News from Hi Point Coffee and Cafe 4/13/11

Yo, dudes and dud-ettes!  Things are in the brew, but not yet ready to be revealed. So, not much of a note this week 'cause I'm ruminating, deliberating, cogitating...all very serious forms of thinking. :) It's dangerous when I begin to think. Rare and yet, upon occasion, productive. We'll see what this occasion brings. Stay tuned. :) In the meantime, the goodies of the weekend include... Open mic night with Lenny on Friday  Saturday music with a very fun local group, Chord Soup Saturday dinner of chicken pot pie, back by request from a few folks. Flattery will get you everywhere, so here it is. :) Sunday brunch, French country style As always, thank you for being our customers. Means a lot to me and my staff and we look forward to your next visit! Cheers! Sarah Sunday Brunch served 9am - 1pm Going to France this weekend! :) We're starting with dried cherry scones and lemon curd followed by sauteed mushrooms in eggs en cocotte served with leeks and brie turnovers and a warm bacon and lentil salad. $12  Saturday Music Chord Soup will be playing this Saturday!! 7-9pm I've met the band members of Chord Soup a couple times now and both are completely charming as well as accomplished musicians. I'm very pleased to be hosting them this weekend!  Here's more on Chord Soup...  Chord Soup is "an acoustic duo with Paul Rudolf on guitar & vocal and Georgina "Georgie" Arze-Wrenn on vocals & keyboard. Their musical selections include some standards, rock, jazz, country, disco... just about anything you can think of. As an acoustic duo, Chord Soup strives to perform songs that you probably wouldn't expect from just an acoustic guitar and vocal performance! Paul's unique guitar style along with the vocal expertise of Georgina is sure to (entertain)!"  http://www.chordsoup.com/ Saturday Dinner Special! Back by popular demand!   Chicken pot pies served packed with veggies and chicken breast in a herb cream sauce, topped with puff pastry and balanced with a spring green side salad and fresh foccaccia sticks.   And for dessert, lemon tart!   BTW, Debbie...we'll have dinner ready for you and your pop, if you want! :)    Beer and Wine List - this week! Reds Scout 2008 Russian River - Merlot $6  Four Vines 2008 California - Zinfandel $6 Flaco 2009 Spain - Tempernillo $5     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 Newsletter Photography!! Ian Kahler is our resident photographer, supplying all these awesome shots of Hi Point. We're gonna try to keep it fresh, adding new photography all the time. I'm so grateful to you, Ian! :) You can check him out at  http://westynimages.zenfolio.com New Book for Book Club! The Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder In honor of Earth Day, we're reading a book about the importance of contact with Nature for our children from the point of view of a child advocacy expert. But how can it not be important for the rest of us? I know I start to go a little wiggy if I don't at least go for a walk every couple days. I'm looking forward to this book, though I know he'll be preachin' to the choir. :) Here's what Publisher's Weekly has to say... "Today's kids are increasingly disconnected from the natural world, says child advocacy expert Louv (Childhood's Future; Fatherlove ; etc.), even as research shows that "thoughtful exposure of youngsters to nature can... be a powerful form of therapy for attention-deficit disorder and other maladies." Instead of passing summer months hiking, swimming and telling stories around thecampfire, children these days are more likely to attend computer camps or weight-loss camps: as a result, Louv says, they've come to think of nature as more of an abstraction than a reality. Indeed, a 2002 British study reported that eight-year-olds could identify Pokémon characters far more easily than they could name "otter, beetle, and oak tree." Gathering thoughts from parents, teachers, researchers, environmentalists and other concerned parties, Louv argues for a return to an awareness of and appreciation for the natural world. Not only can nature teach kids science and nurture their creativity, he says, nature needs its children: where else will its future stewards come from? Louv's book is a call to action, full of warnings-but also full of ideas for change."