Shipping 300 bags of granola, oats and pancake mix.
Not fun.
And expensive!!
But when they arrive, it will be worth it!
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Eating a whole jar of gazpacho?
No big deal!
Until you’re finished and realize the jar is gone.
And it was a 24 ounce jar!
I was hungry for vegetables! And it tasted sooo good!
I packed the gazpacho to have for dinner while I closed down the bakery because tonight we headed to Second Street Gallery for Brews with a View…
… where Great Harvest Cville was supplying some bread snacks!
The event was located on the very top floor of the gallery building – with views of downtown and Montalto!
We donated sliced bread for the event, along with hummus, honey and jam. It was all gone pretty quickly, so I’d say it was a hit1
I enjoyed a small glass of wine and a few sips of JPAle (love the name of this beer – Cville classic!)
The music was awesome – bluegrass guitar and banjo blast!
And then………this AMAZING homemade (?) instrument donned the stage. It was like a base, drum, cello, keyboard, guitar and more – all in one!! INcredible!!!!!!!
Matt and I just biked home, and I can’t wait to read my book. Tomorrow – well it’s going to be just as busy as today!! Same with Saturday. And probably Sunday. Busy, busy week!
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That homemade instrument is so cool! I’d love to hear how it sounded.
This night sounds like so much fun – I hope the samples bring in lots and lots of customers to make up for the expensive shipping of the granola, oats and pancake mix
I’m feeling the same way about my book (reading “The Help”) – I can’t wait to get home each night to read it!
Don’t you worry about eating a jar of gazpacho! Straight up veggies–you can’t go wrong! That Dakota bread looks delicious.
Way to go on recycling food jars! I do this with 32 oz yogurt containers.
Beer and bread? Good call!
I love that gazpacho can turn an absolutely awful colour and it never bothers me one bit! Always tastes fresh and deeelish.
(P.S. Thanks for the millet tip! My latest batch worked out absolutely perfectly! KERF the (healthy) carb queen, strikes again!)
BusyBee! haha at least you have a good book to help cha relax a bit
I love local festivals like that! So fun
I’m going to get into bed early (yes, 10:15pm is early for me!) to read, as well. I’m re-reading HP #7 (again for the umpteenth time) before we see the last movie this weekend. I’m also in the middle of two other books, but HP has a deadline!
That instrument looks so cool!
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That’s a fun donation to make!
I’ve never had gazpacho, sounds like a cool and satisfying summer meal, though.
And having 300 orders to fill = GOOD problem! No orders =
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Love sitting down to bands.
Busy week? Sounds like a busy weekend!
I’ve never seen an instrument like that before!! Quick question–you said you packed the gazpacho in that jar for dinner. Did you make it yourself then? If you did, is the recipe posted somewhere here?? It really does look fantastic!!
Yup, I made it a few days ago: http://www.katheats.com/chillin-like-a-villain
Hey! That’s chris pandolfi of the infamous stingdustera in
stringdusters on the banjo and maybe andy falco on guitar. I wonder what they played. I love them.
YEs! Thanks for the name clarification!
Busy day but what a fun evening event and great marketing.
bluegrass, banjos, beer, time with your man, outdoors, it’s the PERFECT summer evening. So glad you two have times like this to connect, relax, and recharge your batteries. You work so hard…it’s a must do
That instrument is so awesome! Wow I have never seen anything like it!
As a soon to be recipient of some of those bags, I cannot wait! Thank you so much! Our berries are over producing. I have all the necessary ingredients for SIAB, just waiting for Cville clusters. So excited. Looks like you had a fun evening. But then again, you make housecleaning sound fun!
That’s the thing about gazpacho — you can’t get enough of it.
I love your shoes!
Love how the bread looks a little like a pleated dumpling.
woah that instrument is awesome! one of my majors in college was music – reminds me of some of the stuff my classmates made
What a fun event! Charlottesville looks like such a fun city.
Just a little business thing that caught my eye. I noticed the Great Harvest sign by your display doesn’t give an address, web address, or phone number for your shop. From the way the sign was worded, I’m guessing it was made by the organizers. You might want to bring business cards to put next to your display so people have a “take home” reminder to visit your bakery and know where you are located. Although, that bread looked so yummy, how could they not drop by?!!
You are correct! We should have brought our menus with all that info
I love all the photos Kath they look wonderful
I adore the little honey bear, over in England you dont see them very often, but i have seen that I can get one in London, so when i next go im so getting one, they are amazingly cute.
have a lovely day.
the bread as always looks delish!! your shoes are super cute too!!
I ate quite a bit of gazpacho for dinner last night as well. It’s so light and refreshing that it’s almost like drinking your dinner so you can definitely consume more than hot soup.
Definitely a great place to spend your Thursday night slicin’ up bread! Loving your shirt, Kath!
Sounds like a hard day’s work. I love that you guys are getting involved in the community. I like to support businesses that do that on the regular. Btw, you look super cute! Are the shorts white?
They are – white canvas-y. From A&F in the 90s
Love your outfit Kath! And the bread looks great too
For some reason, when I skimmed past this picture I thought that you were talking about eating tomato sauce from the jar….
That was a close one
Visited the Great Harvest store here in Greenville, SC for the first time yesterday! Bought a loaf of Popeye for a customer I’m visiting this morning. Theirs has added red bell pepper and it smells really good. Got a loaf of High Country Crunch for us and my husband and I are swooning over it. It is delicious with sunflower seeds and pecans on top. It was the server’s favorite so I decided to try it and we love it! Thanks for the “heads up” on Great Harvest! I’ll be going back for sure and I made sure to point him to your website.
Wonderful!!
I think you just inspired me to take a trip to GH today. That bread looks too good!
Is that the gazpacho recipe from your magazine spread? I’m dying to try it out soon!
Yes, and here’s the latest version: http://www.katheats.com/chillin-like-a-villain
Busy is good.
I love your outfit!
What a fun evening. Those rooftop events look so cool.
Love that picture of you – the shirt is especially cute!
Matt looks tired! Make him take a nap! LOL!
He tried – business was too busy!
Aww P\poor Matt, but yay for being busy!!!!
Aww poor Matt, but yay for being busy!!!
ah, that one guy (actually his name)! he’s awesome- i’ve seen him live many times.
YES!
I have never had gazpacho. It looks gross but I said that about guacamole too and guacamole is the best thing ever!
That is a lot of gazpacho
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that gazpacho looks SO good!
and looks like you guys had a fun night too. oh, how i miss nights out like that! my husband and i need a date night in the worst way.
I bought two orders from the Open Sky promotion, one for my household and another for my sister in Colorado. Didn’t Open Sky charge enough to cover shipping costs for the packages? I believe I paid something like $4 per order.
Hopefully it wasn’t too stressful to package and ship the orders… I would think that 300 orders would be a very positive thing for your new business.
Yes, they paid for the shipping, but it was still a logistics nightmare!
I’m sure you have posted this before but what book are you currently reading? You always seem so excited to get back to it. I am going to the beach very soon so I’m in desperate need of a good book!
House of Riverton. Don’t love it..
What a fun night…lovely bread, Kath! So happy you are enjoying your summer.
xo