Not quite but we are slowly inching our way towards March 20th. Ugh! Inching is not the word any longer, it’s more like feet as in of snow. The only saving grace here is that we are almost halfway through February…sort of…wishful thinking.
I would love for you to visit The Stillroom this week but I really am not sure where you could park your snowmobile. I figured I would send out a new post as I await the joyful coming of another cumulative snowfall. I love/hate these moments of anticipation of the quiet beauty of another snow event but it is, after all, winter. I am grateful that this all did not come in December because we would of been looking at these blinding piles of snow all winter long. On that note, let us bide our time with hot tea, a good bowl of soup and pray that the power holds out.!
My brother, who lives in South Park, has been without power since this past Friday night and things are not looking good for it to be turned on before the week is out. Fortunately, he and his wife and dogs Buster and Dexter have found refuge at their son’s home not too far from where they live.
As for The Stillroom, I will flip the open sign in the door. I can’t get to the flag post to put the open flag out because it has been buried under a giant snowpile.
We are also in the process of winding down The Stillroom Annex on Main Street at the rear of The Fresh Cup Cafe. The Annex will be closed permanently at the end of February, but not to fear, all of the goodies in there, will be moved to here! (the main shop on State St.) I committed to a six month lease and the time is nearing the end of that six month period already! I have come to the conclusion that while my intention was to give people just one more place to browse around in, most of the people coming into the cafe for breakfast or lunch, were not necessarily shopping for gifts.
So, to those who took advantage of the cute little space, I thank you very much!
We are not gone, we are just around the corner where you will still be able to shop for locally made quilts, fragrances, cooking herbs and spices and a smathering of collectibles. I hope you stop in when the weather straightens out!
This is so nice…by the end of this posting our friend, neighbor and local landscape architect John Temoshenko came by unexpectedly with a piece of snow removal equipment and moved some piles of snow to help widen the parking pad to the shop. It made me and Mike very, very happy! So thank you John, it was much appreciated. By the way, John and his wife Jenny own and operate Jenny’s Guest Room on Main Street. It is a private suite in a smaller restored Victorian house and is absolutely lovely with all of the amenities you would expect in a private suite!
We have fresh coffee beans from The Strip, fresh biscotti from the Penn Hills biscotti bakery and fresh Divani milk chocolate tortoises and their most excellent dark chocolate bars. There are only a couple of tins of our Valentine Tea left and oh, now you have a place to park your snowmobile!
