Sk*rt Cupcakes and Unicorns Go Together Like Sarah Jessica and Parker.

The sk*rt get together, sponsored by Everyday Food, was all that. There were goody bags. There were freebies. There were cupcakes. Plus also a unicorn. We had a fantastic time meeting sk*rt users, eating breakfast and handing out super-cool swag. It was such a great way to start the morning — thanks for joining us!

10 lucky winners received a one-year subscription to Everyday Food plus a goody bag with two super-cool items: a counter top magazine holder (to rest your latest issue of the magazine against while you’re cooking), and a darling green storage box sized to fit a whole year’s worth of Everyday Food — plus, everybody who dropped by was delighted to receive a copy of the lastest issue.

SXSWi is the kind of place where crazy is the norm. So when the unicorn (who was popping up in all the coolest places) made an appearance, we considered it an honor of the highest sort.

And really, what’s better than meeting a unicorn over a cupcake breakfast?

The correct answer: Nothing.

Texas Early Voting Stats

This photo was taken by Glennaa 

He early voted a few days ago at the same spot I did.

He also took a photo of the line inside.

This is exactly what my line looked like. Only mine was 3X as long.

I just got back from voting. I didn't end up having enough time on Wednesday to fight the lines, so I hit it first thing this morning. So did a whole heck of a lot of other people.  Have I mentioned the line yet? I'm not sure I can convey to you how many people who live near me decided to vote this morning in wind-around Six Flags queues of many. Thankfully, it all moved really fast.  

Hints: I definitely should have brought a book for the liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, or a camera, or a friend, or a snack, or some Mad Libs.  I had none of these things. I also couldn't get Twitter to work while I was in the liiiiiiiiine, so instead I kept it cool old school and im-ed with Jen Lemen. Because we're nerdtastic. (Thanks for making the line more fun JL.)

Here's what it looked like in numbers:

Number of people in parking lot with signs: 57

Number of inflatable animals in parking lot with signs: 2

Number of news crews trying to interview the people with signs and inflatable animals: 2

Number of Obama supporters in parking lot: 0

Number of Hillary supporters in parking lot: 5

Number of people who offered me a Hillary sticker in parking lot: 7

Number of Twitter friends I saw leaving as I was walking in: 2 

Number of people in line outside of the building: 37

Number of people in line inside the building: A billion, give or take

Number of people typing in line: 94 (I counted)

Number of copies of Eat, Pray, Love spotted in line: 11

Number of copies of Eat, Pray, Love that I coveted in line: 11

Number of elected officials named in plaques on the walls by the line: 23

Number of elected officials named in plaques on the walls by the line who are currently in jail: 2

Number of times I thought about cupcakes while standing in the line: 128

Total time spent standing in line: 42 minutes 

Time spent checking in: 1 minute

Time spent voting: 2 minutes 

Time spent talking to the nice volunteers afterwards about the caucus next Tuesday: 18 minutes

So that's it. I voted. I'll be causing too next Tuesday evening.

And I'll be Twittering that.

So help me Twitter.

I'm hoping they'll have cupcakes.