Mika's

Hello, everyone!

I know that I've done a bad job updating this for the past...month...sorry about that!

So...I'm sure you're looking for new news...

I am currently in Illinois doing a sort of "internship" at a coffee shop in Eureka.

Mika's is the name, great coffee is the game.

..err....something like that.

I've been up here for exactly 2 weeks now...and have 2.5 more weeks to go. WOW! Time is flying!

So far I've run the cash register & pulled a couple of shots of espresso. I'll be learning how to make the rest of the drinks soon and look forward to perfecting those here and in Magdalena.

Anyway, work is being done on the building while I'm gone. But...since I'm not there to see it myself...I have no pictures to share with you all. SORRY!

Have a great rest of the day!

Katie

Update: April 7th, 2010

It has been a very successful week so far!

On monday, my dad & I drove up to Phoenix so we could get some things figured out/bought.

Our first stop was at IKEA, where we spent hours looking at adorable furniture & possible decorations. (it was awesome.)

I had a few things already picked out...but needed to see them in person to be completely sure.

We walked out of that store with 3 tables, 12 chairs, and 4 stools. :]

I have a few other things in mind from there...but those will have to wait until we have more room in our car. (bookshelves, rug, flower pots...)

We stayed overnight & in the morning got some more figured out for the coffee side of things.

Exciting...let me tell you.

Today (Wednesday), Duane & I bought tile for the two bathrooms in the building.

I'll post pictures when the tile has been installed!

,Katie

a goodbye to tree stumps & hello to aprons.

We had a couple VERY big tree stumps taken out of the back patio last week!

You can see a part of the stump in the first picture...

and the second picture shows how big of a hole had to be dug.

Crazy.

Now the back patio is mostly freshly turned dirt.

I'm just itching to buy plants & landscape.

In time...in time.

In other news...We've got uniforms!

This is the first in a long line of aprons. :]

I'm hoping to create a pretty good sized apron family in the next few months.

Us employees will be able to walk in, put on our favorite apron & get to work.

Decaf or Regular?

SO exciting!

Things are getting done!

Things are looking more open & airy.

Things are being knocked down!

For example...

Remember this?

It is no more.

YEAHH!

We also have a front window.

and the other opening is looking a WHOLE lot better!

More updates ASAP!

Logo!

The page was loading. Something looked different. You saw it for the first time...it was....Café Sed's logo!!

I guess this means it's time for t-shirts, stickers & mugs.

How exciting!

There's a hole in the wall!

...That's right!

I finally have something more to blog about!

My dad took a few guys to the café and tore out a big square in the wall that separates the coffee shop from the bookstore.

We'll clean up the edges, paint it pretty, put on a countertop & have some pretty rad seating.

Here's the mess that was made:

This is the view from a corner of the bookstore.

There used to be a door where the red brick is going in...behind it is the office.

The hole that was just made makes everything look SO much bigger.

Lilly was in the bookstore...I was in the coffee shop.

We could see eachother clearly & I am so excited.

hello, my name is yellow.

Soo...I made my first purchases for Café Sed.

I'm not going to tell you anything about what I bought...

except that it's two things & you can sit comfortably on both.

and that one looks like this...

and the other looks like this...