This has been a week of lovies. So many good things for me to share.

Tomorrow, for Halloween, we are giving free small hot chocolates to anyone in costume. Plus, the NWA Food Bank is doing a food drive to "Scare Away Hunger" at the Promenade and Razorback theaters. Donate food and you will get a ticket for a 20% off coupon!

Sunday we are launching our Silver Joe's Stimulus Package. Whenever you eat or shop in Rogers, bring in your receipt (from that day only) and get 15% off your order. This is just our way of thanking you for loving our neighborhood retail and restaurant shops!

Finally, we have a few new items on our menu. Today we are introducing the"Zombie". This is a breakfast delight of smoked sausage and cheese hugged by a yeast roll. Perfect car food and delish by my standards. Monday we will unveil our lunch options. One is a vegetarian friendly chipotle veggie wrap with roasted red peppers, provolone, basil garlic aioli, baby spinach, avocado and sprouts. The other is a classic turkey and swiss on 7 grain bread with easy mayo, brown mustard, avocado, baby spinach and sprouts. Pair that with a sweet tea and call it bliss!

See? Lots of coffee shop joy!

This weekend had me up bright and early to get some coffee goodness to the ADA's Tour de Cure at Arvest Ballpark. It was pretty chilly here in the Ozarks and I was super popular because I had the only hot item plus it was coffee. So, double bonus points for Silver Joe's! I arrived to exclamations of "Coffee!" and a line was formed before I could get the pots prepared. I was honestly surprised by how many racers were consuming our goods, considering they were about to, you know, race.

I managed to get to the finish line to see and cheer participants as they crossed. Every person has my admiration because none if the events were little feats. Bikers had 100, 50 and 20 mile routes. While runners/walkers had the half marathon (13.1 miles) and Fun Walk (3 miles). People cried, danced and fell in exhaustion while I got caught up in the energy and vowed to participate next year ("I think I could do that 20 mile bike ride..."). Maybe next year we should do a Silver Joe's team? That would be super!