Six random things about eyebuzz

I've seen on a lot of other blogs the notion of "tagging" someone to answer a question or continue a theme. Well I haven't been tagged by anyone (I'm sure they're just busy...), but I like the idea, so I thought I would go ahead and tag my own bad self.

So, in that spirit, without further ado:

Six Random Things About eyebuzz

1) eyebuzz is a word that Tim made up when he was first starting his business in 1999. He put a bunch of random words together until he hit on a combo that sounded good and hadn't already been taken as an AOL screen name.

2) we found our space on Kaldenberg Place on Emily's ninth birthday; Cali & I were cutting over from parking illegally in the CVS parking lot to pick up an ice cream cake for Em at Main Street Sweets . When we saw the FOR RENT sign in the window, I knew right then that we had to take that storefront and make it our very own.

3) when we did our first artist interview, with Bruce Habowski, Tim conducted it over the phone and recorded it on a little recording machine. It took me and Tim over eight hours to transcribe the interview from the tape. Now we conduct most our artist interviews by e-mail.

4) until this August, we had a vintage Corona typewriter in the window that Tim's friend, Nate, had given to him. We took it out when Tim painted the gallery before we reopened in September. I really miss having the typewriter in the window; but I also have an old Royal that was my mom's that she gave to me when I was little, and I want to put that one in the storefront now, instead.

5) What is now eyebuzz fine art used to be a shoe repair shop, an electrician's storeroom, an antique store, and Donovan Glass. Tim's brother Nick and his partner, Nicole have an art gallery/wine tasting room/nursery in Ukiah, California, and that space used to be a shoe repair shop, too.

6) Tim and I always talked about wanting a "little store" where people would come to shop but also to hang out, have a glass of wine, talk & form a community of friends. We pictured having a couch in the back and that people would stop by and stay a while. eyebuzz is about six and a half feet wide, so there's no room for the couch. We originally had two white chairs from Ikea, but even those took up too much space, so they're in our office at home now.

We pretty much have what we had envisioned, even without the couch. We'll be there this Friday, for Third Friday, with some wine and some snacks (and some lollipops for trick-or-treaters) .

Come on in and say hello, maybe stay for a glass of wine...but sorry, you'll have to stand.

Just another random Tuesday. Thanks for reading,
tt