To Richmond!

I'll be on my way to Richmond tomorrow.  We'll meet with the lawyer next week, to form the company and to finally get all legal to do the next steps...  I've been sick and busy, but mostly sick.
I'm certainly looking forward to this adventure.

Some interesting cakes!

I've been sick in the last few days, so we haven't done anything that we were supposed to...  but it will be done soon.

In the mean time, I got few pictures on an email that I needed to share with you... we do birthday, wedding, and special occasion cakes, and we can do divorce cakes too! Enjoy!

Nail biting wait

This week we have someone coming to the place we want to lease to tell us from the "experienced" point of view what do we need to do to bring it up to code.  Since we have limited resources, this is definitely a "do or die" situation.  If it is more expensive than we plan, then we can't do it.  We can't just go and open the place without enough money to back us up for few months until we are actually making money to cover all our expenses.
Although I'm very optimistic that we can succeed with our new café, it is hard not to feel nervous thinking what is going to happen.  So, basically this is decision week.  I guess by next weekend I'll know for sure what we'll be doing.
I would be biting my nails if I did that when I get nervous.  Instead, I'm watching movies on Hulu.

I am right about the toilette!

And here's the proof!

I took this image from my desktop while I was watching "The View" on Hulu, and ultra famous  legendary journalist Barbara Walters  showed this picture of her  while traveling in New Zealand, where apparently one of the attractions is ...  THE BATHROOM!

I am a firm believer that just having an interesting and out of the ordinary kind of bathroom at the café, will be a way of "word of mouth" marketing.  I'm very much looking forward for people to say...  "yes, I went to this café, and the cakes were amazing! And you gotta go and check out the bathroom!"
So far I have so many ideas, I guess I'll be changing it every 6 months or so.  I told Ina last night about that, and she laughed about it, but she likes the idea so far.

I am so looking forward to get the lease signed and starting to do all the things we have planned!

Happy Easter

Went to a friend's house for lunch with her extended family.  It was fun.  I tried their coffee, which it supposed to be what a typical american drinks at home... It is hard for me to drink coffee, and this was not bad, but I think I had others that tasted better.  I am not sure if I'll be able to define what is good or not, but I'm still on the quest for finding the right kind of coffee.
This week that comes up should be a decisive week on the business, at least for the starting point.  We also have to take the classes and test for the Food Handlers Certificate.  There is so much we gotta do!!!  At least I found a couple of websites that explain the process and we can do the training online and the tests offline.  

Looking forward!

There is a list of things to do.  We need to get permits, licenses, certifications, estimates, revisions, check ups, legalizations, and everything else that anyone needs to get the ball rolling and open the café...  so far, things are looking good.  We need first to get the "OK" from an expert in restaurants to approve or tell us what do we need to do extra to the place we found, to bring it up to code.  Every time I talk so someone, they ask me other things, like for example: "is your menu already done?" ...  I mean, we have a very detailed lineup for what we'll have on the menu, but it is something that can change slightly and will change according to the demands of Richmond's clientele.  I am a firm believer that each place has its own identity, and my experience is more "New York" based... I'm very much looking forward to find out Richmond's own!