Appendix E-J

Shoes are nice. Sometimes they can be constricting, but mostly nice. I miss Roos and Reebok Pumps…and Crystal Pepsi.

Please, please, PLEASE bring back Crystal Pepsi.

Back to shoes…they are nice. People should be able to wear them if they please. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Enter: TOMS Shoes.

“Inspired by an Argentine shoe with a hundred year history and the continent’s poverty and health issues, TOMS was created with a singular mission: To make life more comfortable. TOMS accomplishes this through it’s ultra lightweight design and the company’s commitment to match every pair purchased with a donated pair to a child in need…there are no complicated formulas, it’s simple.you buy a pair of TOMS and the company gives a pair to a child on your behalf. The vibrant colors and patterns in the debut collection depict Blake Mycoskie’s life changing experiences in his travels to South America where he embraced the lifestyle wholeheartedly and therefore gave back by creating TOMS – shoes for Tomorrow.”

On Friday night (May 2) at Everyday Joe’s, you’ll be able to buy and decorate a pair of TOMS. It is also rumored that dance music may be pumping and the ever-popular karaoke will make its Everyday Joe’s debut. The evening starts at 7 pm and ends at 10 pm. Come pick up a pair of summer kicks and save a child’s feet. Cost to get in is free. Cost for a shoes is $40 ($20 for yours & $20 for the kiddo). Decorating will only cost your creative juices.

To see who your other pair of shoes go to, please enjoy this video:

Further:

• TOMS Official Site
• Plan your own Style Your Sole Party
• Sign a petition to bring back Crystal Pepsi

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At Everyday Joe’s, we greatly encourage the development of the arts. However, we also find that sometimes encouraging isn’t necessary.

Case in point: Two of our wonderful volunteers Annihka and Beth. On their shift, they can usually be seen creating new drinks & then creating elaborate signs to go along with said drinks…usually with musical recommendations that should be heeded lest you fail to grasp the complete experience of these beverages.

Recently, I stumbled upon a nice little piece of work concerning our chai tea (which, by the way, we brew from scratch in-house). It is quite entertaining and good. I present to you in four-panel format:

The Secret Chai Review

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Daryle Dickens- man, myth, legend, enigma.

Rocky Mountain Chronicle- fine, local publication

ZAF622.com & ArtPalaver.com- Daryle’s digital brainchildren

Apparently, when The Chronicle, Daryle, and Daryle’s brainchildren all sit in a room together and chat and possibly play parcheesi, wonderful things happen and articles are written about it.

This week’s edition of The Chronicle features an article concerning Daryle & ZAF & Palaver. Written by Mr. Josh Johnson, it’s definitely worth a read or 7. Get started by clicking here.

We’re proud of you, kind sir.

love.

Everyday Joe’s

Further:

• Read the article
• Zaf622.com
• ArtPalaver.com
• Rocky Mountain Chronicle official site
• Rocky Mountain Chronicle blog

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As part of celebrating our 5th anniversary, someone who is part of Everyday Joe’s will write something about it each month. Anything from essays to sonnets to interpretive dance. How interpretive dance would translate to this blog, I’m not sure…but it’d be interesting.

Whatever is written, it will come from the life that is in this building. 144 S. Mason seems to be alive and breathing…and it is something you can’t ignore when you walk in. The fourth installation of this series comes from Amy McKean, former volunteer, board member, and Everyday Joe’s accountant. She’s a generally happy lady, and we wish she didn’t move to Denver.

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Introducing: “Other People’s Coffee” – what hopes to be a series of posts by folks in the Everyday Joe’s community concerning coffee they have not at Everyday Joe’s, usually in other cities or states. As the number of these posts grow, it could turn into a handy little reference for knowing where to get coffee during your travels. I know I’m excited.

Coffee Shop: Cave Creek Coffee Company

Location: Cave Creek, Arizona

Drink: Double Americano, 12 oz. cup, half-full

Drinker: Chris Hess

When I leave Fort Collins, a switch flips in my brain resulting in a near-obsessive hunt for good coffee. After years of humoring me, my wife & parents have about had their fill and I now try to keep my mouth shut when we pass a coffee shop en route to somewhere else.

In order to satisfy my desire, I have had to deploy several strategies aimed at finding my fix. They include:

• Sneaking out of a store we are shopping in if there is a coffee shop in the general vicinity. When I reappear with an Americano, I am usually asked, “Chris, where did that come from?” “I manifested it,” I reply.
• If I happen to be driving the vehicle on our way to some place other than where I want to drink brewed beans, we may “get lost” and end up driving by the coffee shop. I can then go in and get directions, and return with a latte.
• Spending several hours of grueling and angst-filled Googling looking for the right place.

For my recent trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, I chose to employ strategy three. At times, this strategy must be combined with one or both of the other strategies. However, on this foray to the jewel of the southwest, my wife Jessica was surprisingly willing to accompany me to the Cave Creek Coffee Company in Cave Creek, AZ.

I had a double americano. It was good. There was a nice amount of crema. They pulled the shots directly on top of the water. There was corrugated steel on all of the walls. I sat on a very large leather couch. Jes almost fell asleep on an equally large leather couch.

However, the real reason I wanted to go to C4 (which is it’s hip name) was to check out their concert venue, which has hosted several musicians that have also filled Everyday Joe’s with their musical notes. To my surprise, there were two stages…a rather small indoor stage, and a rather spectacular outdoor one. Bleacher seating towards the back, row seating up front, tables everywhere else, and the blue tarps serving as shelter from winds and dirt particles kind of make you feel like you’re in a giant McDonald’s playplace.

That’s about it concerning C4. It was a nice time, nothing less. Maybe a little bit more. Stop by if you ever find yourself in the northern Scottsdale area of the 48th state. It’ll be fun, promise.

Further:

• Cave Creek Coffee Company official site
• List of folks who have played at C4
• History of Arizona

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There have been a lot of “firsts” since Everyday Joe’s opened five years ago. Today is the first time we’ve been a location for a film shoot.

That’s Everyday Joes’ very own volunteer Missy Larson on the left, preparing for her cameo in “Unlocking The Secret.” Everyday Joe’s is still open for business, we just have a make-shift film studio operating in one corner of the room. It’s quite the scene. Zing!

The crew will be here tomorrow as well, so come down with your movie face on and you could end up in a shot just by drinking a latte at your favorite table.

Straight Hollywood, dogg.

love.

Everyday Joe’s

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It seems the Everyday Joe’s family continues to grow every day.

Denver musician Dan Craig – who will be playing at Everyday Joe’s on May 10 with Michael Cole – has his new EP Many Sparrows for free download and listen to. It seems Dan’s hip to this whole internets thing. Click here to support the free music revolution.

But wait, the free ear food doesn’t end there.

Dan is also a member of the band Hearts Of Palm. They too have an EP up for you to download. Click here to HEAR it. See my word shinanigans there? Brilliant.

Further:

• Dan Craig Myspace
• Michael Cole Myspace
• Hearts of Palm Myspace
• The meaning of “EP”

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In the name of community and in the name of wanting to see your photography handywork, an Everyday Joe’s/Appendix E-J Flickr Pool has been created. The term “Flickr Pool” used to confuse and intimidate me. I’d spin around in nervous circles.

Essentially it can be boiled down to photos submitted by you to our little group on the photo web site Flickr. Then, if a particular photo is relevant to a particular blog post, we will place the photo in the post and give you credit and possibly a treat.

The jist of it is as follows:

1. Click here to get to the group. Log-in using an existing Yahoo! I.D. or create one.
2. Upload your photo.
3. Wait to see what happens. 

See, not too tough. I know you can do it, so stop wasting time.

love.

Everyday Joe’s

p.s- It wouldn’t be a bad place to put some Portrait Project 2.0 pics.

Further:

• The Consumerist (where I got this idea)
• Portrait Project 2.0
• Free Photoshop

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You know that ulser forming in your tummy? It’s from having to figure what to do with your Friday night. Don’t worry, Appendix E-J has your Tums and your plans ready. The evening’s events are two-fold.

6:15 pm or so: Arrive at the Gallery Underground (in the basement of the Avery Building…go down the stairs next to 10,000 Villages). Seek out Mr. Daryle G. Dickens and take the tour of his new studio. Chat a bit. Give Daryle a hug. Meet several other very nice people. Eat morsels and drink drink, if available. Give Daryle another hug, possibly a handshake. Leave the Gallery Underground.

7 pm: Arrive at Everyday Joe’s Coffee House. Order a drink. Say hi to those you know and introduce yourself to those you don’t. Find a seat and relax. The tunes of Alright Alright followed by Katie Herzig are about to enter your auditory devices. Ms. Herzig will have advance copies of her new album Apple Tree for sale. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. By them here.

See how easy we made that? Art and music. Brilliant.

Further:

• The Gallery Underground official site
• Katie Herzig official site
• Listen to “Songbird” from Katie Herzig’s new album
• Alright Alright myspace page
  
• Buy tickets to the concert

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The Everyday Joe’s Portrait Project: Legendary in some minds. Unknown in others. Undeniably super awesome.

However, all things must come to an end, and the Portrait Project did during the summer of 2007. The pictures of those claiming to be an Everyday Joe can still be viewed at the coffee house. Some of the folks are still around, some have moved on. It is a beautiful picture of the viral spreading of the Everyday Joe’s Community. Not a sinister virus, though. A virus full of love and good folks.

I’d now like to introduce to you…Portrait Project 2.0: Gimme 5!

You see, the original project involved people coming to Daryle in order to have their picture taken around the building, holding a mug, and looking like a champ. This time, the camera is in your hands, along with a giant, wooden 5 (to celebrate EJ’s five years of existence).

It works like this:

1. Grab your camera
2. Come into Everyday Joe’s (144 S. Mason, Ft. Collins)
3. Get the giant, wooden five off the wall. It’s kind of hard to miss.
4. Take a picture with the 5 in or around Everyday Joe’s.
5. E-mail the picture to portrait@everydayjoes.org
6. Wait in heated anticipation to see your art on the wall.

Ground rules:

1. NO CELL PHONE PICTURES
2. The picture must be taken in our around Everyday Joe’s
3. BE SAFE

That’s it. Get creative. Involve as many people as possible. Have a nice time.

Love,

Everyday Joe’s

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