The first day of Coffee Fest is done and in the bag! The show was great - busy virtually every minute in the booth. I'm always excited about the show season beginning because we get a chance to meet up with current customers and to see fellow exhibitors as well!



The demand in our booth is actually up from last year so I'm going to continue my theme of telling people to ignore the stock market, turn off the tv and close the newspaper!





I've still got some free passes… Continue

I had a pleasant surprise this weekend regarding Caffe D'arte. My children attend a non-profit co-op preschool where the parents are required to help put in time and effort. For the last two years my wife took the position of executive fund raiser. Basically they have five or six people that call and send letters requesting donations for the annual auction that accounts for a HUGE chuck of their operating capital.



Personally I hate being a mooch, so I stay out of that end of things… Continue