Friday, February 11, 2011

Jory Nash at the Classic Theatre this weekend!


As a Classic Theatre Sponsor we would like to send out just a quick reminder that Canadian singer -songwriter Jory Nash will take to the Classic Theatre stage this Saturday, February 12 at 8:00pm. You can check out his music at www.classictheatre.net or at www.jorynash.com Tickets are $25 in advance and available at the usual ticket outlets.

Hope to see you out on Saturday night!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

A long Week at the Bookstore!

Last Sunday was a good day. We had 14 people in for the MTG draft tournament and lots of fun was had by all! By the end of the day I was feeling pretty good, just a little clean up to do and I could head home, so why did I have a nagging feeling that I had forgotten something? As I closed the door and locked it, I made a mental note that I had actually locked the door(and yes I have made it half way home and then turned around just to find out that I had actually locked the door!), I jump into the truck and that is when I remembered the orange caution sign that was now in my rear view mirror. Oh ya the water break! I needed to make sure that there was no more water coming into the store's basement from the old sump pump hole I had found in the store basement the week before. (Ok it was more like fallen into the week before, luckily there was only about 2 feet of water in sump pump hole so I just soaked my pant leg up to my knee.)

Now the water was all the way to the top and spilling over onto the basement floor with little bits of stuff floating in it. There was nothing I could do but knock on wood and hope nothing else happened until tomorrow.

On Monday when Jenn and I got to the store, the City had already started digging up the road to get to the broken water main. A few of the City guys came by to check and see if our place that was causing the leak, thankfully it wasn't but they would have to turn off the water. No problem, Jenn and I filled up buckets full of water and had some jugs of distilled water ready for the Espresso machine and watched as the City guys fill in the big hole. The water was back on around 2pm!! (This was to be posted on Monday)

An hour later our router died.(Was to be posted) So after few hours of trying to get the old router to work I finally gave up and called our friend Caleb, who helped me setup our free wireless service. Caleb asked as few question and it was decided pretty quick that our old router was dead. Who knew that routers only lasted about 5 years and this router was over 7 years old!

So off to the computer store I go, bought a new router plugged it in and nothing worked. Unknown to me I had picked up one of the new wireless "N" routers. The "N" routers transmit data 2-4 times as fast as the old "G" standard wireless routers but don't work so well with the old "G" wireless network cards. So back to the computer store I go, and this time I make sure it is the "G" class router I pick up. Back at the store I plug everything in once again but now there is no sign of our network?! Another email off to Caleb(basically our network admin) a few tweaks to the router and there it is up and running. Thursday I am back online.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Chat Noir Books part of the Las Chicas Del Cafe Coffee Tour!

We just got in some freshly roasted beans from the Las Chicas Del Cafe back in stock at the store. These beans are part of the 2011 harvest!

Chat Noir Books is also happy to announce that the Las Chicas Del Cafe will be in Temiskaming on June 5th as part of their Coffee Tour!!

We will be posting more information on the coffee cuppings in the coming months!

Friday, January 28, 2011

New Local baking avaible at Chat Noir Books!

Chat Noir Books is now carrying local baking from the ladies at the Orchard!



New to our cafe menu we have:

Chocolate Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Rich chocolate cake with chocolate chips and Cheesecake.






Banana Bread
Moist banana bread with walnuts and brown butter icing.






Fern Tarts
Shortbread crust with homemade jam, almond cake and icing.

You can find more of The Orchards amazing baking at Amber's in New Liskeard and at the New Liskeard Farmers Market!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Family Literacy Day!


I was just putting the posters in the store for Family Literacy Day and figured I might as well post on the blog as well!!

On Thursday Jan 27th, 2011 come and celebrate Family Literacy Day with the Early Years Centre and Chat Noir Books.

Fathers, Mothers, Grandparents and their children Ages 2-6 are invited to an inter-generational family Pajama party.

Hot Chocolate and Cookies FREE for everyone!

A FREE book for each family!

For more information call 705-672-5100 ext 23 ask for Brigitte.

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The Literacy Council & Temiskaming Shores Library are also hosting an event at Riverside place for Family Literacy Day!

"Playing For Literacy"


The Literacy Council & Temiskaming Shores Library invite everyone to a FREE community cards/board game night to celebrate FAMILY LITERACY DAY

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th
6:30pm to 8:30pm
@ Riverside Place

Decks of cards and some games on site OR bring your own!

Light refreshments served.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Just looked at the calendar and realized that today was Delurker Day!!

The principle of the Delurker Day is that if you visit/read Chat Noir Books - A voice in the Wilderness but rarely or never comment, today is an opportunity for you to just leave a simple “hi” so I know you are there.

It’s real easy, all you have to do is fill out the comment form with your Name, Email address as mandatory items, a url if you like (that would be your blog or website) and just say “hi” or any other comments and then hit submit!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Chat Noir Books Dragon Boat Team

Hey Everyone! Happy 2011.

We have a fantastic opportunity for anyone out there who's made a resolution for this year that has anything to do with being more active, getting out more or for anyone looking for a fun thing to do this summer. Paul's mom has apparently signed the store up for a Dragon Boat Team.... All we have to do now is find about 20 other willing paddlers... Interested?

Give us a shout!