
But I remember I did a story one time with the
Do you remember the old lady of charity, Jim?
Cross from Southwest High School, the nuns ran it.
Oh yeah, yeah, sure.
And for girls who, you know.
Yeah, yeah.
And I did a big, they were like most diehard Packer fans.
So when I was doing the old Lindy and Fanta show, I spent a game with them watching the Packer game.
And they saw it in what saints that were prayed to for different things.
And they watched it.
I mean, I prayed to Saint Sebastian.
It's the saint of gaming.
Yeah.
It's like, I didn't know there was a saint of gaming.
But it's like, it got them all.
So anyway,
to
right
living None you know what none I mean, it's great for their
No, and I don't mean that that they're putting in too many people.
No, no.
Too many don't get in while they're alive and can't enjoy it.
And like a lot of people say, what, did he get better five years after he was dead?
Yeah.
Where six years ago he wasn't good enough.
Right.
Now five years later he's dead and all of a sudden now he becomes good enough.
Oh, yeah.
What a good
Yeah.
I said something to him.
It just got real quiet, real cool.
He looked at me like, you got a problem?
OK, I go, hey, Chief, I just heard something about you.
He goes, what's that?
I go, you couldn't get into a good school either.
He kind of looks at me like, what?
Sun devils.
He wouldn't dance.
Heck yeah.
So it's some good Sun Devil stories, but what a tragic story talking about they honored this one because yesterday was to honor with a whole week I think isn't honor fallen law enforcement and the Green Bay Police Department put together a nice little program right outside the door and They had one of the plaques out of one of the officers that you know lost his life in the line of duty and it's from like 1950 and it was like I think two days
Actually, I took some pictures of it, Todd.
You might be able to tell the date.
I want to say like two or three days before Christmas, okay?
Is that the corner of Maine and Webster?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
And in those days, at certain times, guys used to activate the stop lights by hand.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
And he called his wife.
He's at a drugstore.
I think it might still be standard corner of Maine and Webster.
I don't know.
But anyway, I was actually thinking, well, CVS would be Maine and Webster.
Yeah,
But anyway, okay, so anyway, the guy calls this way, if he goes into the drugstore, calls his wife, said, hey, I'm coming home, you're leaving in 10 minutes, I'm gonna walk home, okay?
Guy comes through, I see, might have been an ARF, whatever, whatever.
Hits him and kills him, okay?
So his blood alcohol, back then it was like 2.0 or 0.2 or over that.
works yeah and he was like a hundredth of a thing underneath it so they couldn't charge him with anything
I was there.
Speaker for the leadership Green Bay.
Did you go through that like yesteryear?
Yes, okay, and that they you apply to that.
I think it's 40 or 42
business people, well I should say they're business people, they could be in a non-profit and they go through nine months of learning about the community.
So they spend a day on history and Mary Jane Herbert takes you all over the city and tells you all about the history, the day on the environment, day on social services, you know, they go to come to the community shelter.
That's the one she told me about that the guy did years and years ago because he hated
that the people that come into Green Bay, first thing they sell us is just dilapidated.
And they had that big banner of it.
So she's very proud that that's hanging at the Brown County Library.
So it's pretty cool.
I just talked about, I went through that, I don't know when, but talked about how, now that they're through all that stuff, this isn't the end, it's the beginning.
You gotta get involved in stuff.
I mean, the mayor makes over a hundred appointments, right?
Non-elected appointments.
There's 2,000 nonprofits in Brown County, 2,000.
I mean, get involved in one of those things.
I mean, we need people who are well-rounded.
So anyway, that was great.
And then they got up and talked one minute each about what they got out of it.
It was great.
They made friends and a much better understanding of the community.
And there's leadership Oshkosh, there's leadership Appleton.
But the guy who runs it, I was just talking to John Glenn Tillott, who's in charge of that, has been in charge of it for, I don't know, 25 years.
He's gonna be coming on and just talk about how every community should have a leadership program, even leadership to rivers.
I'm not kidding you, even though
it's 12,000 people.
I don't know his name.
Of course.
The movie was defiant.
It's about these Jewish people in Poland, World War Two and the Nazis came in, they moved out into the forest.
And they they built caves and underground things and they fought the Nazis and the Nazis would come up to find them They were like screw you.
We're not getting on the trucks or the trains We're gonna go down fighting.
It's a base and a totally true story these two Polish brothers The Boblinski brothers or something.
They were just like, you know what you want us come on get us
or
that was a great show like I said that I still want I think one of the greatest line-ups of all times It was cheers seen elsewhere and Hill Street Blues.
Yeah on the same night Thursday nights in the fall.
That was spectacular Wow We should bring that back.
Okay.
What are you guys going on today?
Oh, by the way, I was gonna say yeah Right across street from the police station and I think do we have our young lady coming in?
We do yeah, or is great, but anyway across the street from the police station it was
little warm answer.
So whatever, just to get us a little cold thing.
And it's a little like pop up, uh, juice and stuff kind of shop right there.
Well, it's an
Looking Wednesday morning 97.9 FM WGVW 98.3 96.5 FM WIS that's of course a civic media app 54 in Green Bay 61 in Appleton 57 in Oshkosh partly cloudy today per possible showers high in the low 70s You know, it's weird.
I was talking to my brother yesterday up in the UP.
This is the time here You know, I was really want to get out and start fishing before everything gets too crazy and everything But he said it's such a bizarre thing up there because they like three days ago the streams everything were just torrents
Mean just so you know from the snow melt, right?
It was just unbelievable just like these like white water things All right, so you had that for a few days now.
It's so dry.
They've had such you can't even have a backyard Fire yeah, you were saying that it's gone from such an extreme to such an extremely great all this water, but yet it's so dry.
It's bizarre
I think that is true.
Yes.
I'll tell you one thing I've noticed though.
Oh after all those fires out west and everything They've gotten a lot stricter about things a lot more strict.
I mean whatever happens out there in Colorad or whatever could happen in the UP or northern, Wisconsin I mean
Yeah.
Yeah, it's that try.
fellas.
Uh, text here from Terry.
Tonight is the 19th annual state number men's basketball steak fry in honor of Woody Wilson at Epic Center.
Uh, be there, Terry.
They always do a great job, man.
They always have just phenomenal raffle items and auction items and things like that.
They've done a great job with that.
Don't feel the only person but that's I don't know that really well I don't know why you're like proud of that because I think there's a good thing John I think dancing is fun, right?
You dance with your daughters.
I don't believe that You never dance with your daughters at a wedding when they're married
see me made it better So at the police department yesterday kind of covering that thing yeah the vent for civic media and everything and I get down low you could see that one shot where the
the police of the honor guard comes marching in.
So I got down on my knees, kind of get that low shot coming up.
Okay.
So I don't even know what station she worked for, but the three network cameras are all set up there.
And she had her tripod and I'm down there and I tap her on the leg.
Okay.
She looks down like, who's this guy?
I go, is it okay if I grab your tripod?
She just kind of looks at me.
So I go, artificial lamp.
There you go.
Did she let you?
Oh
Yeah, there's some good ones out there.
I'm gonna watch them all kid getting in shape We have a ticket giveaway for a festa italy.
I'm not which is coming up the automobile gallery this weekend Which is a phenomenal event Brewer's taking on the Guardians get away day and WSS today.
They are playing terrible.
I mean, yeah
Has been good shut out back-to-back games again.
That's the second time that's happened back-to-back games shut out three hits Not well, we're with somebody that is knocking out of the park Jocelyn Flores
Rise and grind, which is right on the other side of the wall from us right here on North Washington Street.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Thank you for having me, guys.
Glad you're here.
I
I'm busy.
I'm busy.
I'm a busy person.
Yes, you are.
Yeah.
So yeah, I feel like, yes, like you said, there's a lot of coffee shops, but I feel like every coffee shop has its own unique flavor and its own unique, like with food, its own unique seasoning.
So not every coffee is the same.
With me, like I was saying, like my main goal was to open like a Mexican coffee shop.
But then this opportunity came along and
It's just the different flavoring in it.
I mean there is like we have um cafe de olla which is in Mexico they make it in like a
Cafe de olla.
say it Yes,
In Mexico, there's a lot of different things that happen and lots of different things that they offer.
But they have like, it's made out of clay.
It's like a pot made out of clay.
And they put it over fire.
Like you're making a bonfire, they put the pot over it.
And they just let the...
the coffee boil in there.
And it definitely has a different taste.
Right,
Completely different taste.
I feel like it tastes a lot better to be honest with
And we've been open.
This will be our third week.
Yes.
Yeah, definitely.
It was...
Quite a bit of a risk because, and completely different, like I worked for 10 years for the Doctor Tires, which is a tire shop that we have down in Bellevue.
So coming from automotive to coffee is a completely different industry, but I love it.
I like it.
I like it.
people remember
Yes, thankfully, yes.
It's been a long ride, but we've been there for 10 years.
Thank God, and thanks to the community that's been supporting us.
And like you said, customer service is our number one.
It's always been our number one priority.
at the tire shop and everything that we learn over there, we're trying to put it into works over here at the coffee shop as well.
So definitely customer service and the quality of our product and everything is number one.
Oh yes, we have a lot of tires,
vice versa.
Yes, we definitely have a lot of things in the works right now.
Trying to combine the coffee shop and the tire shop together.
So we'll see how all that works.
So
So you're kind of an in lot.
You don't have a drive-through So foot traffic or do people pull up and jump in do they order online and you deliver I'm not delivered, but you run the coffee out to them.
Tell me about The customer base, how are they getting to your place?
Well right now
I don't have online orders.
I'm working on that.
We're working on building a website so that people can just go in there and order online.
But right now, people...
Actually pulling up like they are like oh, I saw you guys on Facebook.
Oh, I saw you here So they do come in and they tell me like oh, I saw you on Facebook Can I order this drink or they'll pull up their Facebook page our Facebook page and they'll be like oh, can I get this drink or can I get that drink and like okay?
Yeah, that's fine like advertisement is
Sonia?
Yes, she's amazing.
I
I hope you never lose, because I've seen it.
I've been in there, I've sat off to the side and just kind of watched.
Somebody walks through the door and you guys always have a big smile.
That might sound like, well, that's easy.
You'd be shocked at how many times people walk into places.
And it's like the person is acting like you're bothering them.
You're there to give them money, but it's almost like...
I have to wait on you.
Please don't ever lose that beautiful spark that you guys have when
people walk through the door.
And it's funny you say that because the first thing I told Sonia and the first thing I told myself, it's like, okay, no matter how bad of a day we're having.
People walk in there in the mornings.
They're already upset because we have to get up early.
Who likes to get up early?
Nobody.
So the least thing that they want to see is a grumpy face serving their coffee.
You know what I mean?
Yes, we will.
We will.
So the pastries are homemade, so we make them at home.
Every week, I want to say every Wednesday, we bring in different kind of pastries.
Oh, nice.
So right now, I have tres leches cakes.
Tres leches cakes.
So it's three different kinds of milks that go into the cake.
ahead.
So there's the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and then whatever milk that you prefer.
So it's just to keep the cake really moist.
Got
I thought it was chocolate milk.
I thought it was all strawberry milk.
No.
A Mexican coffee with hints of chocolate.
I'm actually working on a drink called, it's...
inspired by Mexican pastry, Gancito.
So like one of my friends described it, it's literally a Mexican Twinkie, but it's covered in chocolate and then it's filled with cream and it's filled with strawberries.
So- Yeah,
It actually is really good.
It sounds phenomenal.
So when I make it, I have to bring you one over.
Absolutely.
But then there is another one that I'm working on.
It's Chocolata Bolita.
So it's literally like hot chocolate, but it's the Mexican hot chocolate.
So those two would be kind of like the chocolate based, but we're still not, they're still not out.
So I'm still working on perfecting the flavors and everything to make them actually taste.
That way.
you
And saying that
Well, right now where our main base is Facebook and Instagram.
And then I am working on making
the punch cards so like the
yeah and honestly like I feel like with all the people that we made relationships over at the tire shop and stuff they've always been really supportive of everything that we do so a lot of my customers come based from the tire shop as well that's great and they put the word out for us and everything and like I said we have other things in play that we want to work for
towards the coffee shop to make it gain more customers.
It's still not out there yet, and I don't know if I want to say it just yet until it's ready to go, but...
Our main base right now is Facebook, and then just people take pictures of their drinks and post them on Snapchat, so that helps a lot too.
And you're
Yes, I'm
the community has just been really supportive with everything.
I think the guy from the newspaper came into Ariel, I think, his name.
Oh, Ariel for them.
Yes, him.
Oh, man, he's awesome.
So, I mean, we've had really...
Good support.
Everybody's gonna love.
A Cuban coffee?
I'm up for the challenge.
Oh, okay.
And
Okay.
I'll definitely try that.
I'm up for the challenge.
Thank you.
Thank you.
do.
Yes, they
So right now our hours are 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
Sundays we are open 7 to 1 p.m.
but those Sundays are gonna be more of our temporary hours just until I can find someone that can stay there.
How hard is that
Yes.
At six in the morning?
Yes.
Honestly, honestly, I had thought about it, and I felt like maybe seven was a little too late.
But to be honest with you, the most traffic we get in there is in the afternoon.
Oh, really?
OK.
I know
Yes.
Get up at
Rise and
I mean.
Come on down to rise and grind will make your coffee very unique customize it Well, however you guys want it and quality is always our number one priority as well as customer service
and come down for a little snack a little cake It doesn't just cake
like
yeah, honestly.
Yeah, that's
Yeah, that's cool come in like
a minute towards closing to get a coffee really I had someone come in to get an americano at like 8 30 at night and I'm just like oh my god
I did ask and they said no
think you
Yes, they do.
And
mail.
Right.
I will.
I will.
I'll bring some more for you guys to try it, too.
We will
Thank you, thank you guys.
Yeah.
Wow.
And even that Mexican coffee she was talking about.
Right.
Yeah, I'll tell you one thing though.
I had Cuban coffee one time.
She's talking about getting Ariel Perez in there and I You ever have Cuban coffee?
No, I had it one time two types of coffee that knocked me on my butt Cuban coffee one time.
All right
And the other one was, and Lisa, I talked to Lisa about this, Todd.
It's a Louisiana type coffee where
I used to have to get there super early to knock out these interviews with the coach for network, yada, yada.
So I was there at like six in the morning.
And this one guy, I can't remember his name.
It was like special teams coach.
And so, hey, Johnny, you want some coffee?
I got, I had grabbed some from the gas station.
Well, don't in.
I thought, what?
He goes, get over here.
He's this big old redneck kind of, you know what I mean?
He goes, smell this.
I go, oh
my
And I'll
And you know, I, you know, even as I'm seeing a thing on Facebook or not, but okay, but it's anyways, it's a golfer.
He goes, why is it guys get so excited to go golfing and we get it lined up and we get out of work or a weekend morning and we clear it and we're all excited and we walk into that pro shop and that guy behind the desk acts like.
Yeah.
Or what is it with people when you have a job and you're working with people, but you're a jerk to the people that are coming in to give you their money?
I don't know if it's the I would love to run a business and I'd have I'd have cameras and his first person I saw do it that boom out the door When you
Yep.
But that's, and they're so happy to be working.
They just, they didn't want to retire.
They kind of, maybe they had to retire and they wanted to find something.
They don't want to be a greeter in a tech shop.
They want to work with meat.
And so they find these jobs that, you know,
Sentry or the clinical center anymore, but or pick and save and I'm telling you I love those guys are happy
But anyway, you know, it's funny you remember things like that I just think the other day at Russo's grocery store Nagani.
That's where everybody was Russo's, okay?
And it was Charlie Russo behind or Buster, whatever.
It's all brothers.
It's like five brothers.
Okay, old school, whatever
But I'll never forget that even this one lady that took care of the priests, you know, they'd have that one lady of the rectory.
She's like, oh, yeah, yeah, those types of people did the cooking.
And she's like, um, the bishop is coming and oh, he likes that lean so sorry.
All right.
Yes.
Can you get.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it's like, he knew exactly what the bishop wanted when he came there.
Okay.
That's
They're just, they're not anxious.
They're not like in a hurry to walk you around the store.
And I'm like, wow, I just, it's too bad not everybody's like that.
But when I think of a, but the other thing is, I was talking about was a,
Training, it's a good job match.
They worked in the industry, and now they get to work in the industry with people.
And I think maybe that guy you talked to, just his social security wasn't enough, and his wife said, you know, we need an extra couple grand.
And so, you know what I mean?
He wasn't happy.
And that's too bad,
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