My Favorite Order....

...this week of all time:

1 medium coffee, black
1 Blue Moon Beer with a slice of orange

(yep, it was for the same fellow - Rocky. And he drank them simultaneously :).

Worldwide Spin in Public Day - Saturday September 18, 2010

The Fiber Addicts, who meet here at The 123 once each month have announced their participation in the WORLDWIDE SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY [note the acronym: Spin in Public (SIP). Susan pointed out the appropriateness of this for the Coffee House ;) ].

On Saturday September 18th between the hours of
10:00am - 3:00pm
at The Grafton 123 House of Coffee
123 W Main St
Grafton, WV

these awesome ladies will share their skills with the public!

"If you spin, come join us; if you don't, come and we'll show you how!

Bring your wheel, spindle & fiber and join us for the World Wide Spin in Public Day!

for more information call Susan at 304-265-3266

SPIN with us or just come and WATCH."

I can tell you, personally, that I find this process fascinating. An incredible fusion of old-time skill and modern creativity.

Stop in!

Live Music for September

Friday September 3 @ 8pm
Uncle Eddie and Robin

Saturday September 4 @ 8pm
Kevin Ford


Friday September 10 @ 8pm
open for now...

Saturday September 11 @ 8pm
The Masons/ Mike Gray


Friday September 17 @ 8pm
George Shingleton

Saturday September 18 @ 8pm
Caleb Karriker


Friday September 24 @ 8pm
Josh Buskirk

Saturday September 25 @ 8pm
Wayne Rowand

Live Music Schedule - NEW!

Don't forget: every THURSDAY = OPEN MIC @ 7:00pm!

August 13 @ 8pm
Lynn Routzahn

August 14 @ 8pm
The Bo Show (Bo McMillion) -- he's good too!

September 4 @ 8pm
Kevin Ford

September 11 @ 8pm
The Masons/Mike Gray

September 17 @ 8pm
George Shingleton

September 18 @ 8pm
Caleb Karriker

September 24 @ 8pm
Josh Buskirk

September 25 @ 8pm
Wayne Rowand

Thanks to Cindi of Mirage Sound Company who is scheduling these performances! There will be more to come soon....

Fresh Blueberries (Yum!)!

Fresh Blueberries!
They're local, organic and very, very fresh.






You can see their card in the above picture.
Blueberry Ridge Farms
Organic U-pick-em" berry farm
Call the blueberry hotline for updates 304-368-8294
Rt 6 Box 288/Thomas Moran Lane
Bunners Ridge, WV 26334
Open everyday from 9am to 9pm
Look for signs off of Rt 119 South of Morgantown or at the East Fairmont exit of I-79"
Here's a link I found to a story on WBOY: "Bunner Ridge Farm Overflows with Bluberries"

We have fresh blueberry muffins (yum, again).

Here's a picture of blueberry sauce in progress:


And a picture of our made-from-scratch New York style cheesecake with blueberry sauce and fresh blueberries:


And, yes, it's as good as it looks, maybe better (considering I'm not very adept at picture taking).


(For those of you who've been following along: No, I have not forgotten about the sidewalk updates, I'm just temporarily distracted by yummy blue fruit.)

Come In & Cool Off!

Try a Mochaccino or one of our delicious smoothies....

A Summer-Size Mango Smoothie layered with fresh whipping cream:


And the counter-monkey occasionally indulges in a single-shot (he gets too hyper if he drinks too much espresso) Peanut Butter Mochaccino:


(Thanks, Nick, for catching this on film.)

Patio & Water Supply (yes, this post is about Streetscaping, I'm just slow to get there)

I was going to name this post Streetscaping: Dragging it Out, but I didn't want anyone to get the impression that the project is taking too long when, in fact, it's moving along rather quickly. I'm still updating about the Streetscape, but I have a bunch of other stuff I need to blather about first (I'm the one dragging it out). I'll get back to it directly...

This is (will be) the new patio:

Not much to look at yet, huh? It's ready for the concrete to be poured. The plastic (old, holey tarps) are laid out underneath the wire and the concrete truck will be here first thing Saturday morning.

It's still a bit rough around the edges, but I'm excited that it's all coming together.

If you haven't been in to check out the stage-side loft, you don't know how cool the view is from up there (will post more on that, too); from the patio, the scenery is of the hillside that overlooks Main Street with the old high school dominating. The landscaping that is planned will provide a green, relaxing space.

If you look closely at this next picture, you can just see a green garden hose in the bottom right corner going up the hill (I tell you why in the next post):

By walking to the far edge of the patio, I had a good view of the work going on in the street:

The gas company was working on their lines and the City of Grafton was working replacing the fire hydrant in preparation for the sidewalk replacement moving on down the street.

Quite industrious!

For all the hard work and to all the hard workers: Thank you for doing so much for progress in Grafton!

Downtown Streetscaping - Tuesday June 29, 2010

Grafton's Main Street 'Streetscape Phase II' started last Monday. It's been a bit dusty and noisy and congested down here with all the work. Even with the slight inconvenience, it's wonderful to see progress in downtown.

(This project has, so far, produced at least a couple of good stories - and you know how I like a good story.... This is the first of at least 3 updates related to the construction goings-ons...)

These first pictures I'm posting are after the old sidewalks had been jack-hammered and ripped up. These almost-complete views are a reminder that this whole mess will be well worth the effort in a very short time.

This picture is from Tuesday (yesterday), very early in the morning (you can see the mist in the hills in the far background) and half of the section they were pouring is already poured and ready for finishing:

Grafton's Builder's Service & Supply had one of their concrete trucks here at 6am and the guys of R&R Construction, who are doing this phase of the sidewalk replacement, were here even earlier.

This next shot is from later in the day; the concrete is still green (raw), but not goopy:

New sidewalks!

Check out this post over at the Taylor County Blog Project for an old post about the first phase of sidewalk replacement.

This second phase means that we will soon have classy streetlights on this end of town, too.

Progress is good. Messy (even goopy), sometimes, but good.

Stage Side Picture Update

PC pointed out that we didn't have current outside view pictures posted here on the site.
He took a few and I'm posting these 2:





The loft is open, too, so I should be posting some of those pics soon.
Also, the back patio concrete will be poured this weekend, so private outside seating is soon to come...

Miss Tess Saturday June 26 8pm

Saturday June 26 8:00pm

If you're looking for some great music this weekend, we have it! Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade will be here Saturday night. Here's the link so you can check out their music (click on the player at the bottom of the screen).
Take a minute.
Go over there and listen.
Do it.
They sound awesome and they'll be here live Saturday at 8:00pm!

Today = Homemade Lasagna (Yum).
Thursday = Open Mic beginning at 7pm.
Saturday = Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade beginning at 8pm.

Yum!

5:00am Start Morning Baking
6:15am Open
Out of the Oven:
6:30am Fresh Homemade Cinnamon Buns
6:40am Fresh Bacon, Egg & Cheese Breakfast Rolls
7:00am Fresh Pepperoni Rolls
7:15am Fresh Ham & Cheddar Rolls
8:00am Fresh loaves of bread (8 for today's sandwiches & 4 boules for you to take home)

It smells heavenly!

Open Mic

Beginning June 24, Open Mic nights will be Thursdays beginning at 7:00pm!
James Archer will host and all are welcome to play & to listen.

Thank you for a great Spirit of Grafton Celebration!

Thank you to everyone who helped organize a great Spirit of Grafton Celebration for Memorial Weekend!
We'd like to offer each and every one of the organizers a special discount this week. If you helped to organize the events in any way, we want you to have 15% off everything, everyday this week.
Come in and tell us you were a part of this great weekend for this 15% off special!