Just me, my beautiful wife Katie, and a dog named Monster. That about sums it up...

In February of 2006, Katie and I first met in Florida on business and we knew we were meant for each other right away so... we got married the following April. In October 2006, just 6 months later, I packed up my wares and moved to California leaving the cold behind. I enjoyed winter most of the time, but I'm certainly not missing the -30 Celsius temperatures. Brrrr. Too cold even for an ex-musher like me.

We are not financially well off by any stretch of the imagination, but we do enjoy the small pleasures in life (see epicurean). That is why we decided to open up this store. We go out looking for foods, wines, apparel and other items that are of good quality and most important affordable so that we can share them with you.

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Have fun shopping!

Patrick & Katie