Well, hello there, fans of sugar everywhere! It is a fine Friday morning and Dawn and I are getting ready to hit the streets selling S-U-G-A-R!!! Our trip today will take us down the ever-interesting and stimulating, NE Alberta.
For those of you who have not spent much time in NE PDX, the fabled NE Alberta neighborhood is one you may never forget! We just so happen to hold down the major intersection of MLK and Alberta. So, Sweet Thing, is in storied territory! Hopefully we can live up to the hype!
That said, there are neat little spots on every block. As you traverse east from Sweet Thing, it is as though each successive block is striving to outdo the next..... It starts out kinda slow and sparse, but by the time you've hit 14th/15th, you've discovered that eccentricity sells, no one in Portland seems to have to work during the day, and breakfast, in this town, is KING!!!! From Tin Shed to Helser's, Petite Provance to Francis, Fuel Cafe to Vita Cafe, there are a litany of options for the meal of all meals, BREAKFAST! Interspersed among said breakfast options are an array of coffee/tea joints, from the Black Cat to Townshend's, Random Order to Concordia Coffeehouse. Nary a Starbuck's in sight! That, my friends, is why you have to love this part of town!
And that too, my friends, is why we are embarking down the Avenida del Alberta in search of those great little drink/nosh/sit/chill spots that would be just that much better if a Sweet Thing sweet were added to their menu del dia! (OK, I'll stop....Cinco de Mayo was a couple of days ago....).
Here's to a day full of Sweet sales!!!
In other news:
1) We are working on getting menus up on the website (official, current ones....=)). In the meantime, if you would like to get one, please let us know and we can e-mail them to you.
2) I mentioned a "Dawn" above. Said "Dawn" (Dawn A. Dall), is a new team member and one that has already paid for herself in encouragement, idea generation and last, but certainly NOT least, keeping me from going crrraaazzzzeeee! If you get the chance to say hello, please do so, and thank her...=)
3) Kindra is now the Shop Manager and is doing a great job! She has a great staff: Ethan, Amanda and Byren! Amanda has been with us from day one, and bless her little soul, has put up with us since then too! We are better for her! Ethan, is new to the team! Three weeks down! He brings a positive upbeat style to the morning coffee drinker! Say "Hey!" next time you're in! Byren, is an intern with Sweet Thing, for the next couple of months! He comes in on Mondays and Tuesdays, when we're closed, to help prep for the week! He gets to work with both Kindra and I, so for that, if you see him, give him a hug!
4) Props to Jose Jiminez, our final team member! Jose does all of the tasks the rest of us hate doing: cleaning, cleaning and cleaning! Oh, and did I mention he does it with aplomb, a sense of humor and style!
5) I'm sure I forgot something important, but I'll pick it up next time!
Cheers to a great day of Sweet selling! Catch ya'll soon! - S
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