COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE / PHILLYCREEMCHEESE Collab

Hello internet people! Back before we started living in this new COVID-19 reality, I was working on a t-shirt design for my good friend and small business owner, Trey Kirchoff. Trey runs a coffee shop called COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE in Cleveland, OH and like so many people I know, has taken a tremendous hit from this pandemic. His staff has been laid off, and the shop doors are closed indefinitely. Trey is running a fundraiser on his website to help keep the shop rent paid until they can reopen and my shirt is listed as one of the items up for sale. It's a bummer we couldn't release this the way we planned with the new menu item but this will serve a greater purpose at this moment in time. As a bonus to purchasing the t-shirt Trey will throw in one of my Rat Ripper enamel pins with each purchase, while supplies last. 

This is a very scary time for small businesses in our country. Most of these places operate on a shoestring budget and having no income while being forced to pay their rent in full is showing how easily all these business can be wiped out. I know a lot of us don't have much extra to spare at this time but if you can,  please purchase something from any small business that is still able to ship orders or has a fundraiser or gift card option set up. It's on us at the moment to help preserve these places until this is over. I've included a pic of the shirt below and the link to donate to the fundraiser is HERE!

Good Times

It's been a very interesting 2 weeks and, like a lot of people in this world, my life has kind of been turned upside down. I've worked part-time on and off at Gimme! Coffee in Brooklyn, NY for the last 10 years and when I finished my shift on Wednesday the 11th, I had no idea that was going to be my last time working there. And, I know this could be temporary but, it's hard to tell right now and trying to guess what the future will bring feels pointless at the moment. Either way, I wanted to share some of the work I created for the company over the years and thank anyone who ever supported me, either by buying a mug, growler, t-shirt or throwing a picture of something I made up on the internet. Hopefully, we won't have to say goodbye to our community in Williamsburg but, if we ever have to I hope this is not the way we bow out.

I stated it on my instagram account but I hope we can look at this anniversary poster down the line as just an anniversary poster and not some bizarre foreshadowing of a different reality. Please stay safe and healthy, and just engage with yourself. We always complain we don't have time for this and that and now we are forced to take that time so use it wisely and constructively so we can all get together again soon.