Charles David Smart

Charles David Smart has been playing regularly at Homer's for more than a few years now. He's one of the most versatile guitar players in the city. Every summer he hosts a camp for young aspiring guitarists, this year the KC Star posted a photo gallery online of him in action.

Check it out http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/02/2059416/guitar-camp.html

Summertime

I'm the most inconsistent blogger ever. I working on it ok!!!

Anyway, it's summer time.

Summer is the time to get out. Baseball games, swimming, lake weekends, mowing the yard, backyard grilling, lemonade, and the 4th of July are a few of the things I think of when I think about summer.

But around downtown Overland Park, one thing it means is the Farmers Market. We are extremely blessed at Homer's to be so close to the Farmers Market where local farmers sell fresh produce, flowers, and all kinds of homemade products. It's a great addition to the downtown OP community for a few months a year.

The Farmers Market is open on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Come by Homer's, grab a latte, and head over and check out what they have.

Homer's Blend

Most specialty coffee comes from a single origin. If your coffee says Costan Rican, the origin of the bean is Costa Rica. For a long time, our brewed coffee has been all single origin (Costa Rican, Mexican, etc.). We recently went to our coffee roaster and asked him to develop a signature blend for us. Brian, our roaster, worked hard and came up with a great blend of a couple different origins of coffee. We've been serving it as "Homer's House Blend". I'd encourage you to come in a give it a try and see what you think. It's a unique blend you can't get any where else. We're extremely proud of our coffee products and hope you like them!

-Glenn

Oriole Post

One of my favorite bands, Oriole Post, played at Homer's on Friday. Here are a couple of videos from when the played at Homer's back in January. They are a lot of fun and we can't wait to have them back.

Take it back

Ruby Lane

Twitter

Follow us on Twitter. I'll give secret codes for discounts and let you know about soup.

www.twitter.com/homerscoffee

Random

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Homer's or Coffee, but I like it.

Coffee Fest

Vanessa and I attended Coffee Fest, a trade show in Chicago, this past weekend. We walked the floor and saw what was new in the coffee industry. There were an overwhelming amount of things you can buy for a coffee shop or roasting company and hundreds of coffee fanatics filling the Navy Pier convention floor.

Two things really stuck with me:
1. Coffee is extremely complicated. The process to get from a plant growing in the ground to a beverage in your hand is amazing. I can't do justice to explaining all the details, you should just read this.

2. I'm so glad I'm a part of this world. A cup of coffee is a beautiful thing. There's no where else I would rather be than working here at Homer's.