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Show . Cross Currents ,ril 4, 1997 Page 15 , mell the coffee jm page 14 cup and 65 cents for 0 ounces, (xmHv the best coffee buys in Durango. Talk to Rob Beers, though, and he'll tell he pays 50 cents a bottomless cup at the tier vs hen he sits down with his 9:30 a. in. I'iie group. Beers has had coffee regularly at List the last 25 years with a group of a! retirees, professionals and businessman. I he group varies. Some have died over ... No one is ever turned away, vears. u talk .ilnnit just about anything. I tcal ws, elections, trips. Ivtrs group, like most, plav the game." e came varies somewhat from klateh to ' it,h. town to town, but most versions oolve coffee drinkers guessing a number to 100. li tween, sav, 0 to 1000 or ' tab. l inner the picks up t offee prices may have changed, but ot the rules of the game, says Durangos id Griffith. Me drinks coffee at Blarj larmaev with Hogan and a handful of her Durango businessmen. Its a time we relax, have a little fun, dk about the president, the city, just every-t- v life," Griffith says. Of the game? Vi ell, we like to say we on t really like each other that much, we ot drink coffee together to see w ho we can tick with the bill," Sheppard says. George Ann Vander Vere, owner of indys Cafe, often sits down to join Randy iarrett. A1 Newton, Danny Vi mg, Charles Vood, oc Hercrra and Allen Carson to 1 i i. 1 I t t u V i old-tim- e Zilla Curley pauses momentarily between the breakfast and lunch shift at Cindys Cafe Y'uban. share in cups of Vander Vere sells a few hundred of the cups each day. Garrett says a few of the guys flip to see who pays. We sit down to shoot the bull. Vicrc there to wake up. Were all a bunch of bums, Garrett says. No Machiavellian plots being masterminded by this crew. Theyre faithful. Six to twelve show up, and they put their tables together, Vander Vere says, and they gossip more than any woman could. fresh-groun- d 65-cc- COME TO OUR FIRST ANNUAL ROCKiLMQIJNTAIN GARDENER MAGAZINE nt in Farmington. Speaking of women, why no everyday, early morning coffee groups for women? They're too busy, Susan Landers of Durangos Womens Resource Center claims, citing busy lunch-packin- g, schedules. Main Avenue in Durango. Says Vander Vere: Just look at the vehicles. There are old men going for coffee, and the women are on the road to the groVTho cer) store. VTho picks up the laundry? takes the dog to the vet? And w ho buys the coffee? thing, a need its a morning (Karen Brucoli Anrsi is a writer who lives to group, version of men congregating at a bar after in Durango. She writes the DLhing It Up work," says Bill Loomis, manager of restaurant review column for Cross Currents Carvers Bakery, a popular coffee source on once a month.) Its a testosterone-relate- d 1 guess. You know, MAYNARD FERGUSON LIVE FARMINGTON CIVIC CENTER GARDENINGXONFERENCE I I f APRIL 18-BEST WESTERN RIO GRANDE LNN DURANGO, CO 20 f April 22, 1997 at 7:30 PM General Admission Tickets: $10:00 The Farmington community is indeed fortunate to experience first-han- d this talented artists' live performance. The Verdun, Quebec born trumpet player spent the tail end of the big band era in Canada before making a name for himself in the late 40s and 50 s with LECTURES ON SEASON EXTENDING, XERISCANNG OCK GARDENING, DRY LAND GARDENING, PERENNIAL GARDENING SOILS AND MORE! SLIDE SHOWS OF GARDENS AROUND THE ROCKIES. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Rocky Moumd Gavfcaer i icKvcaMfc pubfcttm ta cwm ganknof Rocky Mounaaei WE HAVE OVEW 7000 SUBSCBBEBS FOR INFO CALL OR WRITE RUG CO BOX R7AJM-W- 7J DLRANGO, CO 81)01 bands led by such notables as Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet extenand Stan Kenton. After a move to England in 1967, Ferguson toured ith hit w audiences and became a by plaving sively in the early 70's young he continflashy, jazzrock arrangements of contemporary hits. In the 90's, ues to tour with his Big Bop Nouveau ensemble. Tickets Available at: The Civic Center Box Office, Home Sweet Home in the Animas Valiev Mall, Farmington and at Quality Bookstore in Cortez. For detailed information and tickets, please contact the Farmington Civic Center Business Office at 599-114- 8 |