{"id":32338,"date":"2012-05-29T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=32338"},"modified":"2012-05-28T22:48:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T02:48:46","slug":"singing-babushki-bartending-poets-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/29\/singing-babushki-bartending-poets-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Babushki, Bartending Poets, Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cupcake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cupcake-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cupcake\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cupcake-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cupcake.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/society\/2012\/may\/28\/blackberry-cupcakes-study-uk-childrens-language\">Cupcake invasion<\/a>: American terminology replaces<em> fairy cake<\/em> among British children.\n<li>At 62 White, we\u2019re a bit obsessed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc\">Buranovskiye Babushki<\/a>.\n<li>Nature lovers? 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