Twirl Press Release - July 8th 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact: Rebecca Pelletier

Email: info@twirlcafe.com

TWIRL, OPENING LATE SUMMER IN QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD

A Child-friendly Café and Play Space



Date: July 8, 2010

Raising a nineteen (19) month old daughter has been a wonderful challenge for Rebecca Pelletier, owner of Twirl Café, but she soon hopes to make this challenge easier for other Seattle area families. Late this summer, Twirl Cafe will open on bustling Queen Anne Avenue in Seattle (2111 Queen Anne Avenue North). Through her experiences living on Queen Anne, a sense of community has become important to Rebecca. For Twirl, this means partnering with other small, local business to provide unique products and services. The café-style menu will offer breakfast and lunch, and is full of natural, organic, and sustainable menu choices. “The menu has been put together with our little ones in mind. This means lots of healthy snacks and food options,” Rebecca says.

Twirl is not your ordinary family-friendly restaurant. It will include a large play space geared towards children under six that is clean, contained and visible to parents. Designed by Kidtropolis architects, the play area will include an imaginative tree-house structure, as well as many other toys and activities. An upper classroom space will double as an open gym area for additional tumbling and active play. To enable Twirl to sustain a clean, creative, and changing environment, use of the play areas will be based on a small flat-fee. “It will not be your average box of toys,” notes Rebecca.

When open gym is not in session, a variety of classes will be offered at Twirl. These classes will provide a fun learning opportunity for both parent and child. Classes include yoga, puppet making, fitness and exercise, parenting and more. Many of the classes will be child-friendly or provide options for onsite childcare for an additional fee. For parents looking to host birthday parties or private events, Twirl can offer a headache-free experience by providing everything needed.

Twirl will be a comfortable, hip environment for parents to network with other parents, meet their friends with (or without) kids, and have some one-on-one play time with their child(ren). It's a chance to take play outside of the house, and enjoy a good cup of coffee or sandwich (or both!) while you are

at it.

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For more information about Twirl, or to schedule an interview, please contact Rebecca Pelletier via email info@twirlcafe.com

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Twirl in the News and Classes to Boot!

Twirl was featured on the Queen Anne View blog this week.  Check out the news story here.

Sign ups are rolling in for our first Mommy Matters parenting class this fall, and we are getting excited about the many other classes we plan to offer onsite in our recreation room. 

Just Imagine! You arrive at Twirl in the AM with your toddler in tow.  She is rearin' to go and you are just trying to wake up, while sipping on your nonfat one-pump mocha.  She pulls you into the play area to explore, but when its time, our onsite childcare program steps in while you go upstairs to do some gut busting ab exercises in our 20 minute abs class.  Or maybe its a soothing hour of yoga?  Either way, you'll emerge feeling refreshed, and your toddler will be happy as a clam (with energy expended!)  The possibilities are endless.  Kids Yoga, Mom and Me workouts, Family Bootcamp are all classes in the works - as well as a host of other free activities that will be available with play admission.  Sign-ups soon -  so stay tuned!

Do you have any ideas on classes you wan to see? Email us offline! We would love to hear your feedback.

info@twirlcafe.com

Twirl partners with Mommy Matters parenting series!

We are excited to bring Mommy Matters to Twirl this fall! We will provide childcare options, while you attend an excellent 8-week parenting class that covers Gottman, Love and Logic, and other principles. Classes are for Moms looking for help and support with toddler through preschool age children. Learn from local parent educators, Melissa Benaroya and Robin Dowdy, as they lead Moms on the path to a better relationship (and a little sanity) with your little ones.

I just finished the spring Mommy Matters session and was excited to implement some new techniques to our house that have removed unwanted chaos and increased my confidence.  I also picked up some much needed support from other Moms dealing with many of the same issues. Yes, out-of-control tantrums can be avoided... and no, your NOT alone!

Check out the Mommy Matters website and sign up now for this popular series!

Father's Day Weekend + Beer Festival = Happiness for Dad

Father's day is upon us! For some Father's, this might mean a day full of "in-home relaxation" (watching the World Cup, tinkering in the basement, putting feet up) or it could mean a day full of activities outside the house. Either way, here is an event worthy of mentioning. 

Washington Beer Festival - St. Edwards Park
Does the Dad in your family love beer? This is a GREAT beer festival (and one we will be attending this weekend!)  Lots of local brewers, family-friendly, live music, special activities for kids - all at the scenic Saint Edwards Park.  The great thing about this beer festival (compared to the several I have been to with my beer loving husband), is that many of the brewers are on site pouring your glass, and available to answer questions about their beer.  The selection is also huge and LOCAL.  Weather looks like it will hold this weekend!

Location:
Saint Edward State Park
14445 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028

Festival Hours:
Friday, June 18, 4 - 9pm- 21+ only
Saturday, June 19, 11am - 9pm- All Ages
Sunday, June 20, 11am - 6pm- All Ages
 
Cost at the door:
$25 / person (includes 6 beer tokens); $8 for designated drivers
Parking: 
Take the FREE Shuttle from one of the listed Park and Rides; on site parking available but limited - fee is $15.
 
Bottoms up! And CHEERS to all the Dads, thanks for all that you do!

Lease is Signed! Our new home on the AVE!

I am excited to announce that the lease was signed today at 12:31PM! Thanks Mike Yukevich of Queen Anne Real Estate for help finding a good location and negotiating a great lease agreement!  Our new home is 2111 Queen Anne Ave N.  This is located on the top of Queen Anne hill, across from Safeway in the new Sweetbrier building.

Right on the Ave

Our space is approximately 2,000 sqft, and we are excited to provide a great multi-purpose space, cafe and espresso bar, lounge seating, and of course, a large play area!

Check out our very first customer, Bentley. This doodle is anxiously awaiting the big opening.

Build-outs are beginning soon!  Keep Twirlin'...

Play Structure Design in the Works!

Twirl is excited to announce that Kidtropolis of Virginia has been commissioned to design a creative play structure for our little ones to climb and explore.  

Kidtropolis specializes in furniture and interior space solutions for children, whether it be a custom nursery, bedroom, or playroom.  Check out their site for some cool pictures!

We can't share the final design with you just yet...  But we can tell you it will offer an organic Tree house feel, complete with a bridge and look-out.  We are looking forward to seeing all of those little monkeys at Twirl, late this summer!!

More soon...