outskirts: life and times in charlottesville

…small town life

Update: There is a rumor that NBC29 will be down at the war zone this morning around 9am (Wednesday) to do a story from the trenches of “Coffee War 2007.”

As was rumored here two weeks ago, the coffee cart war has now begun. Java Hut has been in front of Chaps for 12 years serving coffee on the downtown mall, and now Sal’s has opened a competing cart sitting one foot away. Pictures will follow this evening…

Java Java (which sits one block down) has changed their grand opening sign to now say “Coming Soon in January.”

On the left is Caffe Italia. On the right is Java Hut. Are you ready to rumble?

On this side...Caffe Italia

On this side....Java Hut

Nothing like starting 2007 with the plague.

On that note, I wonder if employees of Java Java on the downtown mall have the plague…since the store that is supposed to be open. Maybe they are closed in recognition of that famous U of Michigan football star who passed away the other day.

Time to get OJ, tea, and salt.