I like to preface this by saying I resisted getting an email address until I was almost 18 years old. I actually even had a pen pal through high school, you know, the old-fashioned kind involving stamps and (in our case) elaborately decorated envelopes. But now, I am...
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This Week In Business: Self (Less?) Management
Week four of Breaking Even Communications has revealed to me that I need a good manager, and that person has to be me. And in the universe of perfect timing, my shoulder has been killing me by mid-morning most everyday for the past almost two weeks. I have...
Too Cute Tuesday: Tricked Out T-Shirts
Who doesn’t have an oversized t-shirt that could use a little cool-ifying? And what better time then summer to get a cool new t-shirt?
This week at Too Cute Tuesday, we’re tricking out our t-shirts and making something old out of something new. Our original inspiration was this project on the Readymade website but there’s also a really great book that Dorrie happens to have called “Generation T”, which has its own website too.
The designs have fun names: Sam made “Halt Right There”, Dorrie made “Shoulder Chic”, and I made “Put Me In, Coach”. Yeah, I know…fun!
How To Be Cheap (Or Not Cheap) In Québec City
This weekend, I was in Québec City with Beth, a woman I tutor in French. Her husband and her were kind enough to offer me the trip. Beth proceeded to pay for everything while on the trip (Tom stayed behind, probably to revel in bachelorhood and let us speak French all...
I Bore My Soul At Blunt Money…Again!
I did an interview recently at Blunt Money about starting my own business.
As usual, I talked a lot but it was so much fun. Here’s the link, since I think I forgot to share it:
In Hard Times, Restaurants Change It Up
I love periodicals probably as much as I love blogs. When I have a doctor’s appointment, I sometimes go early so I can catch up on my reading.
But no medical appointment is necessary now; the inn has plenty of magazines for me to peruse, including some restaurant and lodging trade publications not carried by my doctor or my dentist.
One restaurant magazine, Santé had a feature article in their May issue called “Sarah’s: Succeeding In Tough Times.” Sarah and Bernard Bouissou own Bernard’s Restaurant in Ridgefield Connecticut. It’s an upscale place with great food that was doing well until the recession hit.
How Far Would You Go For A Discount?
At the inn, we have a policy about not offering discounted room rates. When your business is the only open four months of the year and you have to pay shorefront property taxes, it is completely understandable to me. We do, however, have different types of rooms...
This Week In Business: The Sensation Of Stabilization
Week three my new business venture is going well. My energy level is higher, in part because it finally stopped raining in my corner of the world, and my anxiety level is lower, in part because I am in the process of securing regular work with a large client. Besides taking a mental deep breath, here’s what I have been up to:
Too Cute Tuesday: Italian Grandma’s Calzones
This Too Cute Tuesday was a little off program. John, my newish boyfriend, was visiting. Naturally I forced him to perform for a group by ordering him to make calzones for everyone.
A little background: John made me calzones the first time I visited him. They were amazing. I had them for dinner, then breakfast the next morning, then lunch. Yup, they were that good.
This calzone recipe is a family recipe passed down from John’s Grandma Capriccio.