At home, half box of Snow White Donuts all smashed into each other from a ride in my bike basket sitting in front of me on yellow formica kitchen table. Adam and Sara make reheat chili. Making a french press for the donuts. Got really lost trying to get myself to Snow White earlier. Took 480 and got off at the wrong exit. I barely know Old Brooklyn streets. So I might as well have been blind, because even after calling for directions I made my way back to Ohio City before I even found the place. I was very angry. I tend to really flip one in a car when I screw up directions, or get lost. I wish I wouldn't. I find myself asking myself "What can I do to calm myself down?" listening to recording of my radio show. I finally find the place. A dozen plain, 2 PB&J, 2 maple crullers, 2 chocolate crullers. Damn sugar. And a last minute salted caramel. Talked for about 20 minutes with the lady behind the counter and the owners dad, a former Cleveland cop. Wanted to stock Snow White Donuts at Dark Star Cafe. It was kind of a dark and awkward experience for a minute when we got onto the topic of riots & the projects on W.25th. He said their used to be a Sears on 70-something and Euclid and they hired guards during one of these riots that were ordered to shoot down any of these "folk" who came onto their property. This old former-copper blasts on the stupidity of politicians these days with their way of dealing with situations like so... "Soon word got out that they'd shoot yah, and they weren't coming around anymore" ..."Sometimes things need to be done the old way." What do you say to that but, "That's pretty dark, whoa." Who knows what kind of twisted shit this old cop got into in his day. I hate to imagine it.
I took donuts to Dark Star Cafe new roasters, and future cafe at Cathedral & 29th. Leslie was there with journalist Ashton. They bickered in jest about Leslie passing up canoli Ashton brought but going in for Snow White. The space is super beautiful. Big glass garage door, indoor windows, hardwood floors,lots of wood on the walls, hanging orb lamps, some stuff to be changed later of course. Wall paper boarders & paint. The old fireman's pole unfortunately out of commission. Sealed up top. I can easily see a great little cafe in there! For the kicker, there is this out-of-this-world space in the back that Oscar, the building owner is trying to rent out. It's pretty raw as of now. 1700 Sq. feet. Some hardwood floor some cement and then this giant soundstage. Id on't know what you would call it. All white painted the cornering walls transform right into the floor, you could skate board up it if you wanted to. he showed it to me with all my enquiry. The natural light needed some definite improvement, but with the replacement of the garage door for glass, it would be no problem! He didn't give me a price, but he said it is all dependent upon the build-out. Live/work would mean bathroom/kitchen, the lease would determine as well. But boy my fantasies run away with me! That soundstage, and on top of that how the whole place is basically all soundproofed already! Perfect for dancing, for filming anything, dance videos, music videos, really anything at al. So many possibilities and the lofted spaces you could design and create! My god! All open floor plan, so spectacular, I just dream away, like a homelier Cynthia Dale is how I feel!
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