The Expanding Mishka's Empire

Those who have visited us here and those who have been subjected to Columbia interviews with me, know about Mishka's. It's the best sort of hang-out spot with good coffee and free wireless Internet. The good news is that owners of Mishka's have started building outward. They have created a series of businesses that have upgraded the quality of life in town. First it was an indie movie house placed inside a renovated old community theater. This was a really good idea, one that angered the musicians in town, who decided quite late in the process that they wanted yet another live music venue. The Varsity opened in April and has done nothing but show An Inconvenient Truth for about two months consecutively, which is, I suppose, what happens when you have this many science and engineering Ph.Ds in a confined area. Next door, they've now opened an ice cream parlor. I've walked by a few times. They appear to be especially proud of their gelato.

The moral of the story is that Davis is more livable than most other places.