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LuLi’s Cupcakes shop adds special flavor to downtown St. Augustine

By Caitlin Brown | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Their cupcakes bring all the boys to the yard.

Actually, their cupcakes bring anyone with a sweet tooth over to San Marco Avenue. LuLi’s Cupcakes is a brand new gourmet cupcake shop downtown.

They are next to Goldfinch Boutique on San Marco Avenue.

The charming one-month-old cupcake haven is run by Janeen Damiano Sara and Deana Welsh.

Sara and her husband, a St. John’s County Firefighter, are both graduates of Flagler College.
Welch is the former owner of Tickled Pink children’s boutique.

Sara got the idea of opening a cupcake bakery in St. Augustine after an anniversary trip to San Francisco.

She and her husband visited a gourmet cupcake shop there, and fell in love. But, why cupcakes? Why not cookies or another baked good?

“Cupcake bakeries have become all the rage lately,” Denise Sara, employee and mother-in-law of Janeen Sara, said. Cupcakeries have become a huge trend in the food service industry, especially in larger cities.

LuLi’s cupcakes are the perfect portion, and for $2.50 each, are an affordable treat for college students.

Some of their flavors include The Chocoholic, Grandma’s Coconut, Fire Engine Red Velvet and Lemon Twist.

By Taylor Toothman | ttoothman@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare’s renowned comedy “All’s Well That Ends Well.”

The play centers on Helena, a maid who cures the King of France of a disease, then asks for Lord Bertram’s hand in marriage.

Bertram obliges, then quickly flees to Italy to engage in war, hoping for death to avoid marriage.

Helena is greatly hurt and sets out to confront him. In a perplexing bed trick, Bertram sleeps with Helena, whom he believes to be his mistress Diana.

Will Helena win back her man? Will Bertram continue to reject her for tricking him?

Find out at the Flagler Auditorium Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 6-8 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and are available in the Box Office.

For more information, visit http://www.flagler.edu/theatre or call (904) 826-8600.

By Josh Wolonowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Don’t let your favorite costume go to waste, and enjoy Halloween in the Nation’s Oldest City with Ancient City Tours.

Ancient City will be holding “A Ghostly Encounter” tours on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. starting at The Spanish Military Hospital, 3 Aviles St. Each tour is $14 per person.
Also, on Oct. 26, Ancient City will be sponsoring their annual Halloween costume parade/contest and trick-or-treating for children.

The parade will begin at 2 p.m. with registration starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Clock Tower at the Visitor Information Center, One Castillo Drive. The walk will end in the downtown Plaza for costume judging.

For more information call (904) 827-0807 or visit ancientcitytours.net.

By Taylor Toothman | ttoothman@flagler.edu

Who you gonna call? The 1984 classic will be on the big screen at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Friday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m.

Admission is free, and the gates open at 6:30 p.m.

Food will be provided by local restaurants.

For more information about the Cinema Series visit staugamphitheatre.com or call (904) 471-1965.

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Without the quick-witted, snarky comments of Ellen Page in “Juno” or the knee-slapping one-liners of Jonah Hill in “Superbad,” the adorably quirky Michael Cera still shines.

Nick (Cera) is broken-hearted over his break-up with Tris (Alexis Dziena)—a shallow, vapid teenager of the “Mean Girls” tradition—but he finally dresses himself and stops moping long enough to play a show with his band, The Jerk-Offs, where he serves as the only heterosexual member. His good time ends abruptly, however, when he sees Tris cozying up to another boy, her next victim. Norah (executed beautifully by Dennings), meanwhile, has been noticing Nick all night. However, she is unaware that he is her “musical soul mate.”