On Sundays, Amy, Norah Grace and I sometimes walk to the city center and back through the parks that make up so much of Leipzig. Towards the end of our walk, Amy once remarked that we should bring a notebook with us because of all the great ideas we have when out in the fresh air. Much of the time, these ideas are simply elaborating on ideas we've already had. One we've been tossing around for a long while comes up time and time again--sometimes even in our daily conversation.
Opening up our own shop.
It would be a coffee and pastry/handmade baby and children's clothes/used book shop in small seaside town New England. Amy would sell her awesome kid's clothes both online and at the store and I would bake the food.
We would open early in the morning to sell coffee and homemade cinnamon rolls and maybe donuts to folks on their way to work.
Maybe we would give away a free cinnamon roll with every cup of coffee on Mondays because cinnamon rolls are simply a good way to start the week and free is even better. We would have comfy, overstuffed chairs and couches for people to sit and read the used books they find on the shelves and sip their coffee (or tea) they bought at the counter..
There would be a local authors section and matte paintings for sale on the walls to support regional artists. We could sell our own prints of photos we've taken in our travels.
Saturday nights would see local musicians on a small stage in the corner playing for the tourists during the summer and locals during the off-season. Maybe we would have a fireplace to make the shop cozy on chilly New England evenings.
It could be called Norah's Nook, just like the online shop Amy already has going.
We're dreamers, but more often than not those dreams become reality...they just might take a little while.
Opening up our own shop.
It would be a coffee and pastry/handmade baby and children's clothes/used book shop in small seaside town New England. Amy would sell her awesome kid's clothes both online and at the store and I would bake the food.
We would open early in the morning to sell coffee and homemade cinnamon rolls and maybe donuts to folks on their way to work.
Maybe we would give away a free cinnamon roll with every cup of coffee on Mondays because cinnamon rolls are simply a good way to start the week and free is even better. We would have comfy, overstuffed chairs and couches for people to sit and read the used books they find on the shelves and sip their coffee (or tea) they bought at the counter..
There would be a local authors section and matte paintings for sale on the walls to support regional artists. We could sell our own prints of photos we've taken in our travels.
Saturday nights would see local musicians on a small stage in the corner playing for the tourists during the summer and locals during the off-season. Maybe we would have a fireplace to make the shop cozy on chilly New England evenings.
It could be called Norah's Nook, just like the online shop Amy already has going.
We're dreamers, but more often than not those dreams become reality...they just might take a little while.
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