Postcard Weekly 05-17-2013

from Germany: beautiful mountains

from Tikhvin, Russia

from Kiev, Ukraine

Cathedrals in Belarus

a postcard a mailed to myself from Macau

Postcard Weekly 05-10-2013 (featuring Macau)

Postcards from Macau during a day trip last May 2013! Wepassed by the Macau General Post Office in Senado Square, so I didn't let the opportunity to buy lovely postcards pass me by.

I got these beautiful maxicards from the General P.O.

These are from shops around the streets of Senado Square.

And these two lovely Hello Kitty postcards are from Toy Kingdom in Macau Tower.

Chocochip Mint Craving

Because a certain article in Buzzfeed triggered my craving for chocolate chip mint, I decided to make some chocolate chip mint cupcakes. Thankfully, my family likes chocochip mint so I didn't have to worry about leftovers. I was very careful not to add too much peppermint extract lest I want to get comments like "It tastes like medicine!" or "It tastes like toothpaste!" Lol.

plain chocolate cupcakes with chocochip mint cream cheese frosting

I also made some cupcakes without the mint so that people who don't like chocochip mint can still eat. :) This batch went to the office. I intentionally colored the frosting pink even if most of my co-workers are guys haha. Too bad the cupcake liners are translucent so the color cannot be seen. They're also pink, actually.

The summer heat made it difficult for the frosting to hold shape during transporting, sadly.