March 11, 2008 A delicious perk of the road trip is that we get to reconnect with old friends all over the country. Travis is one of those people. Travis and his family live just south of Denver so we decided to spend a night with our almost long-lost friend. Travis and his wife Liz [...]
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Bike-tastic
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, road trip, tagged bears, Bikes, bread, dream sweetly., Fort Collins, organic food, Tibetan food on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
People of the Internet: I need you all to clap your hands and say “Yay Sara!” for on March 9th, 2008 Sara Rose mastered the art of bike riding and her life will be forever changed! But that comes later in the story, first come all the wake up, get dressed eat breakfast kind of [...]
Old Town sunshine
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, road trip, tagged Albuquerque, Coffee, community, monkey business, Rockies, snow, sunshine on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, March 6, 2008 Logs and Figures 10:06 am or 9:06 am (at some point we crossed a time zone) – Welcome to New Mexico . We see snow . 12:24 am – First view of the Rockies Thank you Albuquerque for your sunshine; helpful men in hard hats; long-walks (but not on the [...]
Heh Heh Heh
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, road trip, tagged Coffee, Cowboy Caviar, Kayak, Roasting, Robusta, Sparks, Toby Keith, Welding. on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Logs and Figures 1:34 pm – Welcome to Oklahoma 3:58 pm – We see snow for the first time in 4 weeks. Sad faces all around. Making the left turn onto a familiar street in Tulsa Melanie consults the GPS again, and then takes out a map. “We are in the [...]
Crawfish in the Roaster
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, road trip, sustainability, tagged alligators, beads, Brangelina, chicory, coffee roasting, cupping, doors, factories, New Orleans, nostalgia, po'boys, power plants on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
2/26 Logs and Figures Coffee/espresso drinks: 90 Bathroom stops: 79 4:30 pm: 2000 miles * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2/28 New Orleans Roasters In a city that is a major port for coffee importing, there was a fairly small amount of independent [...]
Louisiana Spirit
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, sustainability, tagged Chocolate, community, environment, fair trade, food map, Louisiana Spirit, New Orleans, picnic blankets, rebuilding on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
New Orleans was a whirlwind of coffee, community, and collecting new knowledge. After a night of dorm-life (Melanie’s brother let us crash on the floor of his freshman room) we headed over to a coffee shop that takes supporting the local community, especially post-Katrina, deeply to heart. Fair Grinds is located near the Fair Grounds [...]
