Last Friday night Aaron Thompson, owner of Sapphire threw a party to celebrate the establishment’s tenth anniversary and to thank the people who have made it possible along the way. Aaron acknowledges the list is long, and he and I met recently to talk about the journey. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, Aaron had a complicated early life, living in twenty-one different places before he was ten years old. At ten his life at least became more geographically stable when his father … Continue reading Sapphire Celebrates its 10th Anniversary