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@Mimi Aysha Great story! Awesome sounding folks and a well-spent morning !
The best advice is freely given, and it is often not recognized by many! You have a gem of a place there and made the right choices !!!
Osmosis won't work on books
P.S. Had to go google "kolache" - nearest thing it reminds me of are vol-au-vents but with a fruity filling rather than savoury - mmmmm tasty foooooood
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That sounds like my kind of violin shop!
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Mimi Aysha,
starise says,
That sounds like my kind of violin shop!
Exactly what I was thinking.
Mark
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Nice peeps for sure! They do all the local schools rentals and such...
....last time we were in there a mom came in with 3 kids and said she wasn't wanting to pay to rent a violin for her kid anymore, she asked if there was a refund policy, he wasn't interested and never wanted to play it, said it sounded awful, she put the case on the counter. The owner opened it and replied, well it's probably because it's a trumpet...we giggled about that one for a while...
Billy - The kolaches I bought were filled with fruity jam, they do savory too, I am lucky enough (or unlucky considering my waistline!) to live near the cutest little bakery, it's their signature item.....I'd never heard of them before either but pretty yummy.
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........Billy - The kolaches I bought were filled with fruity jam, they do savory too, I am lucky enough (or unlucky considering my waistline!) to live near the cutest little bakery, it's their signature item.....I'd never heard of them before either but pretty yummy.
mmmmm...... LOL !!!!
In one of my last jobs, I worked as a software consultant to a small local company. They were a REALLY small concern - not much more than what you might describe as a family-business. Money was always tight but they had a great little product idea to bring to the market (and indeed succeeded). I recognized what they were trying to do, and every few days, I would bring in danish pastries and such like to brighten the mid-morning coffee break... Sounds like much the same delicacy but the danish are on a larger and more mouth-watering scale !!!!
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They're popular in Texas, probably even more so than in the Czech Republic where they originated. Kolache shops were everywhere in Houston when I was in high school there.
I'm not sure I'd compare them to Danish pastries or vol-au-vents, though; I think the closer comparison is brioche.
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Mark said
P.S. if Fiddlershop was just located in Indiana.
Thanks Mark. Maybe the perfect winter getaway!!!
Our new location (moving this coming weekend hopefully) is located a few blocks from Duncan Donuts. LOL
I don't eat donuts but I'm happy to get them for customers. 
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My kind of place!
I like to roast my own coffee too. Haven't lately due to the weather here. Ethiopian coffee is the best! Add that to violins and you have a hit!
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It looks like I may be going to West Palm Beach for vacation in April or May....... if my Florida geography is right, I'm thinking that is not too far from the shop. Hoping I can make it there for a cup of that fresh roasted coffee, and maybe a new violin! (Although I just ordered a cello, so I'm going to be working on violin and cello...... might have to wait just a little on the violin upgrade.)
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Mexican coffee used to be good. I like it high roast, so I don't roast it; and I don't grind it, because the mess is unbelievable.
Plain donuts are great, as are yumyums, as is fruitcake, as are sultana fingerellas. But once I open a packet, I eat the whole lot, so I'm banned.
Mimi Aysha said The purchase of books - Osmosis won't work on books,
Open University student's motto "A book owned is a book half read."
My variation on that - "a webpage bookmarked is a webpage half read."
But yeah, beginners' books, with practice your learning rate will be so high, you'll get past them in no time.
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Plain donuts are great, as are yumyums, as is fruitcake, as are sultana fingerellas. But once I open a packet, I eat the whole lot, so I'm banned.
As am I banned from malt loaf, with butter - my fav, don't think I can get it over here in the US, my mum sneaks a couple in her case for me when she comes over...I don't share...and I convince everyone else thats its an acquired taste, a bit like marmite so they stay away from it.
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Mimi Aysha said
I banned from malt loaf, with butter
Where are you from, the UK? I like malt loaf with butter, but I don't often eat bread, so I rarely have any butter in the flat either.
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Yep I am a Brit abroad....Portsmouth is my home town on the south coast, although I worked between London and New York for several years after college, then married an American and moved to Texas....culture shocker!...
The people are lovely, everyone seems really chatty, I can't go anywhere without making new friends...the weather is glorious most of the time (a bit hot sometimes!) - but I still get a little homesick. My brother is a Met. copper in London...and my sis is an ER doc in London Bridge Hospital. We try to visit every few years, so that we don't get too long apart...we were all pretty close, so I do miss them terribly...
My mum brings Yorkshire tea bags, (my hubby loves a cuppa) cadburys flakes, curly wurlys, and malt loaf - I try to make fish 'n' chips (although it's not quite the same) and no one knows what a Yorkshire pudding is...
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Mimi Aysha said
Portsmouth is my home town
Lol - I'm from Gosport!
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Gordon.....
OMG - used to get the ferry over there pretty often with my bike, and hang out with friends....nice place....Well gosh, small world....
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It looks like I may be going to West Palm Beach for vacation in April or May....... if my Florida geography is right, I'm thinking that is not too far from the shop. Hoping I can make it there for a cup of that fresh roasted coffee, and maybe a new violin! (Although I just ordered a cello, so I'm going to be working on violin and cello...... might have to wait just a little on the violin upgrade.)
That is fantastic news. I look forward to meeting you. We're moving this weekend so I've been super busy with preparations. You'll get to see our new building.
West Palm Beach is so close that we even have a luthier who lives there. Probably a 45 minute drive depending on where in West Palm you stay.
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