Our Traverse City party was an open house at Higher Grounds Trading Company, a fair trade and organic locally owned coffee company. Great thanks to our hosts, Christina and Chelsea, and to Higher Grounds for the use of their gorgeous space. Christina also makes a mean black bean salsa using local Michigan corn!
On what has been an incredibly rare warm and sunshine filled November for this region, we enjoyed an afternoon in the coffee shop meeting lots of women interested in learning more about Red Ants Pants. Many of our Michigan supporters are great fans of goods made in the U.S., especially our American made workpants. The coffee shop was closed for business on Sunday but it has such a strong following that many folks stopped in hoping for coffee but were treated to racks of pants, t-shirts, and other RAP goodies. Lots of women left the event with a RAP buzz and new pants to get down and dirty in!
As our afternoon slid towards the hour when it's high time for a beverage a bit more potent than coffee, we wrapped our final orders and packed up the truck. Our local hosts wanted to take us out for a beer at Right Brain Brewery, a new and innovative brewery in downtown Traverse City. The hospitality was inviting and their beers on tap were creative, eclectic and delicious! We sampled a wasabi brew, beet beer made with locally grown beets, and our favorite that is only served in 6 oz mugs, Distill My Heart Bourbon Stout. We traded RAP bucking ant t-shirts for brewery t-shirts and said goodbye to our new friends in northern Michigan. Promises to visit Montana we hope will be kept!
And with seven house parties under our brass ant belts, we're taking a day off in Petoskey with Maggie's family. Our final parties await us the big cities of Ypsilanti and Chicago!
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