Out of the Shoebox: Miss(shu) or fun with phonetics
![Out of the Shoebox: Miss(shu) or fun with phonetics](/content/images/size/w2000/2021/03/Out-of-the-Shoebox-Mishu-1.jpg)
Phonetics might not be the right word. It's one of those words I think I know what it means, but I'm not really sure.
I love the Vivace coffee stand on Broadway. I'll go ahead and lay a wager. Anyone who has ever lived on Capitol Hill, whenever they see a red awning, a part of their brain says, Vivace. Or in the case of my friend Nika, Vivase. (Hi Nika!) I used to go there all the time, delicious coffee. But for a while now, my morning brain has gotten extra needy - coffee...and a breakfast sandwich! Mmmmm, breakfast sandwiches. Breakfast tacos. Breakfast burritos. MIGAS! Breakfast anything. I need to break out new, healthier breakfast flashcards - muesli and fruit.
But there's more to this story. In the photo below, next to Vivace, there's a store called Mishu. I went in once, but I wasn't the target customer. It was awesome festival fashion. I'd like to think it's a place someone might have picked up some things before Woodstock, but naturally, as part of their regular shopping, not a moment of "OMG I'm going to Woodstock and I need to look festivally."
That's just a gut call from wandering by. Mishu moved on a couple of years ago. I'm not going to look up the date. There's a barber shop in that space now. I think Mishu is still in business online, but I'm not sure. I love these little moments in time, even though they're often sad, too. Someone took a chance on starting a business and employing people - that takes courage and determination. I hope Mishu is thriving online, or that the move led to other fruitful endeavors.
![Broadway Capitol Hill Seattle](https://www.sbhopper.com/content/images/2021/03/Out-of-the-Shoebox-Mishu.jpg)
Still here? If you like vinyl, check out Spin Cycle. Great shop run by great people. Tomorrow I'm going to get a coffee at Vivace and see if The Stranger is still labeled on the newspaper thingmajig (zoom left). I think The Stranger stopped its print edition a while ago, but I'm not sure. And I'll close with another plug for the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. Justin and the CHS team write about local businesses non-stop, celebrating their openings and victories and lamenting their closures. What a wonderful local publication. Hmm, that seems like it's from left field, sorry. I was reading their site today, and the end of month articles naturally see closings and openings...because leases.