Dogs, grief and gratitude
Our year ended on a sad note as we said goodbye to our sweet old girl, Sarah. She was our coffee-loving, bean crunching girl. We got her in 1999, the same year we bought our house. Howie and I both grew up with dogs and loved them, but as renters we’d not been able to [...]
Puppy kisses for Clay
Stella just LOVES him! He’s a good guy, one of our friends from the Heath Bou. Seriously, we’ve got to get his pup Red and Stella together so they can play.
Bachman and Bou
I’m enjoying some Fireside Blend at Caribou this afternoon. With me is a Richard Bachman Stephen King book, Blaze: A Novel. I haven’t even cracked it open to read more yet, though; I keep seeing people I know and figure I can read a book any time, but some friends I rarely get to see. [...]
Too chipper for our own good?
For all the customers who tell us we’re just way too cheerful for such an early hour…What do you think of this new depressive drug recently approved by the FDA? Play the video in full-screen mode so you can read the fine print! Would you rather we speak in monotones and avoid eye contact, then [...]
It keeps things fresh
Last week, I worked one of my shifts with a coworker named David. That afternoon, he answered a phone call just as the drive-thru tone beeped in our headsets. I was looking at him when I answered the drive-thru call, and what came out of my mouth was, “Hi, David, err, uh, welcome to Caribou!”, [...]
