Two things–I am sad to see that today is Icon Coffee’s last day in business. It’s been nice to have them in my hood since we moved in. Vita’s buying them, so get your half-off mugs now–I did. They are huge, and I’m a tea pig, so this is a good thing.

Also, there is a brand new place where Fremont Auto Detail was called Urban Weeds. The owner, Steve, is really nice and friendly. He’s starting now, just as the weather is going to warm up, so I hope he does well, and he says he’ll have veggie starts next spring. Right now he’s got individual container plants ready to plant (some really nice looking smoke trees), some super-cute pots with succulents that would be perfect for patios, and some small things for condo gardeners. He’s also got some really sexy pots, like if you saw them at Fred Meyer you would assume that there had been a terrible mistake and that buyer had been sacked.

If you are noodling around in North Fremont go see him…his plastic containers are twenty percent off. Normally I wouldn’t randomly pimp for a place like this, but I love to garden. Plus it’s a slightly sketchy area, North Fremont, being a block off Aurora and all, and I want to see some nice businesses succeed there.