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Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea
123 West Washington |
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The first eveidence of Urban Fairies outside of our home April 7, 2005
There's a lot to say about Sweetwaters. It is my favorite café In Ann Arbor. I like to go there and day dream and brainstorm. I think that I first imagined that the fairies might move downtown while sitting in Sweetwaters. My wife and I have planned and schemed lots of projects there. |
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First Appearance April 7, 2005
This is the first fairy door that I saw outside of our house. |
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Walkin' By
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Reappearance
inside April 30, 2005 |
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A bit of architectural detailing on the outside of the building which was mimicked on the little door inside.
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December 07, 2006
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So... I build a riser for the "Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor" poster display and dontcha know the little-guys move in!
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... While they were at it, they cleaned up the door, repairing the cornice and upgrading the stoop to a tile.
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As if there aren't enough coffee shops in Ann Arbor... the space with appears to be just that...
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I suppose they serve "micro brew"?
There are a couple of blue cups on saucers, two tumblers "made" from wire nuts and a copy of the "Gnome News". Gnome News is good news!™ |
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12.19.06
I thought I had my first fairy sighting!!! |
... on closer inspection, I found a porcelain fairy DOLL left on the stoop of the Sweetwater's fairy door.
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1.09.07
Now it's FLAT FAIRIES! |
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1.15.07
It looks as if the fairies are ordering food delivered! |
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I received some beautiful photos from Myra Klarman:
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Sweetwater Café's urban fairy door.
by Myra Klarman |
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Sweetwater Café's urban fairy door.
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Sweetwater Café's urban fairy door & oblivious customers.
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6.07.07
Urban Fairy Merchandise Central! Books, Cards & Posters... and micro brews for the fey. |
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5.21.08
It seems that the urban fairies at the Micro Brew Café cannot hold their coffee! |
A Wild West Style brawl must have broken out, resulting in a smashed window and tables!
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Even the copy of The Gnome News was torn! Surprisingly, the cups and glasses survived!
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This is where it (fairy doors) all began — the concept, the phenomenon. This site is all about the Fairy Doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan (the original fairy doors) and what illustrator, Jonathan b. Wright , certified fairyologist, discovers about them. It includes photographs of the Fairy Doors, comments in the Fairy Journals, Observations and speculations about the Fairies. Tiny Doors, Urban Fairies®, Faery, Faeries, Fairy, Fairies, miniature doors, tiny doors, little doors, tiny fairy doors, little fairy doors, little faery doors, tiny faery doors, weensy doors, Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Peaceable Kingdom, Jefferson Market, The Ark, The Ann Arbor Framing Company, Selo Shevel Gallery, Lakewood Elementary Kindergarten, Fairy ticket window, Found Gallery, Mott Children's Hospital, The Michigan Theater, Google Offices, Nicola's Books, Found Gallery, Flying Pumpkin Cottage, fairy entrances, fairy windows, fairy spaces, fairy store, fairy shop, Flat Fairies, Clarence the Bridge Troll, fairy droppings. The site will be updated frequently with new excerpts from the Fairy Journals, New fairy sightings, Specifics about each location a fairy map. Any new knowledge of the fairy activity will be passed along by Jonathan. Also on this site are some hidden fairy surprises and a list of Frequently Asked Questions about Fairies. There is a brief history of how Jonathan became involved with the Urban Fairies®. There are links to local publications about the Urban Fairy® phenomenon. Jonathan is currently writing several books on the fairies in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen, who coincidentally has found a fairy door in her kindergarten classroom. Hopefully it will be fun and informative to come back and see what's new with the Urban Fairies of Ann Arbor.
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