The Slow Season

I'm Temple Ray and I am the worst blogger ever. I started this thing as a way of reaching out to new customers as well as staying in touch with our regulars and, well, I just got busy.  So much has happened since I last posted many months ago and I think it started with the holidays and never let up. I'm glad to enter a new year with CCC and I look forward to many more. Mainly because I'm too comfortable there and I don't have the tenacity to look for another job. Ever.

What inspired me to dust off my thesaurus and answer all of the security questions to recover my password to this website was my evening at the Buzzard Bar. We just launched our "Monday Classic Movie Night" (don't worry, we have a contingency plan for when football season starts again) and though the crowd was small tonight, it was spectacular! As one patron stated, "It was magical."

Tonight's movie was To Kill A Mockingbird. As many times as I've seen this movie, it always touches me. But to watch it on the patio at CCC, with some of our regulars; to have it be quiet, save for the sound of ice in glasses or the occasional commentary; truly was magical. We ate popcorn. We laughed, applauded and cried in the right places. When it was over, we all discussed it and talked about the other movies we'd like to see. The greats. The classics. I'm sticking to the black and whites as often as I can because the view somehow seems better that way.

This is considered the slow season in Wimberley and I think that's when I like our little village best. I've run into more people that I know, but never see, in the last couple of weeks. Even I've ventured out of my comfort zone. Did you know there's a coffee shop in the King Feed building? I've even noticed a couple of new stores on the Square that I'm pretty sure weren't there a couple of days ago. I've really got to get out more! Wimberley is a pretty cool place to live but there's more to it than the straight drive down RR12 from my apartment to CCC and I plan to take full advantage of it.

I guess the point of my diatribe is this: come out, come out, wherever you are! Come to Cypress Creek Cafe for lunch, dinner, live music or a Monday night movie. Hit up Groovin' Grind while you're buying those first plants of the season at King Feed. Visit the Thrift Stores. Go see Death of A Salesman at the Wimberley Players Theater.  Visit all of these websites and let's get out there and support our local businesses!  I know we want to see you at CCC. Even if you're sitting quietly on the patio watching a movie...

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