pastry dates

caitlyn joi is one of my oldest portland friends.  she is another person that blows me away with her creativity.  she's a screenprintin-pie makin-sewing-guitar playin-singin- extraordinaire.  she shares my infinity for baked goods so we decided a few months ago to start a bakery tour of our great city.  our tasty thursday pastry dates have been deliciously fun. eating usually takes priority to picture taking, but i'm going to try and do a better job, as these tasty treats definitely deserve some documentation. sweetness and bakery bar are two locations i've managed enough self control to take pictures.

 sweetness is caitlyn's favorite bakery (so far).  this was my first visit, and i very well may be following suite as far as favorites go. it's an incredibly quaint little joint that doesn't feel too unlike a mom's kitchen. oh- and the food is amazing.

bakery bar was really great, too.  this location is closing down, so i'm glad we made it while it was still around.

  lots of really great poster art, and they make their own marshmallows. this was a foreign concept to me as my marshmallow experience has been limited to the bagged variety. my marshmallow reality has been blown.  learning to make marshmallows has made it to my to-do list! they also had lovely latte art, which is a definitely plus. how can anything with a heart on it not taste better? well, it can't.