Good Just Got Better

    This was the view this morning on the street (should I call it promenade?) outside Evergrain.  If you look closely you can see my mug of coffee, croissant and jam waiting for me on that first table on the right.  Nice just got nicer at Evergrain.  Thanks Doug and Company...This may not be Paris but it's awfully close and with a view of the river from where I'm sitting, I prefer it here.  (Actually I've never been to Paris - or Europe for that matter, but I can't imagine that it's better there.)  For now I have the place to myself but I know it won't last long,  it's just too nice a setting...it's cool out, the aroma of baked bread at this time of the morning is ever-present.  

      The tables are teak on a metal base.  Inside there are more changes afoot.  Local craftsman and jack of all trades Tom Parker is fabricating a wrought iron shelf for bread that should be ready before long and the original "Against the Grain" painting in the "older part" of the bakery is getting its own updating and perhaps the best news of all Doug is back to baking having spent the past few months learning about "barrista-ing" (is that a word?) and the ins and outs of serving fine coffees.