Things are looking good. I arrived on Sunday, we met the lawyer on Tuesday, and we just came from having diner with the guy from the property managment company. We want to get things done faster, there is such a great potential all around! After diner we went driving around and then I wanted to have something sweet. The only real option was Gelato, which it was very good, but I didn't feel like Gelato. I wanted have more of an option, and I think that is the real niche that we will fill up around this area: great desserts in a nice atmosphere, other than what you can get at every restaurant.
Very soon, as soon as we get our name registered, I'll be able to publish it here. We are now working with the logo, with the ideas around it.
Also, we are deciding about how to paint the place (besides the bathroom), and the palets that will be more to our place. Ina has very good ideas, so it will be a matter of just getting there and start doing it!
It is a good feeling!
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Every journey starts with a single step
Here I was, in my bed thinking... I really hate my job! I need to do something different! I've been talking to Ina many times, about having a café where she can sell her cakes, (which by the way are incredible), and as always, I would end up saying "just let me win the lottery and we'll do it".
Turns out that winning the lottery requires a lot more than 1 dollar and a dream. Dreams are very cheap, and very abundant when you are making very little money for a job that you don't enjoy anymore.
So, one night without even buying my regular Mega Millions ticket, I started to write down a menu for the cafe, how much would cost, and how much would I need to sell to be able to pay the rent and have some money too. I spent the night awake, thinking of possible expenses, of what would I need to do, or better, what would "we" need to do to make the dream a reality.
The next morning I called Ina and we talked about it. Let's open a cafe, where we can have some light menu, something like soup, salads, sandwiches and pizza, and make the desserts the highlight of the meal... because, again, I was just thinking of a way to sell Ina's cakes.
That was the first step! The moment we talked about it, the dream started to take shape, a shared dream with different visions, different colors and taste.
After that conversation, I spent the first $25 for the business in a couple of books I ordered from Amazon.com: "Running a Restaurant for Dummies" and "Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition"
That was on February 6th.
Turns out that winning the lottery requires a lot more than 1 dollar and a dream. Dreams are very cheap, and very abundant when you are making very little money for a job that you don't enjoy anymore.
So, one night without even buying my regular Mega Millions ticket, I started to write down a menu for the cafe, how much would cost, and how much would I need to sell to be able to pay the rent and have some money too. I spent the night awake, thinking of possible expenses, of what would I need to do, or better, what would "we" need to do to make the dream a reality.
The next morning I called Ina and we talked about it. Let's open a cafe, where we can have some light menu, something like soup, salads, sandwiches and pizza, and make the desserts the highlight of the meal... because, again, I was just thinking of a way to sell Ina's cakes.
That was the first step! The moment we talked about it, the dream started to take shape, a shared dream with different visions, different colors and taste.
After that conversation, I spent the first $25 for the business in a couple of books I ordered from Amazon.com: "Running a Restaurant for Dummies" and "Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition"
That was on February 6th.
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