Gray and drowsy Saturday, what better to do than drive a few hundred miles and drink more coffee than your body can physically tolerate. This trip presented itself by way of much need leisure. A couple of the Alliance World Coffee boys got together and decided that I needed an escape from the day-to-day, and that we all needed to make happen a much talked about coffee tour to the City of Wind. A mildly last minute decision led to mildly detailed plans for the trip. Only one goal was on our… Continue

Drove to Chicago a couple weekends ago. Got lost in the confusion of construction detouring.. but made it none-the-less. The trip presented itself by way of business. I went to train some of the lovely folks at Jesus People U.S.A. on how to properly use their newly acquired espresso machine. J.P.U.S.A. is a wild place... full of characters and crazies. JPUSA is a Christian commune that was founded by some Jesus Hippies back in the day. The own two small towers, now commune residences, and the… Continue