by Monica | Jun 9, 2009 | Announcements
I have had some adventures this week and it has been fun! Last Tuesday (June 2) Mark and I went to a trade wine tasting hosted by one of our suppliers at the Columbia Center Building. Have you ever been up to the 75th floor of the Columbia Center?? It is amazing! I...
by Monica | Jun 1, 2009 | Announcements
On Saturday Mark and I went to the CK Food Bank’s 2nd annual Bread Basket Bash, and it appeared to be a great success. We saw some old friends there, and we made some new ones, and it was a lovely evening overall. If you missed it this year I hope you get a...
by Monica | May 26, 2009 | Announcements
We had 3 days off! It is so rare for us to have more than one day off and usually when we do we still have too much to do, but this weekend: we mostly played! Saturday morning we were in Port Orchard by 9:15 and wandering through the farmer’s market while we...
by Monica | May 18, 2009 | Announcements
I know you are loving this weather! It has been gorgeous and it even got Mark and I out on our day off, which is oh so rare these days. Saturday we got out of the cafe before 1, so we hit the Port Orchard Farmer’s marketwhere I picked up beautiful bunch of...
by Monica | May 12, 2009 | Announcements
My team (you may have heard me refer to them as ‘The Girls’. This is a loving term of endearment to this group of fabulous women who work with me. Plus it makes them feel young and happy, which is a good thing!) likes to laugh at my old fashioned attitudes...
by Monica | May 5, 2009 | Announcements
Seattle’s own Maria Hines (Tilth Restaurant) won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)and that is so FABULOUS!!! Congratulations to Maria and her entire crew for this wonderful esteem being bestowed upon them. Though her...
by Monica | Apr 27, 2009 | Announcements
My computer has had issues AGAIN! The hard drive I got in December failed, so we had to warrantee it and it is still not back to me after 2 weeks. ARG! The story is long and I am sure you don’t want to know about it, though I felt I should explain my long...
by Monica | Apr 6, 2009 | Announcements
Twenty years ago I worked for the Marriott. I was a hostess/cashier and then floor supervisor at the restaurants, working mainly the front of the house. We had a few dignitaries who stayed with us and I felt that it was important to learn how to show respect to each...
by Monica | Mar 31, 2009 | Announcements
One of the best perks that we get are some of the trade wine tastings that we get to go to. On Monday, March 23rd Mark and I went to Primo Grill in Tacoma (Primo is fantastico! Order the best calamari ever: they don’t fry it, they do it in the wood fire oven and...
by Monica | Mar 25, 2009 | Announcements
A business coach who does not yet know my style of business said that title phrase to me yesterday. It was a moment of epiphany for me because he was talking to me and one other restaurant owner (a man from Buffalo, NY) and while Mark and I have run our business with...
