Lookout for the small print.

In February the London City Mission Support Centre called the managers of catering centres in for a meeting to discuss the new regulations that will be enforced in December this year. The summary of the law is that we will have to give an account of the ingredients of our food to our customers and find a way in doing that. It is quite exasperating when you begin to think about it and it has caused some of us sleepless nights. I looked at our menu boards and thought of the possibility of writing the ingredients in very small text with a marker pen underneath each item. But the problem is what would happen when the ingredients change? I had used a DYMO when I was young and started to look for something like that - I eventually found a solution a Brother label maker that prints thermally onto removable sticking tapes! I am quite pleased at the result. Virginia and family came to London, her husband Lars was working at the winter olympics and she decided that they should come and visit us for a month. It was great fun having them here and so nice to get to know the littlest one better. They played together almost daily. There's also the pancake day party which was well attended - this year we had it in St Johns community centre - I don't think it was as good as the previous year - the café is a better venue even if it is smaller. Then towards the middle of March a team of helpers came to visit from Redeemer, New York. They helped Tom and the other volunteers distribute flyers and visit doors as well as painting some local residents interior, and redecorating the interior of Café Forever. We now have a new coat of paint and together with the new menu boards look a notch up!

Maxi visits us painting café