images, refrigeration, new hours

Dan Walkner (image by Nate Walkner)

Here's the Flickr set for Dan Walkner's most excellent performance last night. I love the kind of blues rock that Dan plays. He's a heckuva good guitar player and has his Dad's (Bill) gift for good humor and banter with the audience. Bill sat in for a few tunes with him later in the evening and that was fun to see. It was a real fine evening. Dan's band, Clovis Mann, is playing Sunday afternoon (4pm) at the Waverly Inn and I wish we were going to be in town so we could see them, but we have to take our daughter Cheyenne to camp right in the afternoon. Click here for Dan's myspace site.

Dan and Bill

The rest of the day was fairly trying though. First thing in the morning the beer and soda cooler broke down (again!) and so we unloaded everything, rearranged the kitchen fridge and then loaded everything into that. Then later in the day the kitchen fridge went on the fritz and so we unloaded that and rearranged the wine coolers and brought a small counter fridge up and reloaded everything again. The humidity yesterday was heavy and we were soaked and drained by the end of the night (mighty hard to get out of bed this morning).

Fortunately, Marty from Refrigeration Repair in Manitowoc was willing to come in around 8:30 last night (during Dan's performance no less) and sorted things out with the kitchen fridge. The guys at Refrigeration Repair have been simply fabulous with us. They come in as quickly as they can, assess the situation and do what needs to be done in a timely manner...they're efficient, concerned and fair priced and we use them every time we have refrigeration issues (which has been a number of times this past year). They get our business and our recommendation.

Marty from Refrigeration Repair saving the day

Starting next week Wednesday (July 23rd) we're going to change our hours of operation a bit. People have been "suggesting" (whining really) that we open on Mondays and Tuesdays, so we're going to give it a try and see how it goes. And, since we'll be adding a couple extra days we will then be closing earlier than we do now during the week...weekend hours will stay the same.

So, beginning Wednesday, July 23rd, the Stumpjack hours will be:
Monday-Thursday: 7am-4pm
Friday-Saturday: 7am-9pm
Sunday: 8:30am-1pm

Nate

Here's Nate's Flickr set of Dan (I co-opted a few for our set).
Here's another cool set of night shots from Nate of a few places around Two Rivers (Nate is the man...these have such a great ambiance and feel).

Open Monday mornings/Coffee Column

Open this summer on Mondays 8:00a.m. - Noon
FYI: We're going to be fiddling with our hours a bit for this summer (yes, we'll likely be using the term "summer hours" in signage somewhere). Haven't entirely settled on everything yet, but one thing we will be doing is opening Monday mornings from 8:00 until around noon. Cheyenne will be running the shop while I'm busy doing other maintenance work.

Last Week Wednesday, June 11, the Herald Times Reporter published the first installment of my coffee column. We've received a truckload of very kind responses and comments on it, that are much appreciated. The HTR is calling the column "Spill the Beans"...a bit clichéd but serviceable nonetheless. The column will be published twice a month with half of columns being written by me and the other half coming from a small pool of other good folks.

You can click the image above to enlarge or go directly to the HTR site online to read it: http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/MAN04/806110535/-1/archive

I would ask a favor of you: if you do read the articles at the HTR online site please leave a comment at the bottom of the page with your thoughts (for this and future "Spill the Beans" columns by me or the other writers). While a lot of people have been very vocal about the column to me personally, the HTR would also like to know what people think, and your feedback will help keep the thing going and may even shape what is discussed in the column.