early LSE and sorry

this photo will only be interesting to folks who know what LSE looks like now… these pictures from march 3, 2006, isn’t that the first day we opened? well, that’s not bad for day 1, right?
anyway, i am sorry for not keeping you updated. showing you a 3+ year old picture is evidence of my slack-ness in the blog department. shoot, i am so behind the times, i do not even keep up with my blogs, the ones i like to visit everyday, but now am out of touch with the internet…
with family in town for extended stays, i am happy to say i am enjoying some time away from my regular routine, and away from the computer and only loose contact with the phone, well, loose by my standards and tight by other standards… i am getting some needed perspective on my projects, and trying to understand how to …”weave it all together, like a fabric or a quilt…” to quote the practically unknown new film, Lightnin’ Salvage, the Movie.
there was a time, not so long ago, when i thought that i had to make every single pizza for it to be perfect, and fortunately i have wised up. i heard a story on npr the other day about a conductor. for some reason i thought, ” i wonder what the new york philharmonic would sound like without a conductor?” it’s a weird thought from the start and later i realized it was connected to the fact that at times i wonder if that is what a conductor does, pulls back entirely, feels the music a bit, breathes the music a bit, and then dives back in? anyway, i wonder if there are recordings of what i described?
here’s another snapshot to leave you with…

notice the happy customers, and notice the piano in the dining room… the more things change…
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