"...We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - don't wait a minute more
Downtown - everything's waiting for you..."

Things are most definitely looking up for us once again. As you might have guessed from the Petula Clark lyrics quoted above, we are now focusing our efforts on obtaining a small space in Downtown Denver. I've seen it twice now, and this weekend we even took Rich & Katie (Lib's sister & her husband) and Angie (my sister) to see what they thought. The general opinion all around was that it is a great spot that will take very little changing in order to make it work for us.

I have a couple of meetings scheduled this week that will help us to prepare for the quickly approaching day when we have to present our plan to a bank and beg for money. I'll be getting pointers on preparing financial statements and forecasts -- the kind of things that bankers/lenders will pick apart. Once Libby gets back from her Spring trip (5 day/night trip with 21 of her students to study snow science in the mountains), we'll have more meetings to schedule with the host of kitchen consultants, architects, contractors and bankers that we're going to have to work with to get our "little" project underway.

I also got a really great message yesterday from Denise at the One World Cafe in Salt Lake City. She gave us a the names of two couples who are or will be in the Denver area and would like to help us out once we open. VERY AWESOME! It is so amazing to us that so many people have offered to help us get this cafe up and running. Every time someone offers help it just renews our belief that this cafe can and will be a success.

Thanks again to each and every one of you.