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Pollock’s Hardware is counting on creativity, determination and good-old-fashioned pluck to get the 97-year-old landmark store to the 100-year mark.

We spell it out.

Every family comes with baggage. For U.N. Luggage owners and siblings Jon Thiessen and Jen Goreski, it’s literal.

There is one on the counter at the Acorn Café. His name is Nutz, he’s stuffed, and as the unofficial mascot of the café in Generation Green he’s a reminder of the coffee and lunch spot’s origins.

There’s a conversation-starter that has been both a cocktail party and interview standard for years: If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

How often do you think about the take-out paper cup that holds your coffee?