THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE BASTARDLY

So I put in an offer on the building where the Eggplant Cafe will be...one day. It got rejected. The seller seems to believe they will get full asking price by waiting out the season, the real estate season that is. So I will re-offer at the end of August. Fingers crossed and she definetely ain't getting full asking price from me! So in good news I have someone who will be sharing the space with me, she shall remain nameless but I'm sure you've visited her shop and have some fabulous finds in your home hand picked by the owner herself. She will be taking over the front room of the building and selling unique and hand created pieces for the home. Probably mostly my home, that's where all my profits will be going.... Henry and Doozer have been behaving themsleves of late, we have all taken up shuffle jogging and they pull me along in my quest to be svelt for my big 30th birthday this year, barf. I have started to compile the recipes I will be using for the resto and have started planning the menu which will be ever changing depending on the local veggies and seasonal food available. Keep you posted on that too! And if you happen to find yourself with an extra $500 bucks and would like to invest in me, I will be hosting a party for women who would like to give me that money in exchange for a "credit card" of the same value to be used in the shop within a year. Sound good? It sure will taste good!!

May showers bring vegetarian restaurants

I realize most of my blogs can be in the negative. Bad shit seems to happen to me more than most, and it is usually funny. I almost die everyday, be it falling down in a miniscule slope in my backyard and twisting my ankle facedown in a two inch puddle of hose water that I didn't put away....getting sunburned to death at an auction...whatever. So I watched a fabulous movie last night called Julie and Julia. Having read bothe books and owning Julia Childs memoirs I starrted to wish I could write like that and get sent food by mail and commiserate my kitchen failings...they are few and far between I might add...and take on a worthy project like that. I know some people don't think that cooking all the recipes in a cookbook constitutes achieving anything but her recipes sometimes have more than 30 ingredients in them!!!and take 2 days to prepare. When was the last time you spent that kind of time and effort on your guests? For me, it's like every other week but I am the exception to the rule. I devour cookbooks. I love to read old ones where the margins are written in with tips and do's and don'ts, new fresh smelling just waiting to be smeared with something you've just made from that new recipe. I love to cook, and that's why I'm announcing it here that I am going to open a restaurant. A vegetarian restaurant in he middle of farm country, surrounded by old fashioned meat and potato people. I'm crazy and hungry and can't wait and as soon as I figure out how to put a countdown button on this thing I willpost that too and you can be a part of my journey. Whoever you are.....