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dear blogsphere…i have a bronchial infection. I cough up colors not found in the Sherwin Williams paint wheel. They would have names like ‘reaper flesh’, ‘dull puss’, and ‘brown lung’.Â
I am having tea [a very strong earl grey] and re-reading with amazement the last chapter of Luke. Things get mystical and powerful in unexpected explosions of God doing something new. [Resurrection, Emmaus, and the ascension] Should be good.
Had a great time @ the Tap Room@ Brown’s after service with an informal gathering of Terra-ers [Terra-rists?]. meals seem to be a good thing for getting to know people here. There is almost always a group going out after the service. It usually starts to take shape sometime after chairs are picked up. I encourage you to for your own gatherings and head out too.
The other great food and meet events are the dinners. I had my first experience the other night @ the Groffs [Lauren, Erika and Gracie- who is the star of a pretty cool family]. The Groff’s are rehabbing a 19th century Troy home. Plaster, high ceilings, exposed brick and beams- all the design elements that could dream out of a restoration from that period. It did have screws holding up the ceiling over our heads @ dinner. I felt the whole sword of Damocles thing over dinner, but no worries.
A perfect, hearty fall chili and a lot of talk about how we got into Terra. Good stories. The Groff’s are hosting meals still, btw. The house, food and people are worth it. [Erika is the writer who wrote the TU article on terra, btw].
Lauren and Erika are people are living out what so many talk about now. Missional Christianity is almost a buzz word w/o meaning. It takes shape, takes flesh, incarnates when one meets people like L and E. They moved to Troy to live Christ on purpose in a city they love. It is not about flashing a tract, shouting a bible verse, or finding people whose sins seem worse than ours to make us feel better. They are Troy. They are in the galleries helping friends. People gather @ their home. When my wife and I met with them, people interrupted our sidewalk café lunch @ the Illium about 8 times to stop and connect with them.
Well, my tea has turned luke warm [hmmm]. The notes are half written, and I have a meeting in 2 hours. I need to get lunch before then….suggestions?
When it comes to commenting on blogs…I read each one. I think the corduroy discussion has cooled so we need to take on something new. How cool places in Troy?
ED
thanks for the shameless plug for all things troy, groffster (as my friend calls me), snot and being missional. it’s “doing the stuff,” as john wimber would say… sorry the ceiling was being held just barely over your head during dinner. we’ll get to that soon…
as for cool places to eat in troy, try flavour cafe (near vanilla bean on fourth street), i love ny pizza (CHEAP), defazio’s (read: oven-baked pizza done by an italian family), o’leahy’s, francesca’s, and the beat goes on (not a real place, in case you’re wondering where “the beat goes on” is, though that would be a cool name for a music-themed eatery).
as for cool places to hang, talk to lynn kopka, matriach of troy, or check: http://www.wpa-troy.org
party on, wayne…er, ed.
ps-
ed, you mentioned eating at “the tap room” and a red flag went up. that used to be a great troy namesake, actually, and the building where it was housed (on third street) is up for auction. it’s yours for one cent, if you bid on it, but then you’ll need a million dollars to stabilize the roof…
so i suppose you’re really talking about brown’s brewery. another good place for a drink (beer from everywhere in the world, all available in troy) is holmes & watson on broadway in troy. check it out.
yeah, thanks for the correction. i guess the tap room is one component to brown’s.
i will look in the car seats and couch cushions for the million dollars to fix the roof of the old tap room.
is perecca’s [sp?] bakery still operating in Troy?
oh wait…that’s in schenectady…best italian bread in the area.
ed-got a sitter for this sunday. plan is to get kids in bed after church and meet fellow terra-rists out where ever terra-rists meet.
erika-you rock girl. already took in a dinner for 10 at taylors. can we get in on another one though, this time at your place? what’s the protocol on these dinners? i don’t want to appear greedy…maybe we should host one…
ang-i’m all for you coming over for a terra dinner, even if they’re becoming a frequent diner club. ;)
I’ve heard Flavour Cafe also hosts “open screen” nights. Similar to an open mic, but made for local indie-film makers to show their art. We all may want to check it out some night. I would love to connect with local film makers.
Although, I hear Flavour Cafe’s pride is their multiple flavors of coffee. Personally, that’s disgusting. I know it worked for Baskin Robbins, but we don’t need Sugar Cookie flavored coffee, or Pumkin Pie, etc. Those poor farmers in Costa Rica would rip Flavour Cafe apart with their rakes if they ever knew…….Just give me a quality Kona or a perfect 23 second double espresso.
yeah, i was at flavour last night just before their indie film night. tonight, you should check out the “wal-mart is evil” local movie screening at the linda norris/wamc auditorium in albany. it’s a free way to get in to see that space… ps- you’ve got to try flavour cafe’s chicken focaccia!
been to daisy baker’s? Had a great dinner with Diane there. A fancy fare, atmosphere and price, but a really cool room.
yup. daisy baker’s is great, as is monument square cafe and loporto’s. all of those are high-priced but great “date” places.