where in the world are you man?
well, i am on vacation. not literally but in some ways.
i am working but not as much as in the past 6 years. i am enjoying my kids more and family life and success. i am a happy guy. so happy i sometimes seem distant because in a way i am distant. i am enjoying my life more than ever and getting some perspective on my business.
distant from the blog because i am eager to be distant from the computer and phone and all that…
anyway, there are basically 8 old timers leaving satchel’s this summer. weird for a place where turnover is so rare. 2 have opened a restaurant and bar downtown, boca fiesta. 1 is going to open a restaurant in the old second street place, civilization, i think it might be called. 3 are in the same band that is going to tour europe and russia for 6 weeks. 1 is going to open a pool hall with the possible name of bizmark. and the final one is going to CIA in california, which is fancy cooking school for those of you who don’t know. i think it may cost him $75k over the next 2 years to get a job making $30k a year.
8 employees! can you believe what a blow that is? these are all 2 plus year people, a couple over 4 or 5 years with us. 5 of them are kitchen. so we are going into training mode here. august should be a real challenge for me. i needed all the vacation to prepare myself for this… not that i have been on some extended vacation but i have been working less, let’s put it that way.
notice anything interesting in this photo my wife took recently?
i am happy for the employees who are moving on. one old timer tonight said i should be the proud papa. look at how their lives are shaping up. look at the incredible things they are doing. i am happy for them although i don’t think i had anything to do with their choices. i think instead i just have some great employees who strive and succeed. maschino will be the 5th to open his own place from satchel’s… tommy’s brick oven, the jones, boca fiesta, and soon civilization and bizmark. pretty cool. the first 3 are still going and the last 2 are coming soon.
(could the jones not have a website? i am surprised at that. )
got a lot of work to do this weekend. i plan to work though my weekend and start some new projects at work.
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