After a few weeks of being taunted by pictures of delicious pastries, my family and I finally made the trip out to Nokomis, IL to check out the new Ugly Mugs Coffee. Owner Tim Brookshire and us have a lot in common including buying old buildings and doing your best to restore them and breathe life into the community. We ended up spending the morning there at the local bookstore, and walking the downtown, and then the beautiful garden store. Here’s the day set to music by our old friend and creative wizard Kelly Latimore… (check out his free albums here!)