweet is proud to be part of that vibrant community.  Interested in becoming a Community Partner? Download the Bittersweet Community Partners Application now.

Start Planning your Holiday Party

Why cook when you have Bittersweet – the name you’ve known and trusted for 25 years? You can still tell them that you did! Pick up an entire meal for 6-24 guests. Or finish your Thanksgiving with style with one of our wonderful desserts. We’ve added some new items this year that are sure to please.

• Homemade Pies
• Spice Cake
• Holidays at the Office
  Please don’t bring that carving set to work…
• The Bittersweet Dessert Sampler
• La Hora Feliz

Download the 2007 Holiday Menu

Afternoon Office Parties?

IDEA: Tell your boss that you need an office shindig. Then call your pals at Bittersweet Catering. We’ll bring in the great food, homemade desserts, adult beverages, and even china, glassware and staff if you choose. Retirements, birthdays and showers – just pick the phone, and you’re done! And, we’ve made it even simpler with our fabulously easy Cocktail Menus

IDEA:  Halloween Beverage

Candy Corn Schnapps
(more Rachael Ray than Martha Stewart)

Click here for recipe...

CORE transforms lives!

Hawa works as a certified nursing assistant for group homes that serve disabled adults. With the skills she learned at CORE, she and her boss worked together to automate their reporting processes. As a result, she earned an income increase of $3.00 per hour. She says, “Everything used to be done via hand written, paper reports. Now, I use my computer skills everyday.” Great job and congratulations, Hawa!

CORE is a role model organization that operates effectively and efficiently to help motivated adults make real change in their lives. In addition to working with American-born students, CORE is helping new immigrants from all over the world assimilate into American culture. Graduates, most of whom are parents, also serve as role models for their children and instill a sense of commitment to life-long learning. CORE’s unique training program enables low-income adults to get new jobs, earn promotions, enroll in college, and start new businesses—a recent graduate now has over 30 employees!

As part of the program, students each receive a free, home computer fully loaded with software donated by Microsoft.

Located in Alexandria, Virginia, Computer C.O.R.E. (Community OutReach and Education) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help low-income adults acquire the technological and life skills to enable them to pursue career aspirations. If you would like to learn more about CORE, please visit our website, www.computercore.org or call (703) 931-7346.

October Happenings

"Transformations"

September 6 - October 14, Potomac Craftsmen Fiber Gallery Studio 18, Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.torpedofactory.org (703) 548-0935
Recycle, reuse, re-invent. One person’s trash can become another’s art.

"Hotels and Hospitality" Lecture Series

October 17-24, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.gadsbystavern.org (703) 838-4242
Learn about hotel management and hospitality – 18th century style. From Mr. Gadsby’s innovations at his grand hotel to Washington’s perspective of his revolving door at Mount Vernon, the series brings a fresh perspective to travel. Doors open at 7 p.m., lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. $12, $30 for series. Reservations recommended.

Oct. 17 - Grand Hotels with Dwight Young, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Oct. 24 - John Gadsby’s Three H’s: Hospitality, Hotels and Horseracing with  Gretchen Bulova, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

Alexandria Arts Safari

October 13, Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314
www.torpedofactory.org (703) 838-4565
An annual festival of hands-on arts and crafts activities for children and their families. Event takes place 11a.m.-4 p.m. As part of the festivities, Alexandria Archaeology holds an open house with family activities in its third floor museum from 1 to 4 p.m.

Colonel John Carlyle’s 1780 Funeral & Ghost Tour

October 27, Carlyle House Historic Park, 121 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.nvrpa.org (703) 549-2997
Experience a re-enactment of Colonel John Carlyle’s 1780 Funeral. View Colonel John Carlyle’s coffin, learning about the mourning practices of the era, from 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the funeral procession and Internment at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House. A ghost tour of Alexandria is included in the price of admission. For program reservations call Alexandria’s Footsteps to the Past at (703) 683-3451.

Harry Potter's Plants and Potions at Green Spring Gardens

October 13, 2 pm - 3 pm. Calling all Muggles! Conjure up some magic in our gardens as we explore the magical powers of Harry Potter’s favorite plants. Craft your own wizard’s wand and collect recipes for potions. $10/project. (703) 642-5173. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp.

31st Annual Fall Festival

Oct 13, 10 am - 5 pm. Old Town Fairfax. $. (703) 385.7858. www.fairfaxva.gov.

Open-Hearth Cooking Class, Level I at Gunston Hall

Oct 27 or 28, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Acquire the basics of 18th-century hearth cooking from veteran members of Gunston Hall’s Historic Foodways Program. Using traditional cooking techniques and period recipes, you will make several representative dishes. This class is offered in partnership with Fairfax County Adult Education. Tuition and all materials are included in the $99 fee. Contact (703) 658-1201 in order to register for class HI03881. For more information, call (703) 658-1222. www.gunstonhall.org.