Droevendalia 78: June 2009 - Droevendaal

99 Productions presents… Droef Cafè @ 99!
99 is so full of good food that it was a pity to keep it for ourselves only… So it happened that two people had the
same idea at the very same time: why don’t we sell fresh bread and home-made jam from one of our windows?
And why don’t we also sell the delicious cappuccinos we use to have every day? And we can perhaps give the
profit to charity.. .to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a marine wildlife conservation organization in the
mission of ending the illegal whaling on the Antartic Whale Sanctuary.
The idea was so attractive that we couldn’t resist,
and three days later we opened our little “shop”.
The pilot went very well, and we got a great support
from droevendaalers –some of our “customers”
spent the whole afternoon there! We realized then
that people enjoyed sitting down in the sun,
chatting and having something to drink: not a shop,
but a café was the way to go! So the idea has grown,
and last Saturday the offer was much wider: not
only cappuccinos and bread, but cookies, tiramisu,
mint tea, chocolate cake...and much more. All 99ers
got enthusiastically involved: someone cooked or
baked, someone played music and someone helped
out in the kitchen when a group of 10 people
arrived all at once. Without even thinking about it,
the Droef Café has become an amazing source of
positive energy for the house, keeping us even
closer than we were before.
And this is what we would like to bring to the whole
of Droef as well...is it too ambitious? Droef Café is a
place where people can have nice home-made food
and drinks, but also a place to sit down, relax and
spend time together. If on the one hand we want to
offer quality food for cheap prices, on the other
hand the most important aspect is to provide a sort
of “community place” where droevendaalers and
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others can get together on Saturday afternoons,
chatting and, why not?, even playing some music
together. This is also the part we enjoy the most!
Moreover, it would be nice if more people from
Droef got involved as well: do you enjoy baking? Do
you have some nice home-made drinks? Contact us
in advance and we’ll add it to the “menu”! In fact,
Droef Café is a sort of work in progress: we want to
keep the menu as free and diverse as possible,
varying the offer every time according to the
creativity of the moment and the availability of
fresh ingredients. This means that surprises are
going to come in the next weeks, and you’ll never
get bored of our café! We’ll keep you up to date by
posting our fliers every Friday.
To conclude, we want thank droevendaalers for
their nice support of our little initiative. We have
really a lot of fun, and that’s what matters. So...we
hope to see you all next Saturday!
Gloria, Alejandra and the rest of 99
Samenvatting: DroefCafe @ 99
Droef Café is een gelegenheid waar mensen kunnen
genieten van lekker, zelfgemaakt eten en drinken
en ook kunnen zitten, ontspannen en bijkletsen.
Iedere zaterdag, vanaf 16:00, op Droef 99