We were charmed when a young chef from Condé Sainte Libiaire in northern France chose to open a café at 3855 Lindell. Clemence Pereur, standing left, and her mother Christine, right (a pastry chef who moved here to help her daughter), delighted patrons with delicious homemade pastries—macrons and almond croissants, etc.—and dishes such as croque…
Category: Food and Drink
New City School: The ABCs of creating a community garden
Earlier this summer I found CWEnd-based illustrator Maggie Pearson (see 2013 post here) picking juneberries, aka service berries, on Euclid. She was a little sheepish about getting “caught,” as she wasn’t sure that picking berries off city trees was legal (she later found out that it’s ok). It seems that birds had devoured berries from…
The CWE’s 4th Annual Cocktail Party hit all the right notes
There was something for everyone at the 4th Annual CWE Cocktail Party which took place on Saturday, June 8. There was a bubble machine, and hula hoops, and 50 kinds of cotton candy for the kids. Music was provided by The Dust Covers, below, followed by The Rockin’ Fools who performed on the stage at…