Pizza Night Fun

Recently we shared our pizza experience with some of our fellow Retrofitians and had a ton of fun. Everyone got to make their own pizzas and had a bit of a competition. Here are the long awaited results.
Click here to see all pictures.

Best Tasting Pizza - Ryan
Something about this combination was just incredible!

Cutest Pizza - Mary and Barkwende
Awe so cute!

Best Designed Pizza - Stephanie
To Steph, pizza is an art form.

Juiciest Pizza - Kandice
No doubt about this one; this pizza was oozing with yummy juice!

Weirdest Looking Pizza - Michael and La Neisha
Compromise isn't always pretty, but at least it it's tasty.

Gnarliest Pizza - Jay
Dude, this was righteous!

Most Interesting Combination - Katie
Sure why not?

Most Creative Ingredient - Bim
Corn rules!

Easter and Cafe Update

Aside from intense work at Motorola and loads of MFA homework, the Penland's have had a lot fun stuff going on lately. Last Sunday we participated in Glad Tiding’s musical, “This is Life” which featured some amazing music, testimony, messages, and videos. Above is a sample clip of a video that was used (see more here). Stephanie performed with the choir while Mike operated a giant spotlight :-) That Sunday morning was also the commencement of Phase I for our Grace Café project.

For Grace Café we got approval to overhaul our church coffee service from nasty pre-ground decaffeinated Kirkland Signature with 100 year old building water, to freshly ground (with Mike’s grinder) Peet’s Major Dickason with premium filtered water. We had a great setup and the fresh coffee and new tea selection were a big hit. In the coming weeks we’ll happily receive our reconditioned La Marzocco Linea espresso machine! From there we’ll take Grace Café to the next level! Of course we’ll have to figure out somewhere to put it and how on Earth to hook it up (220v, water in/out, 220lbs). Hmmm, maybe we put the cart before the horse. Stay tuned for some exciting updates! Below is a picture of GT’s new Linea - hooray!