Learn to make a cake
If you’ve always wanted to make the perfect cake here’s your
chance. Let Them Eat Cake is offering extensive cake decorating
classes that last eight weeks starting Sun., Sept. 1. The three-hour
classes are offered from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
You won’t believe what you’ll learn at these classes. Martha Stewart
watch out. Examples of techniques and instructions taught at the
Beginning Cake Design Class are: Week One -- introduction to tools
and equipment, ice making and coloring; Week Two -- practice pressure
piping, where you’ll learn how to pipe stars, shells, lines, basket
weaves and drop flowers; Week Three -- work with frostings and
fillings, texturing and stenciling, skinning, leveling, filling and
crumb coating; Week Four -- advanced piping, including ruffles,
various animals, borders and decorative motifs, writing and printing;
Week Five -- flower making with royal icing, which includes piping
roses and rose buds and creating different leaf styles and sizes as
well as fern, vine and grape clusters; Week Six -- how to transfer
designs on cakes using a piping gel technique and rice paper
technique; Week Seven -- piping borders and flowers including ropes,
zigzag, string work, pansies, lily of the valley, apple blossoms,
sweet pea and daisies; Week Eight -- a review and a design
competition. There is an intermediate class and an advanced class and
one-day classes are available. Beginning cake design is $375,
intermediate cake design is $400 and advanced cake design is $425.
It’s at 2346 Newport Blvd. A -- 3. (949) 646-0542.
Back to class
Nordstrom carries great back-to-school fashions and supplies gifts
with purchases while supplies last. With Sketchers purchases you’ll
get an AM/FM headset radio. With Merrell purchases, an aluminum
carabineer. Reaction purchases offer a jeweled mirror compact or
stopwatch/compass carabineer. New Balance purchases come with a logo
T-shirt. Fashions for boys includes: Quiksilver plaid shirts
($34.50), long sleeved logo T-shirts ($20), jeans ($39.50) baseball
caps ($18) and boxers ($12). Tony Hawk fashions includes:
long-sleeved T-shirts ($22) and hats ($22); and Hurley fashions
includes: polo shirts ($35) and imported cotton cords ($42). For
girls there are: 2HIP peasant tops ($24) Paris Blues jeans ($30),
Doki Geki moleskin skirts ($28) and Tyte denim skirt ($28). Trendy
accessories for girls include: peasant jewelry by Carole Inc. ($8),
High IntenCity bracelets ($5), Super Trader denim bag ($16) and
Tri-Coastal Design suede patchwork belts ($14). Roxy is having a Roxy
Girl T-shirt design contest. The winner of the contest will have her
shirt featured in the Spring ’03 Nordstrom Kids’ Wear catalog. To
enter, just pick up an entry form in the Kids’ Wear department. The
deadline is Sept. 16.
More back to school
South Coast Plaza has hot tips on the latest in back-to-school
gear. At the Disney Store, there’s a Princess lunch box with canteen.
(714) 751-8080. At Roxy, there’s a Roxy three-ring binder ideal for
organizing school papers. (714) 540-4555. El Portal carries rolling
backpacks. (714) 668-9580. Abercrombie has the popular varsity look
sweatshirts with zip fronts and hoods. (714) 432-1330. The Levi’s Store makes custom jeans. (714) 429-0150. Rampage carries trendy
hippie belts. (714) 540-0060. The Apple Store carries tons of tunes
on the Apple iPod. (714) 424-6331. Crate & Barrel Home Store has dorm
life furnishings. (714) 825-0060.
Casual clothing
American Eagle Outfitters is a specialty store at South Coast
Plaza for quality, casual clothing for men and women. It also carries
shoes, accessories and a personal care line. The company got its
start in 1977, specializing in sports apparel and outdoor sports
equipment for hiking, mountain climbing and camping. Ten years ago it
moved away from equipment and focused on its own brand of apparel. It
has four lines a year: holiday, spring, summer and fall. It has some
great back to school finds, and September promotions at 40% off. It’s
on Level 1, near Robinsons May. (714) 556-8602.
Web cards
Ronni Lasky, a local entrepreneur, started a Web site for people
who want a “greeting card alternative.” Lasky provides personalized
poems for any occasion through his fill-in-the-poem site. It’s so
simple to use. You choose
the occasion, name the person you’re writing too, then
choose from a list of words, or insert your own words. In an
instant a custom poem with a special font and border is ready to
print. www.Fillinthepoem.com.
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Mondays and Fridays. Send information to Greer Wylder at
greerwylder@yahoo.com or
330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or via fax at (949)
646-4170.
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