So I've been back from vacation for almost a month, and I have yet to talk about anything that's been going on since then.
The first week I was back, my boss and I put together a new dinner menu, much tougher than the one they had before I got there. The next week, one of my cooks went on a 2-week vacation, and one of my dishwashers quit, so I was left with my one other dinner cook, and not the better of the 2 I've got, and no dishwasher in the evening, with a brand-new fairly difficult menu.
Then, out of the blue, our business in the bistro basically tripled overnight once we started running the new menu.
We have no explanation for it other than that people must love the sound of the new stuff, enough so that they're staying in the hotel and eating instead of going out.
So it was a couple of very hectic weeks, there.
My other cook is back from vacation now, though, and we have a new dishwasher starting soon, so things should level out. We also got approval to hire a totally new cook, so once all this comes together, my job is going to feel like it's total cake compared to the last 3 weeks.
Well, enough about work.
Jezabel came out for a few days, I got to hang out with her and some friends of hers one night while she was here, which was a lot of fun. Something of a surprise seeing her twice in a months' time, living 5000 miles apart as we do, but a totally welcome and fun surprise.
Have actually caught up and hung out with Dollface a couple times in the last couple weeks, which is good as we haven't been in the habit of hanging out as much here in LA as we did living in Chicago.
I'm going to wander over to Bev Hills this afternoon, a friend of mine from Dallas has some photography in a gallery showing there, and I want to go check it out. She does really, really neat stuff.
So I drink again, but not like before. I tried to do a shot of whiskey a couple days ago, and choked on it. Seriously. Couldn't physically swallow it. This is probably a good thing.
There's more I guess, but I'm tired of typing and want to go make some coffee. So, until next time....
The first week I was back, my boss and I put together a new dinner menu, much tougher than the one they had before I got there. The next week, one of my cooks went on a 2-week vacation, and one of my dishwashers quit, so I was left with my one other dinner cook, and not the better of the 2 I've got, and no dishwasher in the evening, with a brand-new fairly difficult menu.
Then, out of the blue, our business in the bistro basically tripled overnight once we started running the new menu.
We have no explanation for it other than that people must love the sound of the new stuff, enough so that they're staying in the hotel and eating instead of going out.
So it was a couple of very hectic weeks, there.
My other cook is back from vacation now, though, and we have a new dishwasher starting soon, so things should level out. We also got approval to hire a totally new cook, so once all this comes together, my job is going to feel like it's total cake compared to the last 3 weeks.
Well, enough about work.
Jezabel came out for a few days, I got to hang out with her and some friends of hers one night while she was here, which was a lot of fun. Something of a surprise seeing her twice in a months' time, living 5000 miles apart as we do, but a totally welcome and fun surprise.
Have actually caught up and hung out with Dollface a couple times in the last couple weeks, which is good as we haven't been in the habit of hanging out as much here in LA as we did living in Chicago.
I'm going to wander over to Bev Hills this afternoon, a friend of mine from Dallas has some photography in a gallery showing there, and I want to go check it out. She does really, really neat stuff.
So I drink again, but not like before. I tried to do a shot of whiskey a couple days ago, and choked on it. Seriously. Couldn't physically swallow it. This is probably a good thing.
There's more I guess, but I'm tired of typing and want to go make some coffee. So, until next time....
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