We're all family.

Some customers know where to find the cream if it's not out, so they help themselves. Some have taken our trash out for us. Still others have even swept the place! We love our customers, and we consider them a part of our extended family, and hope they feel like they are stepping into an extension of our home living room. We invite everyone in to sit and chat, have a drink and relax.

So we have one particular customer.. hmm.. let's call himmmmm... uh.. Antoine! Yeah. Antoine.

He is a dashing young dad who likes to frequent Wildfire Coffee. Now his drink of choice is usually a 12oz Mocha; though this East Coaster is not afraid to show his softer side by ordering a fruity mango smoothie. Yes. I said fruity! And if it came with an umbrella, he'd be first in line.

I know.. sounds like a winner, eh ladies? He's also happily married. Very happily married. I have not met his wife, but I imagine she could probably take you out with one stomp of her Jimmy Choos. So don't even think about it. She sounds like a doll, though. (anyone who could put up with him is ok in my book!!! har har)

Today Antoine and I we were chatting about the fact that he usually sits at the table near the register-- and sees an eyeful of drama.

He's witnessed flirting sessions. He's been front row when someone came in cheering about a firing. He's rolled his eyes at countless men who shamelessly check out our cute swimming moms who stop by. I've joked that we should get him some popcorn for all the drama he's seen here.

He is a self described "trouble-maker."

One time as a practical joke we put a Houston Astros cap in place of his NY Yankees cap sitting on the table. He's a HUGE yankees fan, and he noticed it immediately and was all like.. ok.. ha ha!! gimme my cap!" Egads.. we all had a good laugh at that one.

It's a good thing we didn't think to hang it on the ceiling fan, like the time my brothers did that to my sister's teddy bear when she was 6. Only, Antoine would have been able to reach up and grab it. My tiny sister.. notsomuch!

Gotta love "family!"