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I'll Have What She's Having

In which Jill muses yet again about the difference between consultants and cupcakes. (Quelle surprise, Jill blogging about food.) But wait, there’s a Playboy playmate in this one. Food AND cute girls! Now ignore the blog, we dare you.

In my last blog I introduced Sprinkles cupcakes and in an admittedly reductio ad absurdum I compared them to consultants. Long story, read the blog.

Well, I’m always up for beating a metaphorical dead horse. So here are a few more comparisons between consultants and cupcakes:


  • Buyers often choose them based on their decoration.

  • Some simply haven’t been cooked long enough.

  • If they’re left in the same place for too long they get stale.

  • Some are seasonal and you can only get them certain times of the year.

  • If they’re good, you can get addicted.

  • You can always throw them out if you don’t like them.

  • Sometimes you can’t have the ones you really want.


By the way, Sprinkles has officially transcended “really good bakery” status and become a veritable L.A. scene. I’ve had several celebrity moments there, and on my last trip I ran into one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, Bridget. (She’s the, uh, blonde one.)

Me: “I’ll have what she’s having.”

P.S.: Any other good consultant-and-cupcake analogies? Bring ‘em on!

Technorati tags: good consultants, Sprinkles, girls next door

  Posted by Jill Dyche on September 23, 2007 11:51 AM |

Comments

here's one more for your cupcake collection. : )

You can't tell what some are full of until you sample them.

; )

Posted by: Dave | September 25, 2007 11:21 AM

Pretty funny, Dave. It echoes one sent in by e-mail from "Robin" who said: "You never really know what's inside until you bite them." Not sure exactly what type of business Robin is in but if she were a client of mine, I'd probably remember her.

Posted by: Jill | December 1, 2007 3:47 PM

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