Definition of Juballer

I think this video pretty much sums up the characteristics of a Juballer...Do you have what it takes?

Lafayette Devlopment / Jubala Village Coffee layout

So today we are meeting with the architect of the development and a restaurant supply house to talk about how we are going to outfit our space. I am not sure if this takes any sort of decorating skill, but if it does Jeff and I may need get close and personal with our feminine side, which will probably be much easier for Jeff than myself. When we get a chance to scan the dimensions of the inside of the space we will post it on here so you too can let the decorator in you go to work. I am going to put a link to the Lafayette development website on here as well ( http://www.lafayettevillageraleigh.com/ ). Our space is the second spot from the left in Building B. It will have two main entrances. One entrance will face Honeycutt road and the other entrance will open into a green courtyard that will serve as the main outdoor dining area for the development. The idea with this location is take advantage of both morning and afternoon/evening traffic. In the morning most of our customers will park closer and enter through the Honeycutt entrance, grab what they want (pay of course), and then either stay or leave for work. In the afternoon/evening we anticipate more of our customers using the other side taking advantage of the beautiful landscape and architecture that the development will provide. Then again we have no clue what to expect. I don't even know what I am going to do when I start my own day, so it is hard for me to predict how other people will use our spot. So start thinking about how you would design your own coffee shop and let us know if you have any good ideas.

Welcome

Before you ask what a Juballer is let us inform you that this is not a title that we came up with on our own. Actually we aren't really sure where it came from but since we have started using it we have been hooked. It's kind of like when you go to pound fists with someone instead of shaking their hands - You have no clue when and where you were first introduced to the fist pounding practice, but somehow it has subconsciously become apart of your typical greeting. For us, Juballer is and has been used in the same way. Juballer is actually a compound. You know - when two words are pushed together to form one new word. In this case we not only pushed two words together, but we got crazy and dropped a few letters as well. You'll understand soon. Take for instance another great compound word created by the great Chad Hood (www.thinkingchad.blogspot.com) and yours truly - "Churffee". What do you get when you put church and coffee together (?), a delicious cup of churffee.

So getting to our point and the purpose of this welcome post to the Juballer blogger. We (Jeff and Andrew) refer to each other, and every now and then the people dear to our hearts, as Juballers. Juballer is the compound of Jubala and baller. This would probably be the best time to introduce another new word/concept to you as well, "Jubala." Jubala is the name of the coffee house we are opening in North Raleigh (hopefully around Dec 08). Pause, re-read...yep that is correct, with neither of us ever taking a course in entrepreneurship we heard God's calling and decided to be obedient and take the financial dive into the free enterprise system called capitalism. We could go on and on in details about what Jubala is going to be like, but to be quite honest we still aren't sure. Two years ago our coffee house concept was very different than it is today, and our plans are constantly changing and adjusting everyday. Thus the purpose of this blog is to help track our progress in the next year towards opening and update you, our friends, on the evolution of Jubala. But back to the second part of Juballer, baller. Baller is a term used, and actually may no longer be that 'hip' of a word, to describe someone that does something ridiculously well. Originally it referred to basketball players that made it off the streets and into the NBA, but is now more broadly used. Lets face the truth though: 1) we are just a couple of average twenty something white guys that know nothing about being cool or how to use correct street terminology, and 2) neither of us really do anything ridiculously well enough to be given the title "baller". But in our own world, just to make each other feel better, we find comfort in calling each other, "Juballer."

Welcome to our Blog! We hope this will be a space that will provide updates on our lives, the Jubala Village Coffeehouse, and other useful and pertinent information. But most importantly we hope that many more of you will desire to become future Juballers. We wish the very best for you, and welcome any and all comments. God Bless