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Preserve Arkansas Awards Banquet
Clayton Blackstock, who was a major cheerleader in all of this, nominated us for an award from Preserve Arkansas. The category was “Excellence in Personal Projects, Commercial” which was their way of saying, a commercial grade historic project with very very interactive owners. Not even sure owner is the right term here, but basically, because […]
The Grand Opening
To remember it now, 2017 was just a blur. It was a constant barrage of questioning, “when are you gonna open?”, “what kind of pizza are you gonna make”, “what kind of beer will Zac make?”….but mainly WHEN ARE YOU GONNA OPEN. And a spring passed, and a summer, and a fall, and I was […]
The Certificate of Occupancy
August 10th. Jimmy Davis concert on August 12th. This was a fundraiser for KUHS 97.9 FM, an arm of Low Key Arts. Ben E. Keith, our wonderful food distributor, sponsored the artist, donated lots of food, and we prepped it all out and had one hell of a party. It was the first time we […]
Historical Application mailed, and hopefully nailed.
Holy heck, holy cow, holy shitaroni. We mailed in the historic application today. We should hear back in 30 or so days. UPDATE: Our application was approved. Tax credits granted. We sold and received our state tax credits on August 30, 2017. Two months after we initially mailed in the application.
Sums it up
Here is a quote I read this morning from some old friends who used to run this circus thing in Seattle…pretty much sums up what has happened these last ten years! And we will never be the same again But that’s ok with us ‘Cause we were getting bored of what we used to be […]
Kids at the shop
We bought the shop in Spring of 2007. At that point in our lives, our kids were two and four. I was thinking about the shop, and how great the kids have been. Okay, and honestly, how great our friends and family have been. Usually when babysitting has occurred, it was because we were doing some […]
Mind. Blown.
One thing I have really learned through this whole process is healthy lesson in all the amazing systems we live with every day and take for granted. When this started, I thought remodeling meant picking out new paint colors and maybe putting in a new window. I could see the young couple, remodeling, late night […]
Lumber
Today we got some recycled lumber in Hampton, Arkansas. Tough stuff!!! We will use it to build the bar and other various wood projects. Honestly, I’m just testing my blog app on my phone.
Tapper Volk takes down the big tree no one can access
Our neighbors at the Starlight Lounge don’t spend a lot of time in the back yard. I think that might have contributed to the fact that they didn’t notice the 80 foot (or so) Hackberry tree that sprouted up right on the retaining wall we share. I’d been watching this huge, fast growing tree for […]
Sidewalk Talk
2/26/16-7/15/16 Five months. Our sidewalk was an ADA nightmare. Our side walk was an ambulance chasing lawyers dream. Why someone didn’t stage a slip and fall in front of our building is beyond me, but I’m guessing they could see that we weren’t really worth suing. Can you acquire someones debt through a lawsuit?!! An […]