so why not bust out some Lower East Side cupcakes?

"On a recent afternoon, I watched the girls ice in tandem. The flick of the wrist, the descending wad of butter cream that doubles the size of the tiny cupcake, it all looked so familiar.

'Certain colors sell better,' says Williams, auburn-haired in a do-rag, mixing a moody shade of blue. The best-selling color, she says, is pink. 'Male, female, they all want the pink. Peach never really sold so well--'"