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Steve MacDowall

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: coffee enthusiast
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
How many years have you been in the industry?: many many years
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: maybe
About Me:: I live on the east coast of Canada with my wife Beverly.
We raised three kids... been blessed with two grand-children.
We have one dog and two cats
I grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada with my sister Evelyn living in our parents home.
Evelyn my wiser and older sister lives in Scarborough. She's the editor of the Thursday File
Our small family moved to the east coast in October, 1988, when I took a job at Co-op Atlantic as Art/Creative Director, then after 13 years with the company I started working on my own from my home studio.
I paint in Watercolour, I publish the 'Thursday File'
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: everything!
Website:: http://www.thursdayfile.ca

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Felicia Dantine

Lovely! I went to starbucks today and it was crap.

Dec 3, 2008
Lou Barba

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the compliments. Nothing like a good fish with my cup of coffee!

Dec 3, 2008
chelsea_green

Thank You! :)

Dec 3, 2008
helen

thanks,nice to meet you.

Dec 3, 2008
Debra

Thank you! Greetings from Florida!

Dec 4, 2008
Coffee Kids

Hey Steve,
Thanks for adding Coffee Kids. If you ever want any information on us or the people we work with for the Thursday file, let me know.

Take care,
Kyle @ Coffee Kids

Dec 4, 2008
robertt8493

thanks for welcoming me. I just started my photo gallery so you definitely can expect much more!!!!

Dec 4, 2008
Katie Carguilo

thanks steve! nice to meet you :)

Dec 4, 2008
Kelsey

Thanks for the welcome, how are you?

Dec 4, 2008
Sheri Merdes

Thanks Steve! I look forward to meeting new friends and learning alot on this site! Stay warm, we are doing fine up here, 20 above today. Yahoo!

Dec 5, 2008
Alun Evans

A little later this am? ... or did I miss you coming online?

Dec 5, 2008
SteveH

thanks for the welcoming message. Great to meet another coffee enthusiats, remember to keep the freshest coffee brewing... still looking for the top rated coffee from worldwide to fulfill my dream~

Dec 5, 2008
sunny cho

oh east coast canada !!!
i couldn't go last summer. but i will go there.
Moncton !!! sounds goood .
and thanks for the welcoming!!!!

Dec 5, 2008
Jeremy Sterner

Good morning! You must be frigid up there... www.isiticedcoffeeweather.com

Dec 6, 2008
Kelsey

Unfortunately i'm not a wonderful morning person, so i try to keep my words to myself until around noon. The whole If you have nothing nice to say mantra right? Well i'm off to my shop to set up christmas decorations and make myself a cappuccino and practice my latte art. Have a great weekend too!

Dec 6, 2008
Kelly David H.

right back atcha--and greetings from North Dakota-Kelly

Dec 6, 2008
Charles Nelson

Aloha from Honolulou, Hawaii Steve! Our Cafe, Downtown Coffee, donates money every month to "Coffee Kids". After joining, they sent us a mug and various info. brochures on what they are all about. I love drinking with the mug... makes me feel awesome!

Dec 6, 2008
Megan Renea

Hello Steve. it's Megan, not Magan =] and greetings from Michigan!

Dec 7, 2008
Chris Hooton

I've always thought that the maritime provinces would be terribly romantic.

Dec 7, 2008
Marie-France Roy

Thanks Steve. I signed up here mostly so I could read my friend Von's blog while he's away in South Africa. He's the owner of Bisogno, my favourite coffee shop. Check him out (Von Flores). And stop by the cafe next time you're in Toronto. :-)

Dec 7, 2008
Ali

Thanks! Wow, talk about a whirl-wind weekend. I have just worked 60 hours in the cafe since Friday night... just getting back to check this. I mentioned that I joined to a roaster that came to drop off a delivery to me at my second job and he was really happy to hear I'm getting more and more opportunities to explore what I love to do.

Dec 7, 2008
Janette

Thanks for the welcome Steve! I've just moved back to Kenya and in search of the best coffeehouses on this side of the world!

Dec 8, 2008
Rast Family

Hello back, and all best wishes from fairly-overcast today in San Jose.

Dec 8, 2008
Johan

Hi Steve- thanks for the welcome! Coffee culture is just awakening in SA but we're getting there! I'll try to ad a bit of our local perspective to your online community. I'm sure to learn tonnes from "old hands" & hope to cross polinate that into our neck of the woods.

Dec 9, 2008
Mark Crawford

Hi Steve- Thanks for the welcome- I needed to get with the program here for a while, I couldn't go to another CoffeeFest and have Bruce Milleto ask me again if I'd joined yet. Love the "Pirate drinking Coffee" pic you've got there.......

Dec 10, 2008
Jonathan Amos

Thank you sir! And greetings to you from Florida, where I imagine it's slightly warmer than Canada. Glad to be friends with you on the BX.

Dec 10, 2008
Shinji

Hello, Steve. Thank you for your comment. I'm working as an international intern at a cafe in Seattle. I'm studying about coffee and improving my English there. I'm an infant barista!

Dec 11, 2008
Nate Snell

Hi Steve, Thanks for having me!
My passion for espresso started in 1988 when I as hired to work for Peets coffee in San Francisco.

Best from Portland, Oregon.

Dec 12, 2008
Dustin Butler

Greetings from the Peace Corps Philippines! Thanks Steve for droppin a line. Comment anytime about the CIVET COFFEE project we have.

Dec 12, 2008
stefany Dybeck

Hi Steve, Thanks for the warm welcome! I have been trying to get it together and get into the BEX!

Stef

Dec 12, 2008
JW

Thank you for noticing sir.
Just when I thought I made it in undetected too.
Guess my ninjutsu's a bit rusty.
Regards.

Dec 12, 2008
Eva

Hello back from Portland. Thanks for the note.

Dec 12, 2008
Damian

Ahem Steve is it not the middle of the night there for you. I have an excuse to be onlne as I am in work. DM

Dec 13, 2008
Damian

Well hope the coffee works. Enjoy. DM

Dec 13, 2008
Al Sterling

Steve.... thanks for the contact earlier. Went to your Thursday site and enjoyed both the graphics and content. At a tradeshow a couple years back, I was standing in a neighboring booth with a friend who's from Vancouver, BC. A woman comes up to us, looks at his badge with name and company location, and in all seriousness, asks him; "So...you're from Canada, eh? You speak Canadian, right?" I started to laugh, but when I saw she was serious, broke in and said, "Well, yes, he does, but I can translate if that'll help?" Soooooooo, and seriously, you DO speak Canadian, right?

Dec 13, 2008
lucie

not every photo needs coffee. the event was about community coming together. isn't that the point of it all???

Dec 13, 2008
Antoine Netien

hello from australia.
You've got the chance in Canada to find this soft splendid doi chaang coffee,i try hard to introduce that in oz..
Thank again for this warm welcome

Dec 14, 2008
Andrew Barnett

Hello Steve ,

Thanks for the invite . Hope all is well in Canada .

All the best ,

Andrew

Dec 14, 2008
Al Sterling

I know, right? ...it was abusurd for her to even ask about the speaking of a "Canadian" language, especially when she didn't even ask about any specific dialect in BC........ DUH?!!

Dec 14, 2008
Carx

saludos para ti desde México !!!!!!

Dec 14, 2008
Zechariah White

Greetings and salutations from Athens, Steve.

Dec 14, 2008
Grant McVicar

No problem...we got our first snow in Seattle last night, perfect "Irish" coffee weather...I'm guessing that snow is no big deal in the Great White North?

Dec 14, 2008
Gary Best

Hello Chris - thank you for your comment - I use to live in Oakville, Ont in the early 90's - had a great time in Canada while I was there.

Good talking......

Rgd's Gary

Dec 14, 2008
BeanMeUp

Hi Steve,

How are things going?

Regards, Mathijs

Dec 15, 2008
Belle

Hey Steve, just wondering, do you know of any good coffee shops in Quebec City? My husband and I are visiting Quebec for Christmas with some friends. Always nice to find a good local shop. Thanks.

Dec 15, 2008
Miguel

hello steve, salutations from the mile high city

Dec 15, 2008
Sriley

Thanks Steve. Looking forward to participating in the forums

Dec 15, 2008
Budhaman

Hallo there....wish Christmas bring you joy and hapiness...and hope gonna be smell more coffee

Dec 15, 2008
John Berkness

thanks for the welcome steve, Ironically we happen to be semi countrymen as I am originally from Sudbury, Ontario. Its 17 below zero in south dakota right now I hope your staying warm

Dec 15, 2008
chantelle

Well, all the way from the West I say hello back to yah.

Dec 15, 2008