NAME

Kathryn Goodson

POSITION

Custom printing guru

DOG/CAT

2 amazing, talented, gorgeous dogs: Admiral “Addie” Byrd and Lester Byrd

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

a Pulitzer prize winning author turned screenwriter/director

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

applewood bacon

HOMETOWN

Louisville, Kentucky

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

The tests are in; I am a fruit

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

Steely Dan

NAME

Katie Sale

POSITION

queen of the paper clips and pens / errand runner / organizing guru

DOG/CAT

yellow labs

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

fabulous (or in the short term... flexible)

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

hickory smoked bbq

HOMETOWN

Lynchburg, Virginia

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

pretty much anything but a banana

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

Jem...smart, hardworking gal by day, sassy rocker by night. To quote amazon.com... "Jem and her friends are always involved in glamorous and exciting adventures around the world, while touching people's hearts with their hit songs."

NAME

Sara Leigh Brown

POSITION

Part time helper outer

DOG/CAT

Sadly no animals

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

No smoked meat for me

HOMETOWN

I tell most people Minneapolis but just between you and me…I’m really from Coon Rapids, Minnesota

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

A single blueberry

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

My angry rocker is a combination of all the members of sleater-kinney, my moody rocker is ryan adams and my silly rocker is joanna newsome

NAME

Amy, I wished my mother had used my middle name, Elizabeth Gardner

POSITION

I just work here; I do what they tell me

DOG/CAT

A dog that’s in touch with it’s inner cat; if you must know more, then you need to meet my dog Bruiser

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

A volunteering queen/interior decorator

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

Salmon, but don’t forget the condiments

HOMETOWN

Ashland, Virginia; pop. 5,000; a great place to raise a family but a boring place to grow up

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

A strawberry-sweet (and I’m better when you sprinkle sugar on me) and juicy but some people are allergic to me.

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

I’d channel Dwight Yoakam: he takes a classic like Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” and turns it into the coolest country music song ever.

NAME

Leigh Ann Carver

POSITION

Merchandiser/coffee runner/vice president of child labor

DOG/CAT

Dog: mutts welcome. Cat: only Siamese need apply

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

Organic farmer

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

Venison

HOMETOWN

Charlottesville

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

A tomato. Because some people think I’m a vegetable.

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

Alison Brown – investment banker turned banjo picker

NAME

Alissa Marie Mckown (nee French)

POSITION

congress of the cow?, front counter, part-part time, card seller, mom

DOG/CAT

dogs and cats equally, I have 3 cats but would love 3 dogs too

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

artist. bush guide in Africa. teacher. oh, or front counter at our very own bakery

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

applewood smoked bacon

HOMETOWN

Boulder, Colorado and Mexico City, Mexico

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

kiwi fruit

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

goldie

NAME

Shannon Cruthirds

POSITION

front counter; Virgo-nizer; soothsayer

DOG/CAT

Dog. A much-missed yellow lab named Chancey, if you want to get specific.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP

a children's author...or at least a better speller.

FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT

My Dad's mesquite-smoked brisket. I'm a West Texas girl—I can't help it.

HOMETOWN

Abilene, Texas

IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT WOULD YOU BE

A kiwi because of our mutual crazy hair

NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR

I wish I were John Lennon, but I'm probably more Paul McCartney.