Well, this was a bit of a comedy of errors, but we are so pleased with the result. Yesterday we announced we were looking for a name for the new book/coffeehouse forum, so we put the idea out there for suggestions in a thread. There were so very many GREAT ideas, and we knew we would get something to work with, because there are a lot of bright and creative minds here.
When I saw Jorline's idea, "Hardback Cafe", and the reaction to it, it was clear Jorline was really onto something. Somewhere in my sleep-deprived brain, it morphed. I announced to Bare that Jorline had come up with the perfect name, "Hardcover Cafe" (oops, C2!), and I had just the graphic treatment for it in mind. It was perfect. It had the coffeehouse feeling we were looking for, the upscale feeling we wanted to offset the peanuts-on-the-floor feeling of The Liberty Pub, and we loved it.
But that wasn't the name, exactly, that Jorline had come up with - which was very popular with so many on the thread. I had morphed it into what I thought was the perfect name in my mind.
By the time this was pointed out to me by Pi Guy (at about 2:00AM), I had already created the graphic with the intent of showing all of you today, and thanking Jorline for the great name suggestion.
So Jorline, this isn't exactly the name you intended, but it's close, and it's exactly what we wanted - and it's because of you that we got it! So a HUGE thank you goes out from Bare and me to Jorline, whose brilliant idea scored big with us - even if I screwed it up! LOVE IT. Thank you! (And you should know - a lot of the staff prefers your name "Hardback", and I don't doubt that so will many of our commenters - it's a great name, some thought sort of a take-off on "Hard Rock Cafe" - and if we didn't already have a Pub, that's just what we would have selected.)
When I saw Jorline's idea, "Hardback Cafe", and the reaction to it, it was clear Jorline was really onto something. Somewhere in my sleep-deprived brain, it morphed. I announced to Bare that Jorline had come up with the perfect name, "Hardcover Cafe" (oops, C2!), and I had just the graphic treatment for it in mind. It was perfect. It had the coffeehouse feeling we were looking for, the upscale feeling we wanted to offset the peanuts-on-the-floor feeling of The Liberty Pub, and we loved it.
But that wasn't the name, exactly, that Jorline had come up with - which was very popular with so many on the thread. I had morphed it into what I thought was the perfect name in my mind.
By the time this was pointed out to me by Pi Guy (at about 2:00AM), I had already created the graphic with the intent of showing all of you today, and thanking Jorline for the great name suggestion.
So Jorline, this isn't exactly the name you intended, but it's close, and it's exactly what we wanted - and it's because of you that we got it! So a HUGE thank you goes out from Bare and me to Jorline, whose brilliant idea scored big with us - even if I screwed it up! LOVE IT. Thank you! (And you should know - a lot of the staff prefers your name "Hardback", and I don't doubt that so will many of our commenters - it's a great name, some thought sort of a take-off on "Hard Rock Cafe" - and if we didn't already have a Pub, that's just what we would have selected.)
We'll buy you a Seattle-sized latte just as soon as we figure out a way to do it! Here's to Jorline!
UPDATE: Turns out Jorline was debating using "Hardcover" after all! And his daughter even argued for it! All's well that ends well, so Jorline (and offspring), we thank you for the fantastic name of our new book/coffee forum on C2 - it's all yours! I didn't screw it up as much as I thought !! YAY!!
