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A Shout-Out! Holy Roast and Run-Around Brew

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Marion

The end of last year, Holy Roast, in downtown Santa Rosa, and Run Around Brew, a coffee truck based in west county, both helped me say “thank you” to the great folks who work for me. The week before Christmas … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Conversation: Wired Cafe

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Marion

If there’s a choice between a local coffee place and a Starbucks, I will usually go the local place. I will even search out a local place before I go to Starbucks unless—rationalization alert!—I’m in the state of Washington where … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Conversation: Holy Roast

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Marion

Wayne opened Holy Roast Coffee about three years ago. A lot of coffee places, including my sentimental favorite, Wolf Coffee, were closing at that time, so this seemed like a leap of faith. I think the leap has been rewarded. … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Conversation: Run Around Brew

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Marion

The easiest place to find Neil and Lorraine’s Run Around Brew is at the Sebastopol Farmers Market, although you’ll find them at the Human Race every May, sometimes at the Gravenstein Apple Fair, and on local at TV and movie … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Conversation

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Marion

(Considering that I shot this straight into the sun, it turned out pretty well.) Cheerko’s Corner is a coffee place next to the Pacific Market in Sebastopol, which the locals still call Fiesta. Steve, the owner of Cheeko’s has been … Continue reading →

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The Aroma of Coffee, The Plumage of a Bird

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Marion

I’m writing an action adventure novel set in the future. It’s not too far in the future, only about 70 years, but there have been some geopolitical and socioeconomic changes in that time. My main character is meeting with someone … Continue reading →

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