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Friday, September 21, 2012

The Bird Stop Coffee House

    In that first night on my own, while house sitting in Caldwell Idaho, I happily visited The Bird Stop Coffee House where my Uncle Matt and Aunt Karen have been creating a wonderful coffee shop!
    Now Caldwell looks so different from back in my first apartment days, (Over a decade ago) Back then when Perkins was the only nice restaurant in the area. I remember so clearly when the car wash building fell into the under ground hidden creek in the center of town, and I asked bewildered after discovering the natural body of water under there "Why in the hell would you want to cover OVER a natural beautiful creek to build a town???" 
So that situation began opening up the beautiful Indian Creek that had been buried under buildings and streets, changing the old abandon town to look more historic, classy and cozy now with a wide open area for that creek to breath!  It's really so Lovely!
I loved my walks on the bridge, the trails and through the old town buildings. It was both reflective and inspiring to see these changes for the better! Then I rested on the patio of The Bird Stop Coffee House with a live band playing, also getting to enjoy great conversations with my many cousins. The whole week being able to pop into the coffee shop was simply all PERFECT to me!
Caldwell is thriving in fun new little shops, family friendly activities and also a great steak house. The Bird Stop has jam sessions for everyone to try out their talents on stage, along with a hot dog stand and a variety of fun coffee beverages. I noticed how people mingled, gathered together over visiting and hugging each other, laughing and being a community! They talked about music, politics and even sometimes they got up to dance in the perfect summer sunset, all from such a coffee shop, from a family working together to make a business feel like a home! .....I liked watching it all!
        Those mornings walking in the lovely grape vines sloping down towards the creek, watching the water wheel spinning and feeling the soft green grass made coming up from the back way to The Bird Stop very peaceful. I visited with old friends I would bumped into, pet dogs passing by and laughed along side strangers over the Classic Car show with little kids saying such cute funny things! I liked seeing events like this unfold in a place I grew up!
Then when I had a moment to stop and sit I drank my hot roasted black coffee paired with a glazed croissant, My Aunt told me those croissants were her favorite too, perfect for their coffee shop! Spending so much time at the coffee shop during that week made me feel like apart of the town I once knew, getting to know more of my cousins and sitting with my Aunt were things that I really treasured! 
AND when I took a bite of the glazed croissant I was amazed at how delightful, melting in your mouth like butter it tasted!
Sooooooooooo If you ever need a good coffee place while in Caldwell Idaho, 
don't forget to swing into THE BIRD STOP COFFEE HOUSE.......It's Simply Delish!




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