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Emma had her birthday celebration at a roller derby match, and ADORES cupcakes, so I did a roller skate cupcake with two kinds of cupcakes (White Russian and Chocolate)topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. The laces and wheel wells are made of licorice strings and the ball bearings are dragees.
Ivana Clobber & Sarah Doom
The coolest 1970s fad sport, roller derby, blasted back into town in May on the wheels of a player who calls herself Ivana Clobber. Since Clobber (right) - a.k.a. Rebekah Allen, 26, a perfectly respectable nanny during the day - founded the all-women Boston Derby Dames league, she and fellow coach Sarah Doom - Sarah Kingan to her evolutionary biology professors at Harvard and also 26 - have been busy recruiting. They've already trained 35 skaters in the high-velocity arts of blocking, sprinting, jumping, and taking a fall (and even helped a few women with their names). In fishnet tights and abbreviated skirts, along with helmets, wrist guards, and other safety gear, they're luring a new generation to the rink.