Hills killed many of the eucalyptus trees. With a red flag who held up traffic so trees that had been cut down could be cleared. As we drove through the hills on the day of our arrival, we were stopped by a man Sherry and Vicky jumped out in Los Angeles, but Laurie and IĬontinued on to Berkeley, California. With $300Īnd a converted van to my name, we set out to see America. I convinced three friends-Laurie, Sherry, and Vicky-to come with me I was way too scared to try this on my own. (a great friend to this day), converted the van into a place I could sleep during the drive across country. I borrowed $1,500 from my brother to buy a Ford Econoline van and, with the help of my friend Mary Corlin If I had trouble with English, what made me think IĬould learn a foreign language? I decided to leave school without my degree. Once again, it was the shame of my grade-school years holding me back. I was supposed to graduate in 1973, but my degree was withheld because I hadn’t Judy and John got married and the rest is history, but that’s a story for Who went on to superstardom on Saturday Night Live. John Belushi, and the four of us had quite the adventure for the next three years. In my second year, I shared a one-bedroom apartment offĬampus with two friends I had met in the dorm, Carole Morgan and Judy Jacklin. In the dormitory’s dish room seven days a week to pay the bills. Why not take the easy way out? Why try harder?ĭuring my first year at the University of Illinois, I lived in the Florida Avenue Residences in room 222 and worked Why not try something easier?" I did a little investigation and found out that the easiest major was social work, so I signed up for that. I told him that I wanted to become a brain surgeon. “I want to run my own spot and have it be mine to give to the community.Counselor who asked me what I wanted to study. I think it has always been sitting there,” Stekly said. “I credit her, a lot, for making me realize that this is a dream of mine. Now, she brings that optimism to creating a new neighborhood cafe. While working for a restaurant in Spokane, Stekly found encouragement from the owner to follow her dream of starting a business. I love food, and that’s always brought me back to the restaurant industry,” Stekly said. “The part that’s attracted me to all of those different jobs has been service and customer service and the people. She found that her passion was the restaurant industry after many career changes as a massage therapist, flight attendant and dental assistant. Stekly is hopeful that she’ll live up to Missoula’s expectations, while also making the cafe her own. “And that was very much evident with my clientele.” “Places like that help you age gracefully,” Galusha said. Galusha had many regulars, including a woman who visited every day and read thick books with her coffee and another customer who felt less isolated because of the neighborhood cafe. was built in 1914, and previously housed two other businesses, including Freddy’s Feed & Read and a university market. So before she could open in 2011, Galusha had to fight for her business by changing the zoning and winning over the neighborhood. The Buttercup Cafe’s beginnings weren’t easy, as residents in the University District had pushed back against commercialization by enacting protective zoning in 1995. “Otherwise, you’re just so isolated if you can’t walk and bike there.” “Every neighborhood needs a gathering spot,” Galusha said. The new cafe should open in June or July. The building is undergoing a remodel, and will feature a large dining room on the main floor and a study lounge in the loft, Stekly said. The new cafe will offer breakfast and lunch, using locally sourced bakery items, sandwiches, soups and more. It’s open for all walks of life, all types of people, and we just want to feed their hearts through their bellies.” “Grandma’s arms and kitchen were always open to everyone and anyone, and that’s what our cafe will be. “I wanted to keep the grandma feel,” said Tadra Stekly, Nonna's owner. The word “Nonna” is Italian for “Grandmother.” Now the cafe is transitioning to new ownership, and will be renamed Nonna’s Neighborhood Eatery. “It wasn’t fancy stuff, it was delicious, and that’s what I learned from her.” “Buttercup was a locavore before it was a style because she had a big garden, she preserved lots of things, she bartered for food that she didn’t have,” Galusha said. It was a way of life that resonated with Galusha, and which she shared with others at her University Area cafe, shopping at Missoula's farmers markets and encouraging her employees to prepare family recipes and their own creations using local foods.
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