Grand Opening

We had our Grand Opening! a few hours ago. Various businesspeople--most of them bankers, our landlord and landlady, assorted family and friends showed up to mill about until someone (my m-i-l, of course) pulled the ribbon out and we helped Stevie cut it with a huge pair of wood-plated scissors. The photo commemorating this event will be in the paper this week. Not sure how flattering it's going to be, seeing as how we all had to keep our eyes open while staring out into the searing white parking lot. Lots of squints. Oh, how hard a model's life must be.

So we're official now. Not quite legal, but really open.

My Best Friend Ted is here from Ohio. He worked for hours to make 4 different kinds of stromboli. He and Stevie skewered cheese-filled tortillini, I made cookies and chocolate-covered strawberries, and--of course--there were many, many olives. It was a nice spread and we have plenty left. If you've pondered a visit, now would be a good time.

We're honing in on a final logo. Of course, it's the one Kevin pulled out of his butt weeks ago so that we could have business cards to pass out. That logo...what a pain! We wait and wait and wait, then pay someone and wait some more for him to give us a logo that is almost EXACTLY like the one the City uses, and now we're piecing together our own. Oh well. At least it will be done soon.

Whew. It's HOT today. I'm gonna go. More later--I swear!