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NAME
Abigail H. Gardner
POSITION
Assistant to the manager/customer
service specialist
DOG/CAT
Dog-Charlie
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN
YOU GROW UP
Trophy wife
FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT
Smoked bacon flavored tofu
HOMETOWN
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT
WOULD YOU BE
Either a fruit cake or a candied
yam
NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR
the rightesnouss Carly Simon |
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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 |
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NAME
Bruiser H. Gardner
POSITION
spokesperson/advertising executive/professional
model/sales representative
DOG/CAT
I’m an equal opportunity
rear sniffer/tail chaser
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU
GROW UP
a taste tester for Oscar Meyer
FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT
smoked Beggin’ strips
HOMETOWN
I was born in a manger type structure
in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville, Virginia
IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT
WOULD YOU BE
I’d eat myself
NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR
I strut like Mick Jagger but I
rock like Hall & Oates |
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NAME
Karen Carver West the first
POSITION
Designer / illustrator / printer
/ therapist
DOG/CAT
Neither, I’m a human being
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU
GROW UP
Pharmacist
FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT
Tofu
HOMETOWN
Fairhope, Alabama
IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT
WOULD YOU BE
An apple…and a grape sometimes
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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 |
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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." |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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NAME
Tracy Edgerton
POSITION
Business Manager, office guru,
problem solver galore
DOG/CAT
Sir Henry or you can call me Hank
for short: the most amazing Jack Russell pup
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU
GROW UP
Nothing, I intend to stay young
and crazy forever
FAVORITE SMOKED MEAT
Turkey…it provides for a
nice nap afterwards
HOMETOWN
Richmond, Virginia
IF YOU WERE A FRUIT…WHAT
WOULD YOU BE
A banana. You have to peel me to
get to know me
NAME YOUR INNER ROCK STAR
A cross between Janis Joplin and
Sheryl Crow…ladies that rock |
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