I was born with cerebral palsy. I have always been a fighter and because of that, I was able to go to regular school and live a normal life, I worked three jobs after I graduated high school. I had a, basically, normal life until 1983 when I was in a car accident. I was paralyzed on my left side and I was in and out of the hospital for 3 and ½ years. I had five major back surgeries, and because of the cerebral palsy, it caused a lot of muscle spasms and pain…

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by Andrea Hartley Did you know that coffee beans bathe? Well, maybe they don’t exactly, but bathing the beans is an important part of the harvesting process. (See the video to the right about how coffee is processed, courtesy of Bean Bath Cafe). So when you open a cafe that combines a metropolitan coffee house with a unique approach to breakfast and lunch in the town of Bath, you come up with an unique name like,” BeanBath Cafe”. The owners, Christopher and Lyn Colvin liked the play on words.

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BeanBath Cafe

by Andrea Hartley

     Did you know that coffee beans bathe?  Well, maybe they don’t exactly, but  bathing the beans is an important part of the harvesting process. (See the video to the right about how coffee is processed, courtesy of Bean Bath Cafe).  So when you open a cafe that combines a metropolitan coffee house with a unique approach to breakfast and lunch in the town of Bath, you come up with an unique name like,” BeanBath Cafe”.  The owners, Christopher and Lyn Colvin  liked the play on words.

Colvin described his breakfast and lunch menu as ‘unique’ because the food is not processed food.  “For example, in the making of our hollandaise sauce we use real eggs instead of powdered ones and real butter.  We also squeeze  whole lemons to make our lemon juice.   Our chefs begin preparing food for the day first thing in the morning,”  he said.  Some of the sandwich and salad dishes  may also contain a Tunisian hot chili sauce or candied walnuts.

“Our ‘San Bruno’ double decker club sandwich is stacked with ham, turkey, bacon, two kinds of cheese and avocado slices,”  he said. “and we offer a full range of espressos, coffees, frappes, fresh fruit smoothies, and Italian sodas, which is a drink made from crushed ice and flavored syrups.”

The freshly roasted beans come from Metropolis Coffee Company of Chicago.  “Every week, we order it on Sunday, they roast it on Monday and we get it by Wednesday.” Colvin said.

Colvin’s wife Lyn,  the head chef, says she LOVES cooking.   The training she received  from Northhampton Community College Culinary Arts Program has enabled her to create tasty and appealing dishes.   “I care about the people I cook for and I will often go out to their table to make sure that they are pleased with the food,”  she said.  “I also enjoy making the food look pretty.  You should look at food and want to eat it.”

Colvin’s goal is to have an inviting environment which would encourage people to be comfortable while eating.  Large windows reveal miles of rolling hills that surround the cafe.  There are flat-screen televisions, leather sofas and an artist’s gallery.

You can eat breakfast all day at BeanBath.  “Our most popular dish is our Eggs Benedict,” the Colvins said. To Contact BeanBath Cafe and view their video about how coffee beans are processed click here

http://beanbathcafe.com/

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Women in Music

by Mary Pierce

This month I am going to keep is short, sweet and to the point. There is so much going on I don’t even know where to start. The Woman’s Blues alliance and 2^nd Story Blues are joining forces and the there is about to be an explosion of Blues centered activities in the region. Mona Rodriguez host of the “Assorted Women’s Show,” on WDIY wrote and fantastic book. Christine Ohlman the Bee Hive Queen of Soul is performing at the Stanhope house, Lucianna Padmore is a super cool chick drummer for Stratospheerius and the Coup de Gras, I will be booking bands at STORM nightclub.

I am working on an article about veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. If you are a returning veteran or know a returning vet who would like to share his/her story please contact me ASAP. Call 484-898-0102 or 609-453-8833.

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Boardwalk Empire: The Roaring Twenties

As organized crime boss Nucky Johnson strolled arm-in-arm with Al Capone on the Atlantic City boardwalk in 1929, he could not have guessed that some 80 years later a Superior Court judge would write a book about him. The irony!