News from Hi Point Coffee and Cafe 3/4/11

Hola! My muse went into hiding this week, I'm afraid. I'm searching high and low for words to put down, but I can only seem to find these few. Last week I was a bit of an over-acheiver, so I'll balance that with a newsletter that is, shall we say, austere.;) Here's why you should come see us this weekend... Friday open mic Saturday music and dinner special Sunday brunch and You'll miss us, if you don't! Looking forward to seeing you again, Sarah PS For those of you who read this last week, I'm sadly aware its not Wednesday. Nowhere near it! But hope springs eternal and I have high hopes for next week. :) Now that I've spilled the beans on my intended day of "publishing" my newsletter, I'm a little more motivated. What did I do that??  Saturday Dinner Special This Saturday we're serving an open-faced roasted veggie and chicken pesto melt, served on our homemade focaccia bread and sweet potato chips.     Served Saturday, starting at 6pm.   Sunday Brunch Sunday Brunch Menu A short stack of sour cream pancakes and creamy maple topping served with a grapefruit honey fruit salad and yourchoice of thick cut bacon or our fresh rosemary mustard turkey sausage.   We'll also have our regular breakfast menu, served all day!   Saturday Music! 7pm-9pm  Bourgeois Gypsies This Saturday we're featuring a very exciting group, the Bourgeois Gypsies! You can check them out here and listen! http://www.bgypsies.com/  I stole this description from their website.... "From stripped down, gritty hillbilly sounds to slinky swamp ballads, the Bourgeois Gypsies hold true to the old Gypsy proverb "Stay where there are songs". Shades of country,blues, and soul with a twist of Bakersfield can be heard throughout, but the result is a sound uniquely their own. Think back porch music full of sing-along choruses and edgy riffs."  Come, listen, eat, drink & enjoy!       Open Mic Night Friday evening, 6-8:30pm No snow this Friday, so no excuses! I've heard rumblings of some new performers coming to play tonight. Always love to see new faces and all ages welcome! Sign ups at 5:30, performances til 8:30pm.  Beer and Wine List - this week! No changes this week, though I can gladly say that I've been tasting some new wines to bring in. Hard life, no? :) Reds Scout 2008 Russian River - Merlot $6  Four Vines 2008 California - Zinfandel $6    Whites Four Vines 2009 California - Chardonnay $5  Lonen 2007 Napa - Chardonnay $6  Ipsum 2008 Spain - Verdejo and Viura $6 Sparkling Trevisiol Proseco $7 Wine Cocktails Kalimotxo $6     Cherry Kalimotxo $6       Beers $4    Hop Box IPA   Scrimshaw Pilsner - North Coast Brewery Red Seal Amber - North Coast Brewery Death Valley Pale Ale - Indian Wells Brewery Mojave Red Amber - Indian Wells Brewery Book Club Meeting The book for this month is Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer! If you love Michael Pollan, are curious about urban homesteading or just dig gardening and all things food related, this book is right up your alley. It's right up mine, I can tell you that! Just in time to find inspiration for our spring gardening. :) The next meeting is set for Sunday March 20th, 2pm.  Check out the review from Publisher's Weekly...  "In this utterly enchanting book, food writer Carpenter chronicles with grace and generosity her experiences as an urban farmer. With her boyfriend Bill's help, her squatter's vegetable garden in one of the worst parts of the Bay Area evolved into further adventures in bee and poultry keeping in the desire for such staples as home-harvested honey, eggs and home-raised meat. The built-in difficulties also required dealing with the expected noise and mess as well as interference both human and animal. When one turkey survived to see, so to speak, its way to the Thanksgiving table, the success spurred Carpenter to rabbitry and a monthlong plan to eat from her own garden. Consistently drawing on her Idaho ranch roots and determined even in the face of bodily danger, her ambitions led to ownership and care of a brace of pigs straight out of E.B. White. She chronicles the animalsÖ slaughter with grace and sensitivity, their cooking and consumption with a gastronomeÖs passion, and elegantly folds in riches like urban farming history. Her way with narrative and details, like the oddly poetic names of chicken and watermelon breeds, gives her memoir an Annie Dillard lyricism, but itÖs the juxtaposition of the farming life with inner-city grit that elevates it to the realm of the magical." Drive for warm stuff! Need a few more items to make a run. :) And perhaps some Spring clothes is almost called for. I'll take whatever clothing you've got to give to Record, since the weather does seem poised to make a change here. Woot!