Seven a. m. usually finds me groggily groping for a cup of coffee. Any time I drag myself out of the house for a meal before noon, the bar is set especially high by my baseline crabbiness. There is a great deal of hype surrounding Toast on Market (with two locations, on Market Street in Louisville and in New Albany) and despite my grudge against the a. m. hours, Toast exceeded my expectations.

While most high schoolers were reveling in the final stretch of summer, members of Floyd Central’s theatre were embarking on a two-week adventure across the pond, culminating in the presentation of their original production, E.A. Poe…Into the Mind of Madness, at the International Fringe Festival in Scotland.

Better than vegetables, a tale on life and love comes straight out of The Secret Garden, which will open tonight in New Albany.