Monday August 24th
After a nice morning walk exploring new Ashland neighborhoods, we drove a few miles to the Bass outlet in Phoenix (the other one in OR). Scored some really nice shirts at 70% off and a beautiful wheeled back pack for $25. Following the Bass sale it was on to at a local produce market for some great organic, locally grown, cantaloupe and peaches. This sounds really boring does it not? , but I am loving every moment of the pace and the Oregon weather.
On the way home took a detour to our building lot which sits high above the University in the trees (see the pic above with me in it.) The view from the lot is breathtaking but we decided a few years ago that eventually it would be sold and the $$ used to buy a cute little place closer to town. No longer need, or can afford, a palace on the hill with a driveway that was going to cost $150,000 alone!
Afternoon gelato time was approaching and we read about this little place across the street from Southern Oregon University. We decided to try it. Pretty good, although not nearly as good as "That's Amore" near our home in Scottsdale.
But the real story about the place "Case//Coffee" is its owners. Tim and Kati Case look like high school students, which they were until they graduated in 2003. I did not tell her this, but Kati is a dead ringer for Tori Spelling, only younger and prettier. Tim and Kati told me that from their days in high school as boyfriend and girlfriend, they always wanted to own a business together, a coffee shop. Well they did it! And after they spent a couple of weeks touring Italy together they decided to add gelato to their coffee shop menu. Good decision!
In spite what you hear from the foul spewing talking heads on Fox news, you can succeed in this country if you show a little creativity and are willing to work hard. Tim and Kati are fine examples.
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