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Real Change is celebrating 15 years. I’ve always supported Real Change, if you don’t know what it is, or what’s it’s about.check out the website As part of the birthday celebration they have a CD they are selling, Bedlam actually has two Real Change vendors that stop here, one of Which is Peridoh (I’ve no idea how to spell his name), Who was just featured in a King5 story about the paper and the CD, check it out here > RealChange

“CreateLive SEA” Aug 29th 3pm at Bedlam Coffee!

at 2231 2ND Ave in Belltown

Create Live simply is artists creating, right there in front of you. Maybe you want to join in? No Prob, come on down and create. What could be a better match for a place called Bedlam.

A statement from the CreateLive AZ event;

–The rules at a CreateLive event are simple. If you have something creative that you are working on, bring it and work along side our featured artists. If you want to come and just hang out, by all means! You are more than welcome. Come, have fun, create, hang out, eat, drink, whatever. Be Awesome!

The Seattle event will feature Local Artist David Hoang http://davidhoang.com/ (twitter @davidhoang)

AND CreateLive Co-Founder Natasha Wescoat http://natashasartcandy.com/ (twitter @natasha)

Mark that date Aug 29th (it’s the day SkyNet becomes self aware if that’ll help) at 3pm

–sponsored by  MASHABLE, & BEDLAM COFFEE http://createliveseattle.com/

…So they’ve sent teams of scavengers out into the neighborhoods to troll for them.
Hm, flattering? Is it scary? hm..I don’t know. First instant coffee, now this, combine with a stenciled gunny sack ad campaign, and you’ve got a classic cry for help.

Which brings me to why I’m posting, a recent Seattle Coffee Works blog post has so completely nailed the independent coffee shop thing, that I just have to direct any and all attention I can to it. theLink> (That Chain with the Green Logo.” -Sebastian Simsch)

SO if you haven’t already read Sebastian Simsch’s brilliant article at the Seattle Coffee Works Blog, you really should, even if you aren’t a Seattle coffee shop owner,or a Barista, or a friend of a Barista, or a cousin of a girl that once lived with a Barista that made an Americano for Kurt Cobain’s assistant, it’s a good read.

Additionally- have you seen the giant drinking man at 1’st and Pike Yet, So Great! Damn, directly opposite the Pike Place Clock a brand new Seattle Icon to be photographed in front of. And people will make a B-Line for it in the walk-all-ways crosswalk.

” Starbucks? what Starbucks?”
“We just walked past it, that short dark shuttered place place back there on the corner where something better looking used be.”

-anyway, it was an inspiring article, at least for me, hopefully for others. Bedlam doesn’t want to be SCW, but we sure can appreciate the divine attention they bring to the independent coffeeshop. Applause Applause Applause for Seattle Coffee Works

Yep, Bedlam is backing up in respect to it’s 24 hour weekends. Right now it just doesn’t seem like there’s enough interest. We will be open till 3am tho, so it’s kinda like were still doing it, and we are not ruling it our for the future. When we are busy at 3am, then we’ll bring back the 24 hour weekend thing, but for now 3am seems pretty well in line with what the customers want.

After two months we at last have a permit to begin the work on the new shop. Two months to get a permit to do about two days worth of work. We could be open as early as Saturday the 23rd, but certainly by next week without a doubt.
Are you following us on Twitter yet? follow us at @BedlamCoffee for up to the second updates on progress