Singer Cafe
Singer is an old famous brand of sewing machines. It’s also a name of cafe in Kazimierz, old part of Krakow city. The first one to open there in the early 1990s.
Me and my wife Rita have discovered it a few years back while wondering around the city and looking for a place to sit down and relax. Once we entered the cafe, we both knew it’s a unique place in its atmosphere. It was early afternoon and the place was almost empty. Jazz music was pouring out of the speakers. We were having a cup of coffee accompanied with cake, relaxing and looking around appreciating the interior decor. I took a few shots with my camera hoping to get them right in a dark interior of the cafe lighted up only by dimmed daily light and candles burning on a few tables.
Later on back home, we were watching slides from our trip and remembering the places we have visited. The Singer cafe and slides I took there turned out to be one of our favourites. All thanks to the charming atmosphere of old interior with famous brand vintage sewing machines recycled in coffee tables and candle holders.
Rita came up with the idea to make a theme that would reflect the place atmosphere we liked so much. And so, the Jazz Cafe theme was born.
The theme was originally created for Typo, Ruby on Rails blogging system and later on ported to Serendipity. Recently, I refreshed the theme for this website and released it for WordPress. If you want to give it a spin on your blog, you can download the latest version here: JazzCafe (zip file). And, if you use the theme I would love to here from you.