March 2007 Archives

Today I found some notes I'd made for an earlier blog on the adorable computerized post-it note pad in my 'dashboard':

emerging
not feeling like writing
what I'm learning
what Acorn is like
Food
I'm eating nachos

That pretty much summed up what life was like a month ago, and it works pretty well for now, too. I've been feeling bad about my lapse in blogging, or returning phone calls from family members, or housekeeping. A few short 'ditties' about Dennis or a mishap in the kitchen couldn't be that difficult to share, and might even keep the few of you still out there sated enough to wait for the epic blogs that will surely come with spring's arrival. These days I am actually at Half & Half so little, I don't have enough to say. This is a very strange time as I've been yearning to get out of the everyday-at-the-Half-and-Half routine for some time, and now that I am, I feel disconnected. It's not that fun or interesting to write about. Hey, do you want to hear about we run out of some important item every day, whether it's toilet paper or vegan mayonnaise, and I can't seem to make an effective inventory list? Me neither.

The kitchen seems to be working out pretty well, and we've been making stuff I had previously only dreamed of serving, like brisket sandwiches. I think the next big project is to create a mailing list for our menus at Half & Half and Acorn. That would also require some advance knowledge of the menus on my part, which I have yet to master. But I am feeling optimistic. It's Spring.

We skipped the holiday party thing last year for various reasons, like the opening of a new location, but I promised everyone that once the Acorn was up and running and our new crew in place, we would do something "fun." With no excuses left, we got nearly everyone to meet us at Hollywood Bowl last Saturday for karaoke and cosmic bowling. It was, by all accounts, a success. I am most proud of the fact that Jeff and I snuck away without anyone else noticing, thereby absolving ourselves of any responisiblities to, or for, our treasured employees. Reports vary, but there was at least one security guard involved. For our next event, I'd like to try some team building that's a little more goal-oriented, like renovating the shed in our back yard.