People of the Internet: We like you. And we like talking with you. Somtimes on this blog we get to dialogue back and forth with our readers. Sometimes, as with the Class on Fire, we decide the conversation is so good we want to move it to the public arena and make it a post [...]
Archive for the ‘community’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hot Fire!
Posted in Coffee, community, road trip, sustainability, tagged Coffee process, environmental coffee, fights, Fire, ghosts, Hong Kong, Knowledge, love, Questions on March 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear People of the Internet, We have some other people we would like you to meet: The Class on Fire. You may have noticed their comments already, but we felt it was time for a formal introduction. These are some students from Ms. Brubaker’s class in Hong Kong. We are able to connect with these [...]
Philly “Coop”-erates
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, tagged community business, Eastern State Penitentiary, museums, rain, Rodin on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Writing about: Wednesday, Feb. 13th. We arrived in Philly with rain, cold and sleet. All we wanted was to be warm. Across from America’s most historic prison I found that warmth and a whole new idea. Mugshots, along with 8 other café’s around Philadelphia, have formed the Independents Coffee Cooperative. We were able to visit [...]
Day 1
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, road trip, sustainability, tagged bathroom breaks, chalk walls, chemex, coffee stirrers, Cosmic Cup Coffee, Easton PA, Emmaus PA, Mas Cafe on February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After visiting my Dad at his office, and meeting Sara’s Dad at Coffee Labs (both stops to acquire things-almost-left-behind) we hit the road only an hour after our intended start time. A quick drive over the Tappan Zee bridge and south into Pennsylvania landed us at our first destination: Cosmic Cup Coffee in Easton, Pennsylvania. [...]
