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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010  |  News, Plymouth Green Crossings, Stories  | 

Sweetwaters Plymouth Green’s Barista, Taylor, Gets Rewarded!

taylorAnn Arbor’s Pioneer High School and The Michigan Department of Education presented this certificate to Sweewaters for sharing professional experience with Taylor, one of our youngest and brightest baristas! Taylor is enrolled in Pioneer’s Occupational Education Program and we are proud to say that she has received straight A’s in the program.

At Sweetwaters we appreciate the importance of career and technical education and are proud to support and mentor our local students.

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

Artwork Displays at Downtown & NEW display at Plymouth Green

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Place: Sweetwaters downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Exhibit Dates: June & July 2010

Sweetwaters downtown is featuring Greta Picklesimer, Emily Asbury, and Anne Glista, local Mixed Media artists and photographers.

Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green, corner of Plymouth Rd. and Green Rd.

Exhibit Dates: June & July 2010
Sweetwaters Plymouth Green is featuring Betty Lou Smith and Victoria Klein, acrylic and mixed media artists.
Stop by and enjoy our beautiful gallery shows with your latte. This is the first for our Plymouth Green store, we are so excited to bring artists to the north side and Ann Arbor and are looking forward to future artists to come!

Friday, May 14th, 2010  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

Flute & Harp Duo Bring the Concert House to the Café

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Event:
Classical Afternoon at Sweetwaters Plymouth Green
Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010.
Time: 2pm-3pm

Join us tomorrow evening at our Plymouth Green location for the beautiful musical stylings of flutist Emily Perryman and harpist Amy Ley.  Locally, Emily and Amy have performed as a duo at the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Museum of Art, Firefly Club, and Kerry town Concert house and have also enjoyed sharing their music with residents at Arbor Hospice, Glacier Hills Senior Living Community, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.   Emily and Amy are delighted to bring café music from the concert house to the coffee house with their first appearance at Sweetwater’s.

Emily Perryman maintains an active teaching and freelance career, performing regularly with the Ann Arbor, Flint and Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestras, Michigan Sinfonietta, and First Presbyterian Churches of Ann Arbor and Flint.

Amy Ley has the pleasure of being the principal harpist with a number of orchestras in south eastern Michigan and Ontario including the Ann Arbor Symphony, Flint Symphony, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist with a number of orchestras and has had her performances broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio network across Canada and the United States.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

Be a Coffee Connoisseur with Barb!

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Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green, corner of Plymouth and Green Rd.

Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010

Time: 2-3pm

Cost: FREE

Join Barb at Sweetwaters Plymouth Green to taste our NEW espresso blend, our Abianno espresso (Barb calls it “liquid gold”), and our featured coffee Ethiopian Sidamo.

Learn what makes a great shot of espresso and to describe the characteristics of a brewed coffee.

Don’t miss out on great coffee and conversation with Barb!

Space is limited. Sign up with the staff at the counter or call Sweetwaters Plymouth Green @ 734-327-6330 and reserve your spot.

Monday, March 29th, 2010  |  Plymouth Green Crossings, Stories  | 

Barista Bio – Gettin’ Classy with Aaron from Sweetwaters Plymouth Green

018_16A 1. What is your favorite drink at Sweetwaters?

House Coffee…Black

2. What is your favorite Sweetwaters guilty pleasure?

Almond Croissants

3. Tell us about funny story related to Sweetwaters?

I was opening one day last Fall and the fire alarm was set off by another business in the complex. We didn’t know how to shut it off, neither did the building managers, or the security company….or the builders…or the fire department!

4. Who is your favorite Sweetwaters customer?

Ron and Dan, They both know my name.

5. Who is your favorite cartoon character? and why?

Gaston, because I think he’s hysterical.

6. Create a Sweetwaters drink or treat for your cartoon character, what would it be?

I like to think he drinks a black eye. Midnight Blend with 2 extra shots.

7. What do you do outside of  Sweetwaters?

I’m finishing my masters in double bass performance, grade music theory papers, work on stage lighting, rehair instrument bows, play bass with Dearborn Symphony.

8. What is your perfect playlist?

1)Mahler – Symphony No.2

2) Livin’ on a Prayer

3) Journey

4) Ace of Bass

5) Shostakovich Symphony No.5

6) Avenue Q

7) Anything Victor Wooren

8)Dvosak Symphony No. 9

9) Disney Anthologies

10) Big band era music

Thursday, March 4th, 2010  |  Plymouth Green Crossings, Stories  | 

Barista Bio – Ehhhh, What’s Up Barb?

In honor of Barb’s birthday we’d like you to meet one of Sweetwaters’ happiest north side baristas! Happy Birthday Barb!

DSCN2479_s 1. What is your favorite drink at Sweetwaters?

Drink? Anything with that sweet rich liquid gold espresso we call Abianno!

2. What is your favorite Sweetwaters guilty pleasure?

Snickerdoodle cookie – especially dunked into any drink made with Abianno espresso! Also enjoying our customers and staff immensely.

3. Tell us about funny story related to Sweetwaters?

Story? Too many to tell! Other than the framed parchment paper masterpiece, I also have a little problem of getting words mixed up, I started calling the TL’s (Team Leaders) “BLT’s”…obviously hungry and needed a snickerdoodle!!

4. Who is your favorite Sweetwaters customer?

Simply cannot say just one, they all are special in my eyes, truly..but if I have to, there’s Matt, Jim, Ted, Sharon, Mack, Ron, Don, Diane and Gary, Emery….

5. Who is your favorite cartoon character? And why?

Bugs Bunny – none other! Suave, sophisticated…and so wonderfully sarcastic!

6. What Sweetwaters drink or treat would you create and serve to your cartoon character?

A double shot of Abianno espresso with a side of carrot cake – easy!

7. What do you do outside of Sweetwaters?

Garden, write long letters, play with my kitten, Ms. Minnivar Q. Pickl….and repaint my house all sorts of bright and funky colors suitable for a mid-life crisis but not for re-sale!

8. What is your perfect playlist?

Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Dean Martin, a smattering of Opera-and throw in some Tower of Power and AWB to make me young again! Does anyone other than me remember how to do the “Bump”??

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

Classical Revolution Plays Plymouth Green

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Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green, corner of Plymouth and Green Rd.

Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010

Time: 7pm-9:30pm

Classical Revolution continues their early 2010 performances at our Plymouth Green store. Let their soothing sounds warm your soul as the snow falls!

For more information on Classical Revolution, please click here.

Find Classical Revolution on Facebook.

Don’t forget to fan Sweetwaters on Facebook too!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

Speed Dating @ Sweetwaters Plymouth Green Crossings Tonight!

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

Sweetwaters Plymouth Green

All Singles 32-45 and 45+

Speed Date Michigan is hosting a speed dating session at Sweetwaters Plymouth Green. Speed dating is your opportunity to enjoy up to 10 Six Minute Mini–Dates in a comfortable, face-to-face environment. The events are very well structured, and Speed Date Michigan will be there to make you feel as comfortable as possible. You make your choices discreetly online. You will find out the next day who also picked you! It’s Easy and Fun! People love the events because they are focused on chemistry. We all know what we want; we would just like the opportunity to find it. The most consistent feedback is, “That was so much fun!!”

Register Now! EVENT WILL FILL FAST!! ……

www.SpeedDateMichigan.com

Advance registration is required. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Price: into rate of $20.00 – See website for details or CALL 734-560-4137

Friday, May 29th, 2009  |  Events, Plymouth Green Crossings  | 

The Revolution has begun!

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If you missed the debut of Classical Revolution, it’s safe to say that you missed a fantastic evening filled with great music and happy faces. Fans enjoyed Sweetwaters fare and each set was followed by thunderous applause.  But, at Sweetwaters it’s never too late to see a good thing.  We saw how much everyone enjoyed it so we’ve invited them back to our new store.  Come to Classical Revolution’s encore performance……

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Classical Revolution will be performing again at Sweetwaters Plymouth Green on Tuesday, June 2nd, from 7-10pm.

For more information please check http://a2cr.org/

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