Kirst and I ventured downtown this morning and walked for about 45 minutes all around. I showed her the highlights of my wonderful city 🙂
The freedom of speech chalkboard wall had some interesting designs on it today
I set Kirst up with a sandwich at Cville Coffee and said goodbye because Matt and I had a meeting at our bakery location with some contractors to discuss such things as walls and three compartment sinks
Here’s how the space looks today [it was previously a t-shirt print shop!]
Demo should begin next week and our build-out should start in the few weeks after that!
Our meeting when until 2:15 and we headed home for lunch.
Leftover soup served over spinach with plain yogurt
Plus some crab chips
And a mealy apple. This lunch didn’t taste all that great.
Aid In The Kitchen Winner
OpenSky just let me know the Kitchenaid Mixer winner: Natalia (who also writes A Side Of Simple!) Thanks to all of you guys for your enthusiasm!
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I’ve got a bunch of errands to run and my day is running out of time! Tonight is First Friday – the monthly gallery crawl – and we’re meeting friends for some frolicking!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
Wow… so exciting about the bakery!
Sara (Miles & Manhattan) says
So exciting!!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait to see what it looks like “AFTER” !!!
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Stacey (The Habit of Healthy) says
How exciting that your bakery plans are finally starting to take shape! I can’t wait to see the pictures of it when it’s up and running.
Amanda (Eating Up) says
I can’t wait to see the progress on your bakery!
Amanda-The Nutritionist Reviews says
Beautiful pictures!
Stacy @ Every Little Thing says
I love that free speech board! Loved seeing all the DMB messages last November 🙂
Darcy @ She Sings at the Table says
Hahahaha I love the freedom of speech wall! Hooray for the First Amendment 🙂
Freya (Brit Chick Runs) says
Freedom is speech wall – what a GREAT idea!!
Holly @ Couch Potato Athlete says
I can’t wait to see more pictures of the bakery — did the t shirt shop close or just move? I was thinking it would be kind of neat to keep some of that paint splatter type design in your new space. That was just me talking out loud — I’m sure you have plenty of ideas for your GH.
I hate when I get a disappointing piece of fruit. It sounds so silly but bad meals affect my mood for a while!
KathEats says
It’s moving!
Christine (The Raw Project) says
Too funny on the freedom of speech chalkboard. So exciting on the bakery, can’t wait to see the progress!
Emily @ One Sweet Vegan says
I love Kirst’s shoes in the first photo. I’m excited for you and Matt that your bakery dream is getting closer to being a reality.
Natalia - a side of simple says
Yay!! I’m so excited, both for the progress on the bakery and for the Kitchenaid 🙂 Thanks, Kath!
Kiran says
Congrats Natalia 🙂
And good luck with the bakery reno! Can’t wait to see the progress Kath 🙂
Baking 'n' Books says
Congrats Natalia! Great winner 🙂
When do you expect renos to be finished Kath? And how come lunch wasn’t good?! It looks good!
KathEats says
It was just meh.
Mary Frances says
Congratulations! Isn’t winning fun…what color did you choose?
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday says
So exciting that the bakery is finally starting to progress 😀
Meg says
How exciting 😀 !!!!
Oh, and crab chips are SUPER duper exciting too 😉
Congrats, kath!
Anne @ butter and bear says
Good luck with your new bakery!! It’s fun to watch the process of you starting your own business. Thanks for sharing.
chrysta says
Love the pics! So exciting to see it coming together. Good luck with everything!!
Toronto Girl West says
I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Victoria, Canada but your city looks just like Government Street! In other words, beautiful! 🙂
Laura says
I was looking through my Netflix suggestions and just saw The Parking Lot Movie, which takes place in Charlottesville, VA. It made me think of you guys and perhaps you’d be interested in seeing it. It received 3.4 stars and the description reads:
“The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more. This self-described “ragtag group of fractured poets” prefer skateboards and bicycles to cars and have at best a tolerant contempt for the people they serve. That’s not to say they don’t care about anything. They hang out at the lot even in their spare time, shooting the breeze or playing a spirited game of “flip cone,” just because…they like it there. They conduct their own private “war” against the elites, the pretentious and obnoxious customers who park their BMWs, Hummers, Suburbans and other vehicles. They study the art of doing nothing and the knack of getting even with rude, SUV-driving dolts who treat them like inferior beings. The gradual devolution from enthusiasm to resentment in the psyches of guys self-aware enough to notice it is an interesting process; in an attempt to distract themselves from the rapidly mounting bitterness, the attendants amuse themselves any way they can-stenciling random messages on the parking gate, writing songs, even dancing for tips. Through interviews with former attendants who have moved on – we see that their time at the lot has clearly provided rites of passage and afforded them Zen-like perspective. As one parking attendant laments, “We had it all in a world that had nothing to offer us.” If the intersection between the status quo and the quest for freedom is their ultimate challenge, could a slab of asphalt be an emotional way station for The American Dream?
Courtney @ The Granola Chronicles says
First Friday sounds so fun. I’ll have to look into that and see if something in my area offers a similar program! Enjoy your afternoon/evening! 🙂
Annette says
SOOO exciting that you have a place to build the bakery 🙂 I love apples- but ONLY if they are crunchy and slightly sweet or slightly tart!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
congrats!!! 🙂
the pyramid/”out of order” graffiti is awesome. not that what’s happening there is awesome… just clever graffiti… you know what i mean…
what are crab chips? crab flavored?!
Christin@purplebirdblog says
I love the chalkboard wall! And it’s so neat to see the before pictures of what will soon be an amazing bakery!
Kate (What Kate is Cooking) says
Haha, I wonder what that picture meant. ‘I’m no longer a man! Hooray!’ What does that mean?!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
that chalkboard wall is awesome! reminds me of the bathroom walls from wesleyan, where i went to school…
Natalie @ Will Jog For Food says
Can’t wait to see the after!
I was cracking up when I read “I am no longer a man”…that is awesome, hahahaha.
Hope says
That is so exciting about the bakery! I can’t wait to see what it’s going to look like when it’s completed!!! 🙂
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
I just got a little more excited for you seeing the space! I can’t wait to see you guys in there doing your thing!
Jil @ Big City, Lil Kitchen says
That leftover soup looks delicious and so exciting about the bakery!!
Stacey (The Home-Cooked Vegan) says
How exciting! Can’t wait to see the after pics once it’s all put together. Have fun planning your business “baby” and watching it grow! Hehe 🙂
Yay for Friday!
Katelyn @ Chef Katelyn says
Haha they are so right! Best groundhogs day ever! I love springgg
I absolutely LOVE first friday, I love seeing the creativity of my city! So much fun:)
jen @ taste life says
Ooh, it’s neat to see the “before” for your shop! Can’t wait to see how it all unfolds…
Stacy R. says
I have always wondered when you lease a space for a specific business is the owner or leasing company responsible for demolition and what not?
Justeen @ Blissful Baking says
Ohh I hate mealy apples more than anything! But they’re great for applesauce or apple pie/cobbler/crisp! Mmm 🙂
A Teenage Gourmet (Sami) says
Can I share your city!? *Fingers crossed for UVA*
Liz @ Tip Top Shape says
Your meals always look so amazing!! Even the ones that you say aren’t that great!
Mary @ Bites and Bliss says
I love freedom of speech boards! Our campus sets one up every feew weeks. It’s so interesting to read the stuff they put up there.
mary (whats cookin with mary) says
Looking forward to hearing all about it !
Namaste Gurl says
What exciting news regarding your soon to be Great Harvest business! At least you have a date in sight as to when it’s going up. I’m sure you and Matt will make a GREAT team! 🙂
Happy day!
Marisa @ Loser for Life says
And the fun begins!!! It will be so neat to watch the bakery unfold!
Boo to a not great tasting lunch. I hate when that happens; it always makes me snacky afterward!
Katie @ peacebeme says
Mealy apples are one of the worst things!
Hannah says
It’ll be so exciting to see your place start to come together over the next few weeks! Hurrah!
Kaitlin says
I love crab chips! So yummy.
Erin says
I HATE mealy apples! My husband had never heard of one. Isn’t that weird??
Mary Frances says
If you eat enough of them, odds are you are bound to get one eventually… is he eating enough fruit everyday? Clever question to remind him to regularly eat healthier-if he is not already doing it 🙂
Maryea @ Happy Healthy Mama says
I love the idea of leftover soup on top of spinach. Looks delicious! I’m excited to see the progression of the bakery. Looks like things are moving along!
stacey-healthylife says
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has some meals that are not all you thought it would be.
Camille says
Darn your Natalia!
Just kidding, congrats 🙂
I can’t wait to see move development on the bakery!
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
I can’t wait to see the after pictures of the bakery! Do you get to do the interior decoration yourself?
Kristina says
awww… mealy apples are so disappointing 🙁 I’m excited to see the bakery going up!!
Mary Frances says
When I have had something really important I was preparing for, I have actually purchased more apples than I needed just in case this happened. One time I had 20 apples and three were mealy–sometimes you just never know; luckily, I had enough for what I needed to do.
Lauren says
That space seems perfect for the bakery! It’s all coming together. 🙂
Nancy~The Wife of a Dairyman says
So very exciting to design your bakery from the ground up! How long until you think it may be up and running?
Nancy~The Wife of a Dairyman says
How fun to design your bakery from the ground up! How long until it’s up and running, do you think?
Mads says
It’s so cool that you guys are really making headway on this bakery! Congrats! I can’t wait to see what it looks like when you are all done. Are you going to have a grand opening party of some sort?
Woohoo!
Brittany (Eating Bird Food) says
Can’t wait to see the t-shirt shop turn into a bakery!
Samantha says
I really wish I could work in your new bakery! Super exciting!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says
I can’t wait to see that bakery after!!! Congrats to Natalia – she deserves it!
Allison @ Happy Tales says
ahhh that is SO exciting that progress coming along with your bakery!! Congrats X 1000!!!
KathEats says
We are HOPING to open in April, but May might be more realistic
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Starting a new business is so much fun! Good luck with the construction! 🙂
PS. I hate mealy apples! Blek
Meagan says
The bakery looks like a good space! I can’t wait to see how you decorate it!!
Leila @ Spinach and Skittles says
Oh my, you guys have a lot of work to do! Do you get to keep any t-shirts? 😉
Your friend has cute Pumas too…hehe I love Pumas.
Rachel says
I am heading through c’ville in April so I hope your great harvest is open. Reading about gh on here has made me go to my local one in greensboro…well needless to say it has become an addiction. Thanks for pumping me up on gh.
Caroline says
Oh my gosh, that’s so exciting about the bakery! If I were in your position I’d probably still be in slight disbelief… oh my gosh it’s really happening! I’m so happy for you guys!