The Inkwell

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The Inkwell Do you love the town you live in or do you long to move somewhere else?&nbsp; Have you ever thought about why you feel whatever way you do?&nbsp; I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. &nbsp; I’ve lived in Bloomington Indiana for most of the last 25 years and the more people I meet, the more stories build the thread of this town in my mind, the deeper connection I have with this place.&nbsp; I’ve always seen Bloomington as an oasis.&nbsp; The college town in beautiful southern Indiana.&nbsp; People of all colors, shapes, and creeds, living in the conservative Midwest.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a teenager in the big flat city of Indianapolis, all I wanted was to get out of the Midwest, wanted to go back to San Diego, surf, get a tan.&nbsp; Instead, after a failed round of the local college, my parents talked me into the college town 50 miles away in the rolling hills of Southern Indiana.&nbsp; I sort of begrudgingly gave in. &nbsp; But it didn’t take long to fall in love with Bloomington then and like any good relationship, it’s gotten better with time. &nbsp; One thing I love about this town is the scattered nods to the big city.&nbsp; Walking through downtown there’s the bars with 100 year old grease on the walls from 100, upstairs pool halls with the same door guy as 30 years ago, Opera &amp; Ballet.&nbsp; There’s a whole two block section of town with a restaurant from every nation you can think of.&nbsp; It’s not hard to get small tastes of the big city in Bloomington.&nbsp; Just enough some might say. &nbsp; Our guest on today’s show added to that list when she opened a new Café and Coffee bar called the Inkwell.&nbsp; The place is located dead in the heart of town.&nbsp; Across from the limestone courthouse building in the center square.&nbsp; The Inkwell is just the right kind of hole in the wall.&nbsp; It’s a long skinny place like you’d see in Brooklyn.&nbsp; Old brick walls show the wear of a hundred years and exposed metal heat vents bringing modern comforts through an aged plaster ceiling.&nbsp; But the interior design is crisp and modern.&nbsp; It’s understated and quiet.&nbsp; The food and the coffee do all of the talking.&nbsp; Tracy Gates had been planning the Inkwell for years.&nbsp; When a staple café closed she saw an opening. when she met Wally Wedrago, a local bicycle barista and coffee master, the stars aligned.&nbsp; It was time to go. We’re glad you joined us!&nbsp; Scratch Entrepreneur http://www.scratchentrepreneur.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6178496/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0697af/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/18757649