#cafe juanita

[rikamanabe]

Food Styling and iPhone Photography Workshop in Seattle (May 18, Saturday 2024)

Hello! I am delighted to announce that I am hosting a food styling and photography workshop for beginners with my friend and multi-talented pastry chef and photographer, Junko Mine. This is our first workshop together. It will be a fun and information-packed half-day event at my home in the View Ridge neighborhood in NE Seattle.

Junko will teach how to style a Japanese-style matcha chiffon cake (that she will bake, of course!) on beautiful ceramic pieces created by a master ceramist in Japan. I will lead the photography part and guide you through how to photograph and edit aesthetic images using an iPhone.

As a bonus, we will serve Japanese bento-style brunch as well as a gift bag filled with high-quality craft items.

Please see below for detailed information and to register. Space is limited to only 5 attendees so that we can focus better, give better personal attention, and delve deep into crafting food styling and photography.

We will close the registration as soon as the spots are filled.

Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you in May!

Rika

[greendayauthority]

Juanita's Cafe and Bar, Little Rock, AR, 19 May 2008

"Now we jump in the jet to JW's hometown called "Little Rock." But when the Tubbies hit the scene, its gonna be called "A Lotta Rock". That's what I'm talkin 'bout.. We wanna send some love out to my brohams Mommies Friend and those freaky sugar city sex monkeys by the name of Mystic Knights of the Cobra.. And to all of those ready to see the Tubbies… Get all dressed up, come get down, wave your freak flag with the Foxboro Hot Tubs! Sting!!!!"

— The Reverend Strychnine Twitch on MySpace

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, March 22, in Type O Negative history:

Type O Negative play The Yellow Rose in Corpus Christi, TX (1994)

Type O Negative play The City Auditorium with Pantera in Colorado Springs, CO (1995) (shenanigans and hijinx ensue)

Type O Negative play Juanita's Cafe and Bar with Drain STH and Stuck Mojo in Little Rock, AR (1997)

Type O Negative play The Ritz with Coal Chamber, Full Devil Jacket, and The Deadlights in Raleigh, NC (2000)

[gastronomasonoma]

The spirit of the road house is alive at Buck’s Place in Sonoma.

On the west side of town there is a new yet old restaurant and bar called ‘Buck’s Place.’

Its recent incarnation as Buck’s is relatively new. But as an old building on the corner of Grove Street and Riverside Drive, it can be traced back over 115 years.

As noted by the Sonoma Historical Society in the early days of the 20th Century many families made their way to the El Verano area upValley to a restaurant and dance hall called “Little Switzerland.”

Built in 1906 it was the place to go especially during summer, to enjoy good food, libations and lots of dancing, mostly variations of the polka.

Named in honor of the scores of Swiss immigrants who made Northern California home after the Gold Rush, “Little Switzerland” continued in operation with different owners “off & on” so to speak, until 2017 when it became The Reel Fish House & Grill.

Before automobiles were ubiquitous across America, a train would bring people from San Francisco and surrounding towns into the valley for the summer season.

Still, even as people began to travel more by car into the 1920s & ‘30s, the essential ‘roadhouse’ was a destination that attracted both local and out-of-town visitors.

Something akin to a “Public House” or “wayside inn” in Europe, roadside places were common throughout North America from the late 19th Century onwards.

As historian Doug Beckstead noted on his Roadhouse history website. “Roadhouses sprang-up along the Yukon River in the 1890s to accommodate travelers.”

“At least eleven roadhouses once existed, he said, along the trail between Eagle and Circle in what is now Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.”

“Many roadhouses doubled as a homebase and supply point for fur trapping and mining operations,” said Beckstead. “Others roadhouses were also woodcutting locations and fuel stops for the wood-burning sternwheelers plying the river in summer months,” he added.

With many rural areas in Northern California, some semblance of a roadhouse persisted and this was especially so for an area like Sonoma County. Russian River, Bodega Bay and winding stretches of road leading to Mendocino were ideal for something like a roadhouse or a roadside cafe to emerge.

Enter into the scene, just after World War II, an unusually “flamboyant” personality like that of Texas-native, Juanita Hudspeth Musson.

She and her husband Richard opened a restaurant in Sausalito that garnered as much notoriety as it did acclaim.

Over the next 10 years or more, ‘Juanita’ as she was simply called by everyone, moved her “Galley Restaurant” establishment to several locations.

Financial difficulties and contract disputes, including investigations by the IRS followed her as Juanita was a poor manager.

She was known to be of “eccentric” temperament which often resulted in her becoming either kind and hospitable or rude and belligerent to customers as well as staff.

Regardless, her presence in the San Francisco Bay Area was legendary.

In 1964 upon leaving Sausalito, she reestablished her restaurant to the El Verano area, near Fetters Hot Springs resort. For the next 40 years into old age, Sonoma was her home.

Still, just like what happened in Sausalito, Juanita’s in Sonoma would also have praise for good food, yet there also would be chaos that accompanied it. In 1969 her restaurant was damaged in a fire.

Eventually bouncing back by reopening again, Kathleen Hill, the food & wine editor for the Sonoma Index-Tribune noted.

“Regulars would either be shocked or thrilled to see a monkey on her shoulder. If not a monkey then a parrot here or there, or – when Juanita was so moved – a hoisting of her muumuu to show off her enormous bosom.”

When Juanita died in 2011, a memorial gathering was held at “Little Switzerland.”

Ironically, as “Little Switzerland” became yet another new restaurant venue in 2019 as “Reel & Brand,” new owners and business-partner investors became entangled in litigation in 2022.

Hopefully the “ghost of Juanita” and the chaos that underlined her restaurant ventures in Sonoma will finally be put to rest as Buck’s Place takes over such a storied spot.

The ambiance is welcoming as the food is delicious. Basic Italian-American food, with a bit of artesian sensibility. The Italian meatball sandwich is very satisfying, especially with fresh basil and a sesame seed toasted roll.

With a glass of sparkling red wine out on the back patio listening to live music, what could be better on a summer afternoon or evening!

Yes! The spirit of the road house continues. Any visitor to Sonoma, may this be an invitation. If it so happens that the upscale experience of a winery tour, is tiring- that of the “tasting room experience,” then dear visitor, get-away from the plaza, to relax and be more easy-going of a different place and time, like the rural Sonoma of sentimental legend. Make a visit to Buck’s Place at 401 Grove Street on “the springs-side of town, El Verano. See Buck’s Place website for details.

[dora-ing]

Cafe Juanita 19 West Capitol Drive, Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig

[moon-ingrid-review]

February 8, 2024 | Cafe Juanita

[ayamisc]

Cafe Juanita

Cafe Juanita.

Pasig City, Philippines.

Was lucky enough to get treated by my boss in one of the “team lunches” we had last month (I just finished internship at Holcim, Philippines).

We ate at this place called CAFE JUANITA.

The place was... exotic, to say the least. The pictures were all taken inside the restaurant.  The chandeliers, tapestries, antiques and curtains aren't something you'd find in other restaurants. The ambiance of the place was very.... Gypsy-ish.

And yes, that's the only thing I can say about the place. I mean, I suppose you can call it exotic, unique, and.. mysterious?

But actually. The place is a Filipino restaurant. It was hard to believe such a place would actually serve Filipino food. LOL. But, I suppose it isn't THAT weird since they also serve Western food like pasta.. and crème brûlée. LOL. :D

IF I ever venture to the place one day (it's isn't exactly what you'd call.. affordable), then I would like to try their Western dishes!!

[heavymetalzen]

cafe juanita, kapampangan sisig, kapitolyo, pasig city.

[chrancecriber]

Radio SunLounge Romania (April 30, 2023)

23:58 Nightcruzer - Under Your Skin 23:52 Urban Phunk Society - De Janeiro 23:50 Asheni - Butterfly (Original Mix) 23:43 Dj Maretimo Feat. Vladi Strecker - Together In The Rain (Down By The Sea Mix) 23:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:34 Simon Le Grec - Touch Me 23:29 Paul Hardcastle - Summer Love 23:23 Cafe Americaine - Infrajam (Loungebar Mix) 23:22 The Nightfly - Hope And Glory 23:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:13 Christos Fourkis - If You Love Me 23:11 Lenny Mac Dowell - Deepest Inner (Original Mix) 23:05 Super8 & Tab Feat. Jan Burton - Free Love (Original Mix) 23:03 Chicane - No Ordinary Morning (Original Mix) 22:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:55 Five Seasons - Endlessly 22:53 Forward - La Nuit Ne Pas Finir 22:46 Paul Hardcastle - Dancing Galaxies 22:44 Paul Hardcastle Feat. Maxine Hardcastle - Soft Rain 22:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:35 Lorenzo - I Will Love You Forever 22:32 Kabanjak - Gypsy Soul (Ancient Astronauts Remix) 22:25 Miriam Kappert - Remember This Time (Sweet Velvet Del Mar Cafe Chillout Mix) 22:22 Stepo Del Sol - Heaven On Earth 22:19 Mar Tini - Budrio (Original) 22:12 Hess Is More - Yes Boss 22:09 Van - Evening Bus (Original Mix) 22:06 D-chill Feat. Katy Blue - Paradise 22:02 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:00 Jens Buchert - Luminous 21:53 Flume - Sleepless 21:49 Jazzamor - Tonight 21:48 Orbitell - Dive (Ibiza Beach Mix) 21:44 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:43 Paolo - Turn Me On 21:37 Enea - Slight 21:31 Kaxamalka - Backdrops 21:29 Stuce The Sketch - Yasikitisha (Feat. Kwambo) (Instrumental) 21:23 Asheni - Butterfly (Original Mix) 21:18 Mozart - Burdened No More 21:12 Miklos Vajda - The Sun Breaks Over The Mountains 21:10 Music Paradise - Clouds 21:07 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:01 Marc Hartman - I Can't Stop 20:58 Schwarz & Funk - Paresse 20:52 Mercer & Gissal - Scandal (Feat. Nicole Grimaldi) 20:49 Leo & Roby Ruini - La Suite - Original Mix 20:46 Blank & Jones - Flaming June 20:39 Villablue Feat. Juanita Grande - Leaving The Lights 20:34 Ganga - Skyscraper (Original Mix) 20:32 Marga Sol - Free Your Mind 20:29 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:27 Itb Sea - Bacon Four - Original Mix 20:20 Light Of Aiden - Loving You 20:18 Shakes Seven - Angel 20:15 London Grammar - Metal & Dust 20:11 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:10 Etherwood - The Night 20:03 Gary Butcher - Make It Happen 20:02 G-spliff - Won't Part 19:59 Night Cruzer - The Nightcruise 19:55 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:50 Gary B - My Love 19:44 Cafe Americaine - Metropolitan Girl (Round The World Mix) 19:41 Audio Lotion - Azul De Voceo 19:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:33 Mo'jardo - Summer Rain (Original Mix) 19:28 Kosta Rodrigez - Soul 2 Sell (Boosanova Chill Mix) Feat. Denise 19:23 Jane Maximova - Puppets 19:21 Dab - The Call 19:17 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:15 Jens Buchert - Melange Electrique 19:08 Weathertunes - The New Jazz Five (Original Mix) 19:00 The Sushi Club - Hamaguri 18:58 Stereomass - Modern Journey To Hawaii (Original Mix) 18:52 Riccardo Eberspacher - Osiride 18:46 D.batistatos & Side Liner - Sehnsucht 18:40 Randy Seidman, Rogerio Jardim, Tommy Cunningham - Come Back To Me (Christos Fourkis Remix) 18:38 351 Lake Shore Drive - Underwater Lights 18:34 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:29 351 Lake Shore Drive - Ocean Blue 18:25 Openzone Bar - Kiss In The Dark 18:19 Miguel Migs - The Night (Rk's Vocal Mix) 18:17 Northbound - Twice The Day 18:13 Moodorama - I Think It's... 18:07 Saib. - Archipelago 18:05 Thievery Corporation - Take My Soul 18:02 Edapollo - By The River 17:55 Lemongrass - Maison Ã- La Mer 17:52 Hooverphonic - One 17:46 Jeff Bennet-'s Lounge Experience Feat. Alexandra - Sympathy 17:40 Moshang - Padoga 17:35 Blank & Jones - Coming Home (Afterlife Mix) 17:33 Emili Birdy - What You Gonna Do (Soul 2 Sax Mix) 17:29 Luke - Heaven-'s On Fire 17:26 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:24 Nathan Cole - Ideal Emotion 17:17 Funky Juice Trio - Easy Come Easy Go (Into The Silence Mix) 17:15 Airily - 42nd Street (Lemongrass Remix) 17:09 How To Destroy Angels - A Drowning (Vikmir Remix) 17:02 Peter Pearson - Summer Memories 17:00 Soma Sonic - Rien 16:54 Nor Elle Feat. Bella Wagner - Love True Dimension 16:49 Solarflow - Im Living For Today 16:44 Marga Sol - Desedena (Instrumental Mix) 16:38 Ragi - Voyage To India (Buddha Sunset Del Mar Vocal Mix) 16:34 Trillian - A Little Love 16:32 Lisa Shaw - I'm Ok 16:28 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:22 Carrie Skipper - Time Goes By (Floris De Haan Remix) 16:18 Funkstar De Luxe - Tell Me Why 16:13 Airily - Harmonize (Original Mix) 16:10 Lemongrass - Deep River (Eskadet Remix) 16:07 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:02 Paul Hardcastle - Stay In The Moment 15:56 Soleil Fisher - Fast And Slow 15:50 Jens Buchert - Reflections 15:48 Cocogroove - Silent Fantasy (Fairytale Mix) 15:41 Lissa - Some Of Me (Feat. Philip Nolan) 15:39 Velvet Dreamer - Crystal Water (Jjos Balearic Remix) 15:32 Dreamhunter - Oude Centrum (Original Mix) 15:27 Mirage Of Deep, Gushi - Subliminal Perception 15:24 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:19 Jaffa - Be Nude, Baby 15:18 Roberto Sol - Obsesioì 15:11 Phontaine - Million Dollar Baby 15:09 Kaxamalka - You Take My Breath Away 15:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:01 Benirras - Ghost In A Bottle 14:58 Blank & Jones - Hideaway (With Jason Caesar) 14:51 Cicada - Elle Et Moi 14:50 Trinah - Every Day 14:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:45 Lemongrass - Soulful 14:38 D.o.s. - Nightfly 14:35 Noise Boyz - Where Do You (Ambient Mix) 14:31 Philip Aniskin & Alexsandra Mell - Los Angeles Dream 14:28 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:24 Thunderball - Angela's Lament 14:17 Rey Salinero - Mystique Sets 14:15 Spiritual Soul - Green Coffee - Ethereal Mix 14:12 Pat The Cat - Hotel California (Feat. Rachel Moreau) 14:09 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:04 Aria Nova - Pop 14:02 Chris Leblanc - Ahora 13:55 Jesus Mondejar - Esencia De Mar (Original Mix) 13:53 Bulb - Impossible (Original Mix) 13:50 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:47 Breakfast Trim - Dubai Sun 13:44 Eriq Johnson - Stay (Feat. Ann B) 13:42 Moe Turk - What I Feel Like 13:38 Jens Buchert - Les Alpes 13:35 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:26 User's Atmosphere - Share Your Dreams 13:23 Hooverphonic - Others Delight 13:18 James Bright - Low 13:16 Bajka - The Beaver's Lesson (Mop Mop Jamaica Aroma Remix) 13:13 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:10 Lazy Hammock - Tomorrow Is A New Day (Original Mix) 13:04 Solasoap - That Feeling 12:59 Paul Hardcastle - First Light 12:57 Houie D. - Endlesslove 12:54 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:49 Jeremy Russell - Rainforest 12:44 Jon Hopkins - Second Sense 12:43 Gary Butcher - Stronger Love 12:40 Waldeck - Addicted 12:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:35 Fobee - Broken Glass 12:32 Thunderball - On The Sly 12:25 Kraak & Smaak - Sommeron (Feat. Imugi Weapon) (Satin Jackets Remix) 12:22 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:21 Sevyn Streeter - Before I Do 12:11 Max Sedgley - Life's A Beach 12:09 Monodeluxe - Searching 12:02 Tactful - No Fear 11:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:56 Cream Soda - Woman 11:46 Blue Lotus - Eshu Igelu 11:40 José Padilla - Maybe The Sunset (Feat. Lydmor) 11:38 York - My Ship 11:31 Luke Standing - The Hushed Love 11:26 Pnfa - Miles And Miles (Slowly) 11:20 Guenter Haas - Alone But Never Lonely (Original Mix) 11:17 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:14 Urban Phunk Society - Siesta 11:09 Mahoroba - Violet Dreams (Space Pioneers Mix) 11:04 Hotel Riviera - Another Chance For Love 11:03 Blank & Jones W. Cathy Battistessa - Miracle Man (Afterlife Mix) 10:56 Akmusique - Café Noir 10:55 E-sonic - For What I Want 10:48 Nightmares On Wax - I Am You 10:45 Exhibitionist - Hands 10:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:35 Andy Sol & Ecolyte - Ponse Passing (Original Mix) 10:30 Trinah - Every Day 10:27 Asian Chill Art - Jangtsekiang (Mystic River Cut) 10:24 Tomazz - Lucid Dream 10:20 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:14 Leendder - Everytime You Cry (Satin Jackets Remix) 10:11 Eriq Johnson - I-'ve Got You 10:04 Basti M, Brockman Feat. Nic - Live Your Life (Free Your Mind) (Brockman & Basti M Sunset Mix) 10:02 Skysurfer - Circling Elements (Feat. Lovay - Down By The Sea Mix) 09:55 Max Melvin - Event 09:54 Nasser Shibani - Time Chase (Original Mix) 09:47 Anam - Precious 09:45 Flashbaxx - Movin On 09:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:39 Van - Turkish Coffee (Original Mix) 09:32 Latin League - La Princessa Del Marte (Original Mix) 09:27 Lounge Traveller - Many Places 09:25 Rey Salinero - Barefoot In The Park 09:21 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:15 Gelka - Please Keep Your Ticket Till The End 09:12 Lo64n5 - Retrogram 09:05 Naomi - Another Bite Of The Apple 09:03 Dub Mars - Always And Everywhere 09:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:55 Stuce The Sketch - Enchanted Mara 08:49 Charlie North - Saltwater (Ambient Mix) 08:47 Mellie 0 Neil - Rainy Days 08:43 Carsten Gronholz - Do What You Like 08:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:34 Vargo - Get Back To Serenity 08:29 Faro - Our Balloon 08:23 Conjure One - Sleep (Serenity Mix) 08:21 Michael E - So Many Colours (Original Mix) 08:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:13 Jens Buchert - Habitatmodul (Original Mix) 08:08 Fenena Garcia Mijas - Anja (Dream With Me Knee Edit) 08:05 Moon Patrol - Low Orbit (Airflow Cut) 08:02 Florzinho, Barbara Yaa Boahene - Staring At The Stars 07:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:56 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Afterlife Remix) 07:49 Blank & Jones - Ocean View 07:43 Climatic - Hazy Days 07:42 Beautiful Air - Promise Land (Original Mix) 07:39 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:34 Two Heroes - Dream Of Something Sweet (Chillin Guitar Mix) 07:29 Naoki Kenji - My Destiny Rmx 07:26 C.cil - Calm And Quiet 07:23 Solanos - Sambado 07:19 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:13 Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Powerless (Feat Virag) 07:10 Eskadet - La Repara 07:04 Lounge Jam - Mistery 07:00 Lounge Groove Avenue - Don-'t Be So Shy 06:57 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:50 York, Project Blue Sun - Crusin (Original Mix) 06:46 Mariella Narvaez - Play With Fire (Miami Chill Ou 06:40 Dj Monique Vs. Stephane Le Coque - You're Like An Angel 06:37 Guenter Haas - Deep Blue Sky 06:34 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:28 Bloomfield - Rendez-vous A Paris 06:23 Chillwalker - A Dream Comes True (Red Horizon Mix) 06:18 Billy Paul Williams - As A Child 06:15 Man In A Room - Something New (Feat. Natasha Tsirou) 06:11 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:06 Over Soul - Universal Unfolding (Original Mix) Feat. Gram'ma Funk 06:03 Nookie Feat. Larry Heard - Paradise Tease Mix 05:57 Soundset City - Loungebox 05:53 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:50 Kiwi Twist - Jazz Lady 05:45 Schwarz & Funk - Under My Skin (Remastered Version) 05:40 Gaba Milani - Open Your Eyes (Original Mix) 05:39 Orjan Nilsen - Drink To Forget (Lounge Edit) 05:36 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:35 Blank & Jones W. Jason Caesar - Pura Vida 05:28 Deniz Reno - Fly (Sub Orchestra Mix) 05:22 Merlion - Chillin Nightflight (Golden Buddha Sunset Del Mar Mix) 05:17 Tim Angrave - Positivism 05:15 Marcel - Backseat Blues 05:12 Belt Of Jupiter - Bar Del Mar (Downbeat Cut) 05:05 Zero Noel - Mes Yeux Fermis 05:03 Chimaera - Fly Away 05:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:54 Soulchillaz - Promised Land 04:51 Fresh Moods - Solarcell 04:45 Beach Hoppers - Top Of The World 04:42 Sky Sergeant - Music Connection (Dolphins Mix) 04:39 C Cil - Calm & Quiet 04:36 Five Seasons - Dreams Come True 04:29 Dadamnphreaknoizphunk Feat. Jen - Waiting 04:26 The Ls Project - Le Voyage De La Vie 04:23 Faithless Feat. Estelle - Why Go? 04:17 Hysteria! - Talking Eyes (Chillout Mix) 04:13 Paul Hardcastle Feat. Maxine Hardcastle - Dreamin 04:11 Max Melvin - Underneath 04:08 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:02 Hello Meteor - Night Distance 03:59 Hot City Walk (Original Mix) - Lasteden 03:51 #esteve - Sunset Beach 03:50 River - Find Me 03:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:41 Ross Couch - Angel 03:36 Under The Sun - Waves Of The Sun 03:30 Mikael Delta - Water Mirroring 03:28 Ganga Feat. Helle Chirholm - The Wind (Original Mix) 03:25 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:23 Electric Moonlight - Celebrating Love 03:16 Frost - Amygdala 03:11 Twentyeight - Destiny (Original Mix) 03:08 Mind Conventions - Sweet Fever 03:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:04 L'esperanza - Smile (The Songs Of Innocence) 02:57 Everything But The Girl - The Heart Remains A Child 02:52 Afterlife - Black Iris 02:51 Pluto Project - Erophone 02:48 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:43 Vargo - Beauty (Album Mix) 02:38 Lazy Hammock - One Of Those Days 02:32 Aandra Feat. Ayako Higuchi - Green Tea 02:29 Blank & Jones - Closer To Me 02:25 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:23 Bebel Gilberto - Ceu Distante 02:20 Breakfast Trim - Dubai Sun 02:13 Pauline London - Love Can Sing 02:12 Ganga - Skyscraper (Original Mix) 02:05 Karen Souza - Dreams 01:59 Nightdrive - Valery 2019 (Bolgarin Remix) 01:54 Axel B - Sunset Love 01:49 Vargo - The Moment (Short Chorus Mix) 01:44 Lemongrass - Something True 01:43 Ku You - 40 Degrees 01:36 Maximilian V - Room 58 01:35 Weathertunes - Forest (Original Mix) 01:28 Lemongrass - Lucky (Feat. Suzy Duffy) 01:23 Deja-move Feat. Nneka - It-'s All Up 01:17 Cafe Americaine - Shanghai Superflight (Ethnojazz Cut) 01:16 Sonic Company - Secret Path (Original Mix) 01:09 Tosca - Fuck Dub 01:04 Kosta Rodrigez - Soul 2 Sell (Boosanova Chill Mix) Feat. Denise 00:59 Architect - Immaterial 00:57 Have A Good Time - Photo In Lounge 00:50 Lenny Ibizarre - A Drop In The Ocean (Original Mix) 00:48 Pnfa - Fight The Feeling 00:45 Olivia Broadfield - Eyes Wide Open 00:42 Coffee Machine & Eriq Johnson - I've Got You 00:38 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:32 Vladi Strecker - Contemplation (Meditation La Mer Mix) 00:29 Approaching Black, Avalon Mia - Fade Away With You 00:24 Jose Delgado - Sal Rossa 00:22 Worldwide Groove Corporation - Midnight In Venice (Feat. The Mystery Singer, Djlo) 00:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:13 Climatic - Boarding 00:11 Arrojas - Travelling Back 00:04 Syntheticsax & Slava Gold - Memoirs (Chillout Version) 00:01 Johannes Huppertz - Short Message Service

[juanitakellner]

Juanita Kellner I 2019

[greendayauthority]

Juanita's Cafe and Bar, Little Rock, AR, 19 May 2008

"Now we jump in the jet to JW's hometown called "Little Rock." But when the Tubbies hit the scene, its gonna be called "A Lotta Rock". That's what I'm talkin 'bout.. We wanna send some love out to my brohams Mommies Friend and those freaky sugar city sex monkeys by the name of Mystic Knights of the Cobra.. And to all of those ready to see the Tubbies… Get all dressed up, come get down, wave your freak flag with the Foxboro Hot Tubs! Sting!!!!"

— The Reverend Strychnine Twitch on MySpace

[foodiemccaterson]

Cafe Juanita in Kirkland is getting on the several course dining train 🚂 🤤

[queensorayamangal]

Seniors are standing strong in Middlefield

Seniors are standing strong in Middlefield

The Middlefied Seniors Wellness Club (MSWC) launched over 15 years ago, now growing to over 300 active members. They are also kicking off their new project inside the walls of Aaniin Community Centre, in the form of a volunteer-led cafe.

The initiative is the first of its kind in Canada that is run by seniors and seniors only. Funds generated through cafe sales are going right back into…

[noosphe-re]

Take a moment to put on a new set of glasses. Change your perspective.Consider, for a moment, that the most widespread and pervasive learning in your organization may not be happening in training rooms, conference rooms, or boardrooms, but in the cafeteria, the hallways, and the cafe across the street. Imagine that through e-mail exchanges, phone visits, and bull sessions with colleagues, people at all levels of the organization are sharing critical business knowledge, exploring underlying assumptions, and creating innovative solutions to key business issues.Imagine that “the grapevine” is not a poisonous plant to be cut off at the roots, but a natural source of vitality to be cultivated and nourished. Imagine that its branching, intertwining shoots are the natural pathways through which information and energy flow in the organization.Consider that these informal networks of learning conversations are as much a core business process as marketing, distribution, or product development. In fact, thoughtful conversations around questions that matter might be the core process in any company — the source of organizational intelligence that enables the other business processes to create positive results. A more strategic approach to this core process can not only appreciate an organization’s intellectual capital, but can also create sustainable business value in the knowledge economy.

Conversation as a Core Business Process, Juanita Brown & David Isaacs

[ebhenah]

Klance AU Month Feb 1: Coffee Shop

Gross Klance AU Month- Feb 1: Coffee Shop (A Future Klance-Family fic)

“I don’t like it here,” Lucas grumbled, poking at the sodden mittens his Papi had draped over the heating vent.

“Stop picking at them let them dry,” Lance sighed, pushing a literal bucket of cocoa across the table. Keith would grumble about portion size, but Keith hadn’t had to try to entertain Lucas and Kashi all day and Lance was hoping sugar and chocolate overdosing the boys would buy him like… ten minutes of pleasantness. Please, God… just, TEN minutes! “Here you go, the biggest cocoas they had, with caramel syrup, extra whipped cream and chocolate shavings for Lucas…. And the same, but with hazelnut syrup and cinnamon instead for Kashi. And cafe con leche for me.” He wrapped his cold hands around the mug and breathed in the heavenly smell.

“I don’t like weather,” Kashi said, “I like when the air doesn’t have STUFF in it- snow, ice, water droplets… just… no.”

“Yeah,” Lucas jutted a thumb out toward his brother, “what he said! On the Atlas, it is never too cold, or too hot, there’s never rain or… whatever THAT stuff is!”

“Sleet,” Lance supplied, “that stuff is sleet… and I’m not a fan either.”

“Why would Thace even WANT to go to college in a place where the AIR throws ICE in your face???” Kashi huffed. He was not a fan of his eldest brother moving away for college in the first place… which meant that neither was Lucas… and they’d both been SO vocal about it that when it came time to do campus tours, it quickly had been evident that the youngest pair of their five kids needed to be occupied elsewhere.

So, HIS day had been miserable. Fingers crossed that Keith had had better luck with Thace and the twins.

“This school has an EXCELLENT Engineering program,” Lance reminded them.

“Better than apprenticing under Uncle Hunk on the Atlas?” scoffed Lucas.

“Yes… and even Hunk would say that. Hunk recommended this program to us in the first place.”

“Boston sucks,” Kashi muttered.

“No, it doesn’t. Today was just… not a great day.” Tweens would be the death of him. They really would. It was like his sons had lost the ability to feel joy if one of their parents was in the room. “We can’t control the weather.”

“You can on the ATLAS!”

“Lucas,” he sighed, “we’ve talked about this…”

“No one has made a final decision but Thace deserves to have all the information before he does yadda yadda yadda…” Kashi pushed some whipped cream around with his spoon, looking for all the world like a tiny, sullen Keith (with a SENSIBLE haircut, thankyouverymuch). It took every scrap of willpower Lance possessed not to pinch his cheek. It was endearing how much the younger boys hated the idea of their big brother moving out. So endearing that he didn’t have the heart to tell them that there was virtually no way Thace was going to decide to stay on the Atlas with them when the option was to live on campus WITH his long-term girlfriend.

Because his firstborn was 18 and in love and thought himself all grown up and ready to take on the world, and Lance couldn’t say a peep, because when he was 18 and in love he was on the front lines of a war, pining for his teammate, and making far dumber decisions than Thace was likely to.

The bell at the door chimed and they were hit with a blast of cold air carrying the exhausted voice of his husband. “Would you three knock it off, already?!? Rai, you don’t get a vote on where Thace goes to school. Talia- we KNOW you are planning on Olkarion, stop bringing it up. Thace- weather is not a factor in your decision, understood?”

“But there is actual SLUSH falling out of the sky,” Thace pointed out. “I don’t want to live where the sky throws slush at me.”

“It’s sleet!” Lucas chimed helpfully, his mood vastly improved by Thace’s apparent rejection of this school.

“Maybe Juanita LIKES sluuu-sleet,” teased Talia, “what will you do then?”

“We’ll have a conversation and make a decision together,” replied Thace, “what are you going to do if Bailey doesn’t want to move to a whole other galaxy for school?”

“Oh. My. God! Bailey and I are like baaaaaarely even dating! I’m not making any decisions about school based on a guy I am just like… kinda, sorta seeing.”

“Uh-huh,” mumbled Rai, “barely even dating… just fused at the mouth 24/7.”

“What’s this now?” Lance asked, prompting his daughter smack her twin and turn beet red.

“NOTHING!” She yelped, “I’ll order the drinks! Thace come help me!”

Keith just shook his head at them as he pulled his gloves off and set them next to the boys’ mittens on the heater. He was peeling out of his scarf when he caught Lance’s eyes and smiled, tension melting out of his features. Lance’s heart skipped a beat and his belly flipped and he felt his smile turn giddy from the look on his husband’s face. “Hi,” purred Keith, leaning in to kiss Lance gently as he sat in the chair beside him.

“Hi yourself,” Lance answered as the kiss broke.

“GROSS!” chorused all five children.

“Ugh, save it for your ‘naps’, weirdos,” drawled Rai, using finger quotes and rolling his eyes.

“Hey, knock it off,” Lance countered, “that was just a little hello kiss… it could be soooo much worse…”

“I doubt it,” mumbled Lucas.

“Ohhh was that…”

“No! No, it wasn’t anything!” Kashi elbowed Lucas.

“Did I... did I hear someone…

“Nothing! He said nothing!” insisted Rai.

“No, no… I think I did!”

“Papi! No! I didn’t!” squawked Lucas.

“Yeah, yeah… I DEFINITELY heard someone issue ME, Loverboy Lancey Lance Kogane, Pilot of the Red Lion, a challenge…”

Keith cackled, as the kids groaned, “now you’ve done it, boys. You know what he’s like…”

Lance turned his chair, then yanked Keith’s closer, “heya handsome.”

“Hi, babe,” Keith answered.

“You look cold,” Lance observed, leaning close, “which seems impossible for someone as hot as you are.”

“Kill me now,” muttered Rai.

“This is YOUR fault,” Kashi hissed to Lucas.

“You offering to warm me up if I am?” laughed Keith, his cheeks flushing.

“Oh, you know I am,” he tangled his fingers with Keith’s, “you’ve got really nice hands, did you know that?”

“Stop it,” whimpered Lucas.

“So do you,” Keith replied, rubbing his thumb across the back of Lance’s hand. “Long fingers… like a musician.”

“I do play a little guitar,” he scooted even closer. “You’re gorgeous… you look like you could be a rock star… little bit of a bad boy vibe going on.”

Keith laughed, his eyes dancing, “I’m more of a martial arts kind of guy than a musical one.”

“What… What is happening here?” Talia asked, her voice stunned.

“They were being gross,” Kashi answered.

“Were? WERE?! This is ARE! They ARE being gross!! Why are they STILL being gross?”

“Lucas,” muttered Rai.

“That’s really hot,” Lance continued, “but I bet I could make you sing like a bird.”

“MY EARS!” Thace yelped, “I can never unhear that!”

“Lucas? What. Did. You. DO?” Talia turned pointedly AWAY from her fathers, shielding her eyes with the coffee in her hands.

“Papi said they could be worse and Lucas said he doubted it,” Rai explained.

“Nope!” She said setting Keith’s coffee in front of him. “I’m not sitting with them. I’m sitting… uhh… over there. Bye!”

“Yeah, I’m joining you,” Thace agreed, handing Rai his drink. “Have fun with… all that, guys.”

“I hate them,” Rai muttered.

“You sound pretty confident,” laughed Keith, cheeks blazing now. He was happy to indulge Lance’s competitive streak and make the kids squirm, because… well.. Payback, honestly. They’d been awful all day… and who the heck complains about their parents GETTING ALONG!?!?

“I do, don’t I?” Lance grinned, waggling his eyebrows.

“OKAY YOU WIN!” squawked Lucas, “you were right! The kiss was nothing. This is way grosser. Stop! Please stop!”

“But… this is fun,” pouted Lance.

“You won, Loverboy,” chuckled his husband, “give the kids a break. You can flirt later when they aren’t around.”

Lance’s expression brightened and he leaned in to kiss Keith’s cheek, “promise?”

Keith rolled his eyes, “yes, I promise. Rai… go get your brother and sister… the little melodramatic pair of them.”

Rai sighed, but left the table, and Lance gestured to the younger boys. “I have been informed that our sons do not like ‘weather’.”

“They don’t, huh?” Keith wasn’t sure where Lance was going with this.

“I think they’ve been spoiled by the climate controlled life aboard the Atlas,” he explained.

“I don’t like where this is going,” whispered Kashi.

“Sooo, I’m thinking we should maybe trying living on the surface for a couple of years,” he finished cheerfully, “and commute.”

“You want to commute?” Keith confirmed.

“Yeah, I think it would be good for the kids.”

“To the Atlas?”

He nodded.

“In orbit.”

“The Lions can do it in no time flat.”

“Everyday?”

“Mmhmm…”

“Lance that’s…” he shook his head, “that would be a nightmare, babe!”

“What would be a nightmare?” Talia asked.

“Papi is talking about moving to the SURFACE,” Kashi hissed.

“Like… Cuba? Cuba would be cool,” Rai said, dropping into a chair, “I could work at the shop with Tio Luis after school.”

“Ummm… Do I get a vote? Because I don’t want to change schools!”

“No one is talking about changing schools,” Keith assured her.

“Then how is he going to work at Tio Luis’ shop?”

“We’re moving? Why are we moving?”

“Woah- everyone calm down,” Keith’s voice cut through the din, “we are in public and getting loud. Not acceptable. Everyone sit. Papi had an IDEA. That is all. It’s barely been mentioned let alone discussed or decided.”

“But if it goes anywhere,” Lance interjected, “we will have a family meeting and you will ALL have a chance to talk as much as you want about what you think of it. We are a team, and Team Kogane works together. Right?”

They all murmured their agreement, and settled into chairs, the table going quiet for a moment as the idea of leaving the Atlas bounced around. Talia’s phone bleated and she pulled it out, the smile on her face when she saw the text betraying the sender. “Say hi to Baiiiii-leeee,” crooned Lucas.

“Really, kid?” sighed Lance, “again? I’m telling you, youngest to youngest, you are going to REGRET giving them a hard time about the people they date when you start dating. Older siblings hold grudges. I promise you, this,” he gestured at Talia and Thace, “whole thing you’ve got going on? It’s going to kick you in the butt. Mark my words.”

“He is speaking from experience,” agreed Keith, “they gave him SUCH a hard time about Allura!”

“ALLURA!?!?” the children chorused.

“Way to blurt THAT out, Mullet,” Lance muttered.

“Hold on,” Talia tore her attention away from the phone, “you and Auntie Allura were a thing?”

“Not so much a thing, no,” Lance sighed, “there was A date. One single date. That proved to both of us that we were not meant to be a couple.”

“Then why did they give you a hard time?” asked Rai.

Lance glared at his husband, “I’m going to divorce you. I’m going to divorce you and this will be the reason. You understand that, right?”

“You don’t scare me. You’re not going to divorce me,” Keith chuckled, “you threaten to divorce me every day. I’m immune to the divorce talk.”

Lance gasped dramatically, clucking his tongue and shaking his head. “Just you watch me! DIVORCE!”

“Not gonna happen,” Keith said calmly, “they gave him a hard time because of all the blushing and pining.”

“Awww,” cooed Thace, “how cyoooot! Papi had a CRUSH on the Princess!”

“Are you implying that Allura of Altea is NOT crush-worthy?” Lance asked.

“What?” Thace went pale, “I didn’t say that! Please don’t tell Auntie Allura I said that! Oh… GOD! Please don’t tell CORAN I said that!!”

“He had it BAD for Allura from the moment he met her,” Keith supplied, ready to save Thace from his own panic.

“A literal Princess literally fell into my arms, and then told us we were destined to be heroes,” Lance pointed out. “It was like something out of a fairytale.”

“You’ve always been a hopeless romantic,” Keith chuckled.

“By the time we got back to Earth I didn’t see her that way anymore though. I’d just gotten used to the idea of being in love with her and it being hopeless…”

“But, you said you went on a date? And Dad said there was blushing.”

“I don’t remember saying your Papi was the one doing the blushing,” tsked Keith.

“Yes. ONE date. She came to dinner with my family. We went for a walk. There was a very sweet kiss. It was a lovely date. I remember it fondly. But, mainly because it was what made Allura and I see each other clearly for the first time, which is why we can be such good friends now.”

“What did YOU think of the whole date thing?” Talia asked Keith.

“Ohhhh, GOOD question!” Lance turned to smile at him, “I can’t believe I never thought to ask you that!”

“I… wanted my friends to be happy. If that was with each other, then the important thing was that they were happy,” Keith answered. “But… if they weren’t… then I needed to smarten up and make some changes.”

“Changes?” Rai echoed, “what kind of changes?”

“I….” Keith faltered.

Lance slipped his hand over Keith’s, “he wasn’t ready for a serious relationship then. He knew I wanted…. All this. Marriage. Kids. You guys. He did, too… he just didn’t know HOW to make this work and had to figure it out.”

“So… you guys were already in love when you went out with Allura?” Lucas asked.

“I don’t think either of us had figured that out yet,” Keith laughed.

“Kissing Allura made it pretty clear to me,” Lance said, “I knew what it SHOULD feel like and it… was nice. Sweet… but not the same.”

“The same?” Kashi narrowed his eyes, “you guys had ALREADY kissed!”

“How did we end up talking about this?” Keith asked no one in particular. “Guys, we were in space a long time. We didn’t know we were falling in love, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t interest. Okay?”

“But-”

“Hold up!” Lance laughed, “I will tell you guys the whole story, if you want me to… buuuuut I will remind you that you think us kissing each other hello is gross. So, be absolutely SURE you want to hear the answer before you ask any more questions about the two teenage boys we were back then. Okay? Okay.”

“Eww,” Lucas made a face. Rai and Thace blushed. Talia rolled her eyes, and Kashi was visibly debating whether he should ask something.

“No gross stuff… but if YOU knew after you kissed Allura,” Kashi started, “when did YOU know?”

“When did I know I was in love with your Papi?” Keith clarified. Kashi nodded and he sat back, thinking. “I don’t think I really had like a moment where I went ‘oh, I love him’. For me, it was more like… he kept getting a little more important to me and then a little more and a little more… and eventually being able to offer what he deserved was more important than the stuff I was afraid of. It was easier to get myself together than it was to live without him. It was easier to stay than to go.” He sighed, “I’m making myself sound really lazy. None of that stuff was EASY. It was REALLY hard to stop being afraid of getting left behind. It was REALLY hard to learn how to be part of a couple, and to work through the fights and the hurt feelings. All that was so much harder than anything I’d ever done. But being HAPPY with Lance was the easiest thing in the world… and NOT doing the other stuff? Like, staying away and not being with him, that was IMPOSSIBLE. Keeping people at a distance used to be easy for me, but I could NOT do that with him, so I had to figure out how to be close.”

“Awwww, Mullet,” Lance cooed, lifting Keith’s hand to kiss his knuckles. “You never told me any of that.”

“Okay, but WHEN,” Kashi asked again, exasperated, “when’s the FIRST time you remember knowing that you were in love with Papi?”

“In the Quantum Abyss,” Keith said after a moment, “that’s when I knew it wasn’t just an interest… when it could be something real. When I didn’t know if I would ever see the others again, and how much MORE it hurt to think that I’d never see Lance again… Yeah. That’s when I knew something had changed.”

“So… you completely changed who you were, for a guy?” Talia asked, “aren’t you always telling us NOT to do that?”

“He didn’t change who he was,” Lance said quickly, “he is still the same hot-headed, stubborn, brave, awkward, loyal, quick-thinking, introverted, amazing guy he always was. He just faced his fears and dealt with the shit that was holding him back. He COULD do that because of who he really is. If you find someone who makes you want to face your fears and slog through the darkest parts of you to be with them, we’ll support that. That is NOT the same as pretending to like American football and hate ACTUAL football, or not talking about being Cuban, or doing things you know are wrong to impress someone.”

“Okay, okay,” she rolled her eyes, “geez!”

“So… when did you actually get together?” Lucas asked, “like, officially.”

“Our very first official date was the second of April before my twentieth birthday,” Lance said with certainty.

“It would have been the first, but he didn’t want to risk it being a prank,” explained Keith.

“And then you dated for how long?” asked Kashi.

“We got engaged that December… he proposed at the ice skating rink- you guys know that story,” Lance supplied, “and we were engaged a year and a half before the wedding.”

“That’s not that long. Juanita and I have been together longer than that,” Thace mused.

“Don’t even think about using us as some kind of relationship planner,” Keith laughed, “I was stuck on a Space Whale for two years, then we all jumped ahead three… and we were a mess in the beginning. You and Juanita set your own pace. There’s no rush.”

“Any last questions?” Lance asked, “I promise, I’ll answer ANYTHING you ask me…” He waited a moment and when no one spoke up and he was greeted with assorted variations on a head shake he polished off his coffee, “alright. Good. Now, Thace, what was your FAVORITE thing about the campus?”

“My favorite?” Thace thought for a moment, blue eyes flashing, “the robotics lab. They had tech there that was amazing. So much more variety than what we have on the Atlas!”

“Really?” Talia interjected, “I thought you were all about library, with that interactive study support program?”

“Yeah, that was pretty impressive, too.” He launched into a description of the holographic tutors and test prep programs the library offered. Which led to a discussion of how the engineering programs were structured and what he liked and didn’t like about them. Before long the entire family was debating the pros and cons of the school. Keith went quiet, watching the most important people in the world to him laugh and talk and argue. His kids. His husband. Before long, Thace would be out on his own. Then the twins would be off to face the world. Even Kashi and Lucas were barrelling toward adulthood far too fast.

He stood heading to the counter to get a fresh round of drinks, because his brood of extroverts (and Rai, his sole introverted kid) would be hashing this out for a while, and the weather outside was anything but inviting.

“Excuse me?”

He turned, blinking in surprise when he realized that the person speaking to him was Galra, “yes?”

Her yellow eyes widened and her fluffy ears flattened slightly, “I’m sorry to disturb you… You are the Black Paladin, yes?”

“Yeah,” he answered with a smile, “I am. Can I help you?”

“I just…” she sighed, “I wanted to thank you. My father… he was a Blade of Marmora. I know you… you helped Kolivan after… everything. I never thought I’d get the chance… just… thank-you. Thank-you for making sure the Blades weren’t forgotten.”

“You don’t need to thank me for that,” he said in a rush, “the Blades were, to a man, among the strongest, bravest, most honorable men and women I have ever had the privilege of knowing. They deserve to be remembered and honored. I named my son after a Blade who sacrificed himself for me, for the mission. Without his work, his selflessness, we never would have been able to defeat Zarkon.” He nodded to the table, “the tall one with the brown hair, his name is Thace.”

“Thace?” she echoed, “his name is Thace?”

“Yeah,” he confirmed, “we’re touring colleges right now. He graduates in the spring. Oh… oh no… are you crying?” He grabbed a napkin from the counter for her.

She blotted at her eyes, nodding. “It’s alright… I’m fine… I just…” She took a shuddery breath and pulled out what he recognized as a Galran holo-locket and pressed it into his hand. “Look. This is my father.” He did as she asked, triggering the little projector. The light flickered for a moment, it must have taken damage somewhere along the way because the image glitched and blinked out before coming into focus. A handsome, familiar face appeared before him and time froze. His eyes flicked back to the woman, connecting her features to the hologram in front of him. He pulled her into a hug, “he was a great man. A GREAT man. A true hero.” Releasing her he cleared his throat. “Please… PLEASE come meet my family. They would be so honored.”

He bustled her over to the table of people quietly but animatedly discussing… cafeteria food, at the moment and rested his hand on Lance’s shoulder to get his attention. “Guys… your Dad has someone for you to meet,” Lance said, his voice serious enough that they all fell silent.

“Everyone… this is… oh, I never got YOUR name, I’m so sorry!”

She laughed awkwardly, waving off his concern, “I’m Dai’sa. My name is Dai’sa.”

“Dai’sa,” he repeated, “this is my husband Lance, the Red Paladin, and our children. That’s Lucas, by the window. Then the one that looks like me is Kashi. This is Talia, and her twin brother Rai… and this… this is Thace. Everyone, Dai’sa’s father was a Blade of Marmora.”

They fell over each other to offer their condolences and gratitude. Lance made a point of standing and shaking Dai’sa’s hand, repeating that the Blade is a family, and so she should consider them to be family, as well and generally being his charming, gracious self.

“Did you know her Dad?” Kashi asked after a moment.

“I… uh… I did, actually,” Keith answered, “he saved my life. We named your brother after him.”

“Thace?” Lance asked, astounded, “your father was Thace?”

She nodded, “did you know him, too?”

He shook his head, “no, I never got that honor. But I know he was a hero. He saved… thousands of lives, millions possibly. I am so sorry that the war took him from you. If you EVER need anything of us. Of Voltron, the Paladins, or… just… us… the Koganes. Please do not hesitate to ask.”

“Uh.. thank-you. Thank-you.”

“Hey, chiquito, come say hi,” he waved his son over. Thace was tall and long-limbed, like Lance and his sister Rachel, who’d carried him, but broader through the shoulders and a bit bulkier. He looked like the McClains, with his softly curled brown hair, blue eyes, and coppery skin, but you could see Keith in the shape of his eyes, the quirk of his smile, and in the way he moved and spoke.

“I’m Thace Kogane,” he said softly, “it is such an honor to meet you. To meet another child of the Blade… but YOU specifically, too. I want you to know, I am VERY proud of the name I carry. I am proud to be Galra, even if I am only one quarter Galra. I know I have very big shoes to fill, I hope I can live up to the legacy of the name I carry. I hope I can make you proud.”

“Thank-you,” she repeated, laughing and blotting at her eyes, “I feel like I have been saying nothing but that since I approached!”

“Well, you should stop,” Talia interjected, “because we are the ones thanking you… and we’ve all done that. So, how about, instead of us all tripping over one another in gratitude, you join us for a coffee and tell us all about the great man that brought us together?”

“Please,” Keith said, gesturing to an empty chair.

“Oh, no! I couldn’t possibly intrude! You are with your family!”

“The Blade IS a family,” Kashi insisted.

“There is plenty of room,” added Rai.

“Alright… if you insist…” Lance nodded to assure her that, yes, they really did and she took a seat. Keith hurried back to the counter, paying for Dai’sa’s order as well as his family’s and collected the tray that held all the drinks. He settled into his seat, clasping Lance’s hand in his own. Thace’s daughter. He’d had no idea that such a person even existed, but he could see the resemblance.

Lucas looked over at his parents and rolled his eyes, “thanks for joining us Dai’sa… you being here might actually keep them from being gross!”