Sylvia’s Coffee owners makes it to the Olympics

  • Sylvia’s Coffee owners Michael and Diana Homeier and their son, Gabriel, attended the Paris Olympics earlier this summer. Michael and Diana’s niece, Rachel Fattal (center), was playing on Team USA’s water polo team. (CONTRIBUTED)
    Sylvia’s Coffee owners Michael and Diana Homeier and their son, Gabriel, attended the Paris Olympics earlier this summer. Michael and Diana’s niece, Rachel Fattal (center), was playing on Team USA’s water polo team. (CONTRIBUTED)
  • Team USA water polo player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Rachel Fattal wears a Sylvia’s Coffee t-shirt inside the Olympic Village. (CONTRIBUTED)
    Team USA water polo player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Rachel Fattal wears a Sylvia’s Coffee t-shirt inside the Olympic Village. (CONTRIBUTED)
  • Phryge, the mascot for the Paris Olympics, sits atop the pastry case at Sylvia’s Coffee in downtown Eatonton. (CONTRIBUTED)
    Phryge, the mascot for the Paris Olympics, sits atop the pastry case at Sylvia’s Coffee in downtown Eatonton. (CONTRIBUTED)
    A plush version of Phryge, the mascot for the Paris Olympic Games, sits atop the pastry case at Sylvia’s Coffee in downtown Eatonton. The stuffed mascot reminds owners Michael and Diana Homeier of the once-in-a-lifetime experience they had attending the Paris Olympics.Michael and Diana closed the coffee shop for two weeks earlier this summer to go see their niece, Team USA water polo p...

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