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Boating An Idea

I’ve just been going through the contents of our suggestion box, and you wouldn’t believe some of these submissions. Seriously, when you hear them, you’ll think I’m making them up. Here’s an example: ‘Open another location on a boat.’ There’s more to it, though: this suggestion has come up more than once. The running total …

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Cafe Holiday

There’s nothing like a bit of annual leave to reset and find your zen again. With all the recent chaos at Cafe Mint, I needed to get away and let my hair down. Hopefully, Melanie can keep our small business thriving while I travel across the country for a couple of weeks. With a bit …

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Building Homes

Homelessness is a serious issue worldwide and one that, in my opinion, requires a lot more attention from the community and the leaders. I can’t remember the exact statistics, but I’m certain that I read somewhere that with the number of empty houses worldwide, we would be able to comfortably house every person experiencing homelessness …

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Back to Bones

It’s not often the Arcane Tribunal comes to this realm, but I suppose I really shouldn’t be surprised. A bit of wizard flame to heat up your soup is one thing, but I used world magic to reanimate that skeleton. That means the spell doesn’t need maintaining; it draws power from this realm itself to …

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Educated Mechanic

I try to talk to my customers whenever I get the chance, get to know them a bit better. I think it helps create a friendly atmosphere here at Cafe Mint. There’s nothing quite like some warm tea and even warmer conversation. Today I had the utmost pleasure of meeting Bentleigh the mechanic. I loved …

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Begonias or Cyclamens?

Melanie and I have had a bit of a business disagreement lately, but I think we’ve gotten through it and come to a good compromise. You see, this month was time to choose our summer set of flowers, and I was certain cyclamen was the right choice for Cafe Mint, but Melanie was sure that …

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Cafe Vandalism

I don’t understand why people feel the need to be so destructive, especially at the expense of others. Do they have any thoughts for the poor restaurant or cafe owner that has to deal with the damage? I doubt it. Most likely, they get a sudden desire to break something and throw the nearest object …

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Mint Medical

We’ve just gone through those customer feedback surveys and I’ve got to say, I’m not sure how much of this we can actually implement. Still, Mabel Lawrence won the prize draw fair and square, so it’s free tea and scones for the next month on us for her posse. Knowing Mabel, she’ll be in every …

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Solar & Sugar

Running a cafe is hard enough without having to worry about what mischief your suppliers are getting up while your back is turned. Maybe this is an entitled attitude, but I just feel like I should be able to rely on these people, you know? Take our coffee roaster. I’ve been working with them for …

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In the event of…

When planning an outdoor event, you need to be prepared for anything, at least when it comes to the weather. I could go on about Melbourne being the capital city of unpredictable weather, but in fact that’s kind of Earth in general at the moment. Weird weather is likely, which means covered areas are non-negotiable, …

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