I'm cruising south on 97 on the way to the party store to buy a pinata for my son's 7th birthday party when I notice that little donut shack has undergone a bit of a face lift. Gone are the candy cane striped poles, huge "DONUTS" sign and pink paint. Instead thin, horizontal, hard wood siding covers most of the outside walls and an artsy sign reads "bread". I swerve through two lanes, park on the corner and get out to investigate. The smell of yeast and freshly baked bread persevers over the smell of gas and deisel. The window is full of crusty pain rustica, baguettes, walnut loaves and croissants. I peer into the little slide up window and there is Micah from Sparrow bakery. I should have know - tiny old kitchen, clean cool aesthetics, and fabulous baked goods could only mean Sparrow Baking.
I started with a baguette as they actually looked like the baguettes I'v had in France. Warm from the oven, thin and chewy, this was truly a traditional baguette.
La Voy Baking is Sparrow's bread making facility. No, they do not sell donuts, but due to high demand they are considering something a little bit more refined like beignets. I'm so excited to have another place to buy bread - when I'm not making it I want what I buy to be something I aspire to, and La Voy's bread does just that.

So much has happened since I feel into the abyss of my MAT program. Yes, I went back to school to get my Masters in Teaching. It is an eccelerated secondary program and I will have my degree and teaching certificate in hand by the beginning of June. I love the teaching and the program is great but it allows little time for anything else, so my locavore tendencies have been put on the back burner and posting has become a thing of the past.
I am excited though about Lone Pine Coffee Company. Since I have not been writing about food any more (and have had my head down in a book for the last 6 months) I am totally out of the loop. Things are coming and going and I am not aware of it.

Lone Pine Coffee opened in Tin Pan Alley right around the corner from Thump about 9 months ago. It serves excellently prepared coffee drinks (embellished with the obligatory foam art) from their house roasted coffee, Village Baker Cookies and best of all Sparrow baked goods. That included the Sparrows new bread facility's, La Voy Baking, baguettes. They make French style sandwiches on the baguettes with Nieman's meats and fresh provolone cheese. Simple, clean and tasty. There is free wi-fi, a selection of teas and single bite chocolates for $.25. Thump and BellaTazza move over - there's another hot spot in the hood.