On Thursday, May 9, the PE Coffee Crawl hit the century mark! To celebrate the occasion the Crawlers decided to meet and have coffee at the new Boardwalk Hotel's Kiplings Restaurant. Kiplings is not a coffee shop, for sure, but everyone wanted to check out the new hotel, and what better excuse than the 100th Crawl!
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| Boardwalk Hotel lobby |
I made the reservation earlier in the week so when we all arrived on Thursday morning we were greeted by the entire Kiplings morning staff and management. As it was raining on Crawl Day an inside ocean view table was beautifully set for us. Our amazingly wonderful and talented waiter/barista Frank helped June, Leanne and me with decorative finishing touches.
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| Meet the Barista Frank |
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| This Week's Crawlers Sandy, Margaret Z., Colleen, Gail, Beth, Arthur, Margaret M., Leanne, June, Beryl, Stella, Sheila |
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| Two of the original four Crawlers Ellen and Beth |
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| Even the barista got in on the act! |
All morning, Crawlers June Nash, Leanne Waller, Margaret and Sandy Zoetmulder, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Margaret and Arthur Marshall, Gail Darne, Beth Vieira, Sheila Hurford, Colleen LeRoux enjoyed tea and LavAzza coffee along with platters of delicious pastries provided by the Kiplings chef. We spent the time on Thursday reminiscing about the 100 Crawls and the many tremendous people we have met.
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| Leanne helping to decorate |
Some interesting PE Coffee Crawl stats:
In all there have been 94 Coffee Crawlers, 63 females and 31 males.
The Crawlers range in age from 4 weeks to 90 years!
The Crawlers have come from 8 different countries.
We have tasted 22 different coffee brands.
We have spent 2 Thanksgivings and 3 St. Patrick's Days together.
The PE Coffee Crawl blog has readers from 6 continents and averages well over 2,000 hits per month
The PE Coffee Crawl has been an amazing experience. I would like to extend a huge thank you to all the Crawlers and my blog readers, and all the coffee shop owners/managers, baristas and staff members for making the PE Coffee Crawl such a success. A special thank you goes out to the President of the PE Coffee Crawl Fan Club, my father-in-law, Sabie, who keeps the pressure on me each week to get my post published before the next Crawl!
Here's to 100 fantastic Crawls and to 100 more!!!
*A note to PE coffee lovers- the next Barista Jam will be held this coming Friday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. at
Como Cafe, 86 Heugh Rd. in Walmer. Hope to see you there!
~Thank you to the staff and management of Kiplings for hosting our 100th Crawl.
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Gail Darne - May 15
~Happy 4th Birthday to my adorable grandson, Alex - May 19
~Thank you to Janine at Party Stuff, Worraker Rd. in Newton Park for the balloon trees!
~Thank you to the staff at Scrapbook Nook on Main Rd. in Walmer for the 100th Coffee Crawl badges.
Until Crawl 101,
Ellen
Well I must say ,a very good blog and a wonderful bunch of crawlers.
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Amazing , people getting together, friendships , conversations , yes , =IT DOES BRING PEACE ON EARTH = and a good feeling,
Congrats on 100 crawls (and posts). I'm still hoping to try and make tomorrow's event although the mrs is planning a getaway this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog!Congrats to 100th crawlers.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! It's been interesting to look up coffee shops here around PE by looking through your posts. Often I get more info from you - even to working hours! - than I do on their websites. Great stuff. Hope you keep at it. :)
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