Name: Joey Hawkins
Occupation: owner of Jupiter House Coffee
Website: www.jupiterhousecoffee.com
Birth date and place: Oct. 19, Denver
Family: wife, Amy; son, Royal, 3; and daughter, Holiday, due date Feb. 14
The one thing I enjoy most about my work is: getting to see so many faces every day.
My business philosophy is: 1. Do what Amy tells me to do. 2. Sell the best coffee I possibly can. 3. Give the best customer service possible. 4. Have fun!
If I could, I’d be a: game show host or elementary school principal.
I’m so sick of: people copying my hair.
The four guests at my fantasy dinner party would be: Bill Murray, John Elway, Jimmy Stewart and Colin Cowherd.
My hobbies are: working on my house.
The last book I read was: (to my son) Mrs. Wow Never Wanted A Cow by Martha Freeman.
I wish I knew how to: chill out.
My worst habit is: thinking I’m the funniest one in the room.
Nobody knows I: am the funniest one in the room.
The person I most admire is: my sister, Mary. She is a single mother of two, graduating from the University of North Texas in December. I’m so proud of her!
My guilty pleasure is: eating sweets in bed when my wife is asleep.
I drive a: mean bargain.
I’d like to be driving a: scooter with my brother in 1988.
My favorite restaurant is: Casa Galaviz.
I’m happiest when: I’m entertaining with my family and friends.
I regret: things I say daily.
If I won the lottery, here’s what I’d do just for me: get Frenchy to make my yard look like the Garden of Eden and have him take care of it.
If I could change one thing about Denton, it would be: the temperature.
When I retire, I plan to: keep working.
Community activities: Greater Denton Arts Council, Holiday Lighting, Rotary, Elvis on The Square, Day of The Dead, and United Way of Denton County
