“To celebrate our recent rennovations and membership to the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, Life’s So Sweet and The Chamber are holding a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday July 20, 2010 at Noon (12:00pm) at 27 West Main Street in Trumansburg. Guests of the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will receive free samples and a half price chocolate tour!

All Tompkins County Residents are eligible for half price Chocolate Tours on this day at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm and 6pm. Reservations are HIGHLY recommended and can be made by calling 607-387-4477 or emailing reservations@LifesSoSweet.com

Come and enjoy a sweet day with us!”

Here in Trumansburg, we’re lucky to have just such a resource in Emoticakes, which delivers within 20 miles of the village – good to know in case of baked goods emergencies.

My only disappointment: The Cake Of The Month club is only good for 8 months out of the year, and May is not one of them. Sigh.

It’s a reassuring thought, that even now in the closing hours of winter, there are still good things to eat being taken from the ground nearby.

These are some of the items that will be on sale at the Artisan Cafe this Saturday, from noon to 4:00 PM, as the business prepares to go close.

Those of you out there who are into cooking may find some really great deals for your home kitchen in this sale, but don’t miss those books either. There are some good quality books in those shelves, and at a great price.

“After much thought and continued hard work towards keeping The Artisan Cafe open we have come to the difficult decision to attempt a sale of the business. We will remain open for at least the next two weeks during which we will also accept inquiries into the purchase of the cafe. We deeply value all that each of you have done to show your appreciation for our presence in the community. It is with great sadness that we send this message to you, but we ask again that you pass it along to any interested parties. We still look forward to celebrating Valentines Day weekend with you as well as a very special music event next Saturday to benefit children’s cancer research. Again we thank you for your support through the last two years!”

“Yes, we have reached a milestone of two years at The Artisan Cafe. It hasn’t been easy but we are trying to hang in there despite all the inherent problems of running a new business in a difficult economy. As a thank you to all our customers we will be open Thursday from 11am until 8pm in addition to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We will also offer two dollars off every sandwich and entree all day Thursday, Friday, and Saturday! We hope to see you all during our Anniversary. For those of you who are having parties for the Super Bowl, remember we offer to go meals. We will have chili. burgers and our amazing cheesesteaks on the menu as well as our lunch menu to go all day Sunday. Just be sure to call in advance with orders. 387-4993. Thank you all for a great two years.”

In a time when some big restaurant chains have gone out of business, the Artisan Cafe remains, giving us opportunity for an occasional bite of comfort to help us get through the hard times.

“Eat 6 wings in 5 minutes + wait 5 minutes + no napkins = Free pitcher of beer. Being the talk of the town Priceless!”

You can see the talk of the town for yourself in this video:

Trumansburger Laura Nelkin denies “that my life’s goal is to be a happy hooker”, but she’s been thinking about ways to tie crochet work into her design business, which focuses on knitting patterns, and more generally deals with textiles and apparel. Nelkin graduated with a degree in apparel in 1995, and has settled in Trumansburg, but I only ran across her work today because of a link from Connie Chang Chinchio Designs down in New York City.

It appears that designers in NYC have some appreciation for the fabric of our community, as well as the little houses we have down by the creek.

Can the Illuminati be far behind?

If you say it fast, Yoga Loft sounds like a new kind of antidepressant, and maybe it actually is. Workshops are scheduled from Tuesday through Thursday for the rest of the summer, both before dinnertime and at bedtime, so roll up your mat and do some sun salutations on down to Main Street.

Yet, for the best of the Trumansburg Farmers Market this week, I have to choose the fungus of Blue Oyster Cultivation. I can’t speak to the culinary or medicinal value of the shrooms and other fruiting bodies that they have to sell, as I’m not a foodie or a pharmacist. Visually, however, the oranges, blues, yellows and greys of their display are astounding, with shapes that flare out far beyond the simple nubs of the button mushrooms we can get at the grocery store.

Just a look brought satisfaction. This coming week, I’m going to try a nibble to go with it.

Does Trumansburg need a gym that’s open even in the wee small hours of the morning? Is there something that a new gym could do to be more successful in our town than the old women’s exercise center was… such as not excluding 50 percent of the population?