Hoboken Road Trip Part 2: Carlo's Bakery

The Divas certainly did enjoy their road trip to Hoboken. We filled up at La Isla first on the theory that if we stuffed ourselves with big breakfasts then we wouldn't buy out Carlo's Bakery and have to lug 10 pounds of cookies all over Hoboken for the rest of the day. It was a good plan; I think Diva1 bought only a coffee mug and half a pound of cookies and Diva2 escaped with 2 large Black and Whites. Carlo's Bakery, for those who don't know, is an old-fashioned, old school (read slightly frowsy and slightly down at the heels) Italian bakery at 95 Washington Street, and it is the site for TLC's reality series Cake Boss. The Cake Boss is owner Buddy Valastro, but he was not in evidence when the Divas were there; Buddy's sister Mary was, however. On the Cake Boss series Mary is edited as bitchy and unfriendly to the customers; I think she's getting a bad rap. Diva2 had a small issue paying for her cookies and Mary was nice, I tell you, positively nice in straightening out the problem. Just as the Divas were leaving, a large Canadian (yes, Canadian) tour bus pulled up and 40 or so young men and women (high school trip?) piled off the bus and stormed the bakery, cameras at the ready. Hopefully Buddy put in an appearance for this group. I knew Cake Boss was a hit for TLC but somehow in my mind that didn't translate to Canadian tour buses. I can't speak for Diva1's box of cookies, but my Black and White's were mighty tasty when I finally got around to them at home over the weekend. The Divas give out prizes on occasion, and even though they didn't try any of the cupcakes on offer in the bakery, a special visual prize was awarded for the Muppets cupcakes, especially the one with the blue sparkly frosting. The Divas will be back here soon; that's a promise.