Anything weird happen to you today?

John Cook
Originally uploaded by B-Happy Lounge

The BIGGBY B-Happy Bouncy Ball....what a fun toy! So many people have ordered them off the B-Happy Lounge the lounge that we ran out! Course it seems irrational but what doesn't today? It's 60 degrees this morning in Michigan and it's August! Gas (the news says this morning) is back down to $3.80....and after it being in the low-$4's, all of a sudden it sounds like a good deal, what?

Course that's the way of life...being unpredictable, so you might as well have fun and B-Happy, ya'know?

I've been getting ready for our annual franchise meeting and have not been on the road...so although I'll be touching base, updates might be a little wanting....but keep checking in...ya'never know! :)

Brian...Geek or Dork?

brian
Originally uploaded by elliott_andrew

FYI this is not an endorsement of the product or concept....just a fun photo! I stumbled across this on flckr....and it jumped out to me right away. The word is Brian is Happy because he used a dollar off coupon....others like the fact that the B-Happy banner is behind him. The larger debate though is whether he is a 'geek' or a 'dork' (I can say this because I have called myself a dork)....my opinion is (without knowing him personally) that he is a 'ham' .....anyway no matter how ya' cut it....it's just fun!

BIG RED --It's not just a gum

Bloggers unite! Was checking some other blogs out there and found a comment on BIGGBY by Big Red the BLOG

I appreciate everybody spreading the word :)

Michigan started a small coffee shop that in the past 5 years has picked up like a flash flood. My opinion its MUCH MUCH better than Star bucks. It’s also cheaper.

One of the things I like about Biggby is their CEO, Bob. Ya, we’re on a first name basis now…not because I know him, but because he has a blog. http://whereisbiggbybob.blogspot.com/

It’s actually a fun blog to read. He tours around some times going from store to store video interviewing people. Of course he does a write up on each place he stops.

Point being…its great to see a local place that is doing well in this crazy economy, and it’s great to see an active owner. If your in Michigan, find a Biggby and enjoy one of your best cups of coffee ever !!!

Super Freak -- Jones Soda Guy

So I am holding down the Front Desk this afternoon (for those that don't know what that's all about.... everybody (includin' me) runs the reception area and answers the B-heard Hotline several times a month. It's keeps us all in touch and it's the right thing to do ya'know?) Anyway this dude (Gene) comes in from Jones Soda....and he is all fired up cuz' were addin' it to the lineup (bottles, and in a way ya' can't even imagine yet :) !!!)...so I never met Gene b4 but he is one of these 'bowl ya over' kinda guys (aka a Super Freak)....but I love'it

He starts talkin' to me about some Amino Acid that does wonders (weird stuff) and I had to get it on tape...so I asked to interview him and he was all game. Now, this'll look like an ad cuz' in the middle of it all Stephanie walks through (she can be a little shy sometimes)and I see Gene lookin' at her, so I swing over...and I swear it looks rehearsed (but it's not!!!)...you decide!

BIGGBY BOB and DIGBY

I had an appointment in Chelsea MI today...at the Common Grill. I was meeting some friends in the industry to talk shop...but I was hoping that I would run into Craig too, Chef/Owner of the Common Grill

I decided to take Digby with me...and test his navigation skills. Well, basically I knew where I was going (cuz I love the Common Grill), and so Digby and I just chatted about England (it's where he is from....and I used to live there)

We had fun listening to 'The Clash -- London Calling'....and talking about places we have been. I had a great lunch with D&D...and learned a lot. In the middle of lunch Craig stopped out to say hello....I have known him since my egg flippen' days...and I hadn't seen him since he went to Italy with his family...Lunch was awesome. Thanks Craig!

Here is a little of the drive...

Another Defiant glimpse of the BIGGBY WAY

HEADLINE:

Tools for Schools: Area groups hammer away at providing school supplies

Some of that worry will be alleviated when United Way of Defiance County kicks off its Tools for School collection later this month. The school supply collection is slated for 7-10 a.m. Aug. 14 at Biggby Coffee, 720 N. Clinton St., Defiance, according to Carrie Wetstein, executive director of United Way of Defiance County. During the three-hour period, area residents are asked to drop off either classroom supplies or monetary donations which will be used to buy school supply kits for grades pre-kindergarten-2, 3-5 and 6-12.

Full Story from the
Crescent News


Go Defiance, OH !!!!!!

Michigan History -- Vernors

Vernors was started by Michigan pharmacist James Vernor in Detroit MI....a real favorite check out the story on The Wiki...

The Detroit News has a little story this morning about a WSU expansion near campus...it turns out that expanansion is on the site of an old Vernors plant...

The Woodward Avenue complex features 130 rental units and 26,000-square-feet of retail space. That will include Utrecht Art Supplies, a branch of Fifth Third Bank, Radio Shack and a Biggby Coffee shop. Longtime Detroiters remember the site as the spot where the Vernor's Ginger Ale plant once stood.

click here for the full Detroit News story

Things change, we are proud to be a part of that change with a new Michigan legacy.

Have fun...B-happy!

Crickets in Toledo

And so I shot down to Toledo (with a full tank of gas!) and I was lookin' for Erika....queen of BIGGBY in Toledo. But it was Friday afternoon...and she was makin' the rounds to all the stores...I took a gamble to see if she was at Cricket West. Instead I found Ashely (sp?) and she was working cash....man was that store busy for a Friday at 3:30 pm....she made me a Iced Teddy Bear, yuuuumy! Anyway I hung out for a while and it was so steady I couldn't even get up to do an interview....finally I found a break in the action...but even then, I only got a few minutes on tape before I had to say goodbye...Cricket West Rocks!

Please Recycle

A nice shot and a cute picture....made me think this is just another way to recycle your paper cup... :) Speaking of which I recycle at home and go out to my local recycle center on a regular basis....I always look into the recycle containers and never see cups from coffee shops....not ours not anybodies.

Any thoughts on why people do not recycle their paper cups from coffee shops?

Suzette
Originally uploaded by B-Happy Lounge

Biggby Coffee makes puppies cuter!

Stay Organic

As you all know there is a lot that goes on in Cyberspace...And it happens in a very organic matter. I would like to make a call to anybody that is comfortable with the WWW, to go to wikipedia, find the BIGGBY listing BIGGBY Wiki and give it an update....whatever you think is right :)

It can't and shouldn't be done by us...Have Fun!