Fashion and Literature Collide as
Black Cat Books and safron
of Manitou Springs combine Forces and Spaces
Like to read?
Like cutting edge style? Like wine? Two of Manitou's most well-known retailers have come together in one space, offering
visitors a unique shopping experience. Black Cat Books, an independent bookstore/wine bar, and safron of Manitou Springs,
an eclectic boutique of wearable textile art, will co-occupy the current Black Cat space at 720 Manitou Avenue. The
structure, one of the many historic buildings in Manitou, was once a dairy. Uniting the two successful concepts was
a decision influenced by economics as much as a creative approach to marketing.
Come and find wonderful ideas
for gifts while you delight in the ambiance.
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on Events to find out specific happenings!
Remember to get something for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day. Take advantage of your one-stop-shopping
establishment in Manitou and have a glass of wine while your gift is being wrapped! :)
Here is a Valentine's poem for our gift to you, our friends
and family:
Litany
You are the bread and the knife,
The
crystal goblet and the wine.....
-Jacques Crickillon
You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and
the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the
white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds
suddenly in flight.
However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.
It is possible that you are
the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon
on the general's head,
but you are not
even close
to being the field of cornflowers
at dusk.
And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
not the boat asleep in its boathouse.
It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.
I
also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening
paper blowing down an alley
and the basket
of chestnuts on the kitchen table.
I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's tea cup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You
will always be the bread and the knife,
not
to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.
Billy Collins
