Pastries & Coffees = Deliciousness

Thursday Night Tasting

Join us for a

Holiday Event...

Stumpjack Coffee &
Uniquely Yours Pastry

tasting

Thursday, Dec. 4...6:30-8:00pm
members $10*
nonmembers $15*

Sample decadently delicious seasonal coffees and out-of-this-world pastries specially made by Jennifer of Uniquely Yours Pastry Shoppe. Let us know if you are planning on coming.

Becky Markvart will be serenading us with beautiful Christmas music.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stumpjack will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for, in spite of the downturn in the economy and the usual small business challenges: we're doing business in a beautiful little city, and we've made a great many wonderful friendships (so many of you are truly grand people). We are most definitely thankful for you all, and wish you all a restful, rejuvenating and peaceful Thanksgiving. God bless.

I tried to find a picture of a turkey and coffee together, but no luck.
The closest I could come is a picture of Turkish coffee...get it?

FYI: Kim has updated her Stumpjack's Wine All You Want blog with a brief note on wine for the holiday. Also, this Friday night Becky Markvart will be performing here at the Stump.

Ethan Keller kicks butt!

Last night Ethan Keller again made it clear that he is one of the most gifted and interesting musicians around. Watching him build a song with his looping gizmos, doing his versions of unusual cover tunes (like Michael Jackson or Thomas Dolby...I'd show you his cover of Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science" on video here, but he warned that a brick might drop if I did. lol.), and his own beautifully funky compositions is such a gas. Next time Ethan performs here you owe it to yourself to come check him out. I feel safe in saying that you won't find anyone else like him performing in this neck of the woods. I guarantee you will be duly impressed.

Here's a couple videos from last night's gig. The video and audio quality that my Flip Video records is pretty weak and hollow compared to the fullness of sound that Ethan produces while playing...you lose a lot of the little complexities of his performance. But it'll do.

We all shouted for an encore, and Marty hollered for "Christopher's Sister" off of Ethan's Face Light CD. So, this is his final tune from last night. I've placed a few others onto the Stumpjack Coffee YouTube site...check 'em out.
Here's the link to Marty's Flickr set of images from Friday night. The top two images are from Martys camera...some by him and some by me.

Friday night jazzification

ETHAN KELLER

FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (that's tonight!), 8pm

Need to warm up your cold self on this frosty day? Come on down to the Stump tonight to see and hear one of the most talented cats in the cheese state right now...Ethan Keller. I can't say enough about Ethan...he's been here, what, three or four times now, and it has always been a night of super-fine music and energy. We got our start times a little confused, so we're going with 8:00pm. I think we're going to have some hot cider with apple-cinnamon liqueur on hand too...guaranteed to warm both your spirit and your innards.

Thursday Wine Tasting - South Africa!

Wines of South Africa
Thursday Nov. 20...6:30-8:00pm
members $15
non-members $20
Call, email or stop in to reserve your spot. Seating is limited.

My ever-so-lovely and too-smart-for-her-own-good wife, Kim, has arranged to Mr. Andrew Hilliard of the Beau Joubert South African Winery conduct a tasting of their wines this Thursday at Stumpjack Coffee. Mr. Hilliard is the Managing Director of the winery and will be able to answer any questions you might have about the Beau Joubert operation and their fine wines. Kim will also have some very tasty antipasti/tapas available as part of this special event.

And if you are a wine lover don't forget to check out the Stumpjack Wine All You Want blog. Kim's blog is starting to take off and will no doubt be a valuable resource for those of you who enjoy wine.