Pat Fucking Brown from Satellite Coffee has been ridiculing these two men about their uniforms.  Both don green Dickies, matching sneakers, and old school baseball shirts. Smooth and Juicey Principal owner Doug Mazzine and Operations Manager Thane Davis match like childhood best friends.  I can see why Pat would mock them, but there's also no denying the sexiness of their wardrobe effort.  As I attempted to check out their asses, I did notice a super cool Smooth and Juicey logo imprinted on the backs of their shirts.  Nice looking stuff.  On both accounts.

Only a few days into their "soft opening," the Smooth and Juicey guys look like they have it together and the customers are steadily streaming in.  The full menu board wasn't up yet, but as Doug made The KAke's and my banana/avocado smoothie, Thane discussed the beneficial concoctions soon to come.  There were energy boosters, nutritious remedies, and my fave: hangover cures.

Now, I know in my little Weekly Volcano world where the sky is purple and we eat marshmallow butterflies in the staff cafeteria, the words "Smooth and Juicey" are common-place.  But what about the rest of Tacoma?  How were they going to get the word out?  I had some ideas.  But to find out their answers, I had to inquire within.

THANE DAVIS: I told my wife that she could give me an orange mohawk when we finally opened Smooth and Juicey.  The day we opened, she called me out on it and I tried to back out.  Then she called me a "chicken."  After that, I had to do it.  I couldn't let her call me a "chicken."

STEPH DEROSA: Yeah, that pretty much sounds like male wisdom.  You guys are so easy.

DAVIS: It's also part of my marketing strategy.

DEROSA: If an orange mohawk is part of your marketing strategy, what's Doug's?  I know!  You should make him strip down naked!  Right now.  Please?

DAVIS: No way!  I've seen that business before, and it's not pretty what's underneath that clothing.  Nobody wants to see that.

DEROSA: OK, maybe he should get a Smooth and Juicey tattoo.  On his lower back, like a tramp stamp!

DAVIS: Ok, now you're just offensive.  A tramp stamp?  How dare you.  Take your drink and leave.

DEROSA: Fine! Goodbye!

DOUG MAZZINE: Thane, she didn't pay yet.

DAVIS: Damnit, DeRosa!

[Smooth and Juicey, 1122 Market St., Tacoma, 253.820.9945 or 253.330.7040]