we have vaulted the ceiling in our kitchen. soon we’ll have skylights and solar attic fans taking out the heat. i’ll post better photos once the project is complete. vaulted ceilings and skylights in the kitchen, how nice is that?

sorry. my bad. the table did not walk out on the large tab but our staff made a mistake. i am actually so relieved to know that it was our fault and not a dishonest customer.
we have a new computer system and the large parties are expected to pay with added gratuity. some employee took the money, put it in the register, and forgot they had done this. also, they never “cashed out” the bill on the computer. so, 15 minutes after the party left we noticed they were not cashed out and we asked the employees if anyone had taken the money and they were all 100% certain they had not. i was bummed. my GM says, “just wait until tomorrow before you get bent out of shape… see if the money works out..” did i do that? no. i was depressed. bummed. how could they get away with this?
then the next day? we were $1.86 short. and this after we had “cashed out” the order as if they had paid. so they did pay. someone put it in the register and just forgot to close out the table. anyway, it’s our bad. i jumped the gun. i shouldn’t have worried about it before i knew. i feel bad.

we have had tables leave without paying. not many. in 8 years maybe a dozen tables. usually 2 tops that sit outside and slip off. a few times i think people just forgot, maybe because you have to go to the register and pay at our place…. anyway, i’m sorry. it was our fault. no one skipped on the bill. i forgot that i had even blogged this until i saw the comment today.

we’ve been slow. september is slow for restaurants in general i think. but i’ve got a thousand projects i’m working on and i’m working 10-14 hour days lately. not every day, but a few days a week. i’ve got so many fun projects planned for the place. wish i could tell you all about them but maybe not a good idea…. always better to come in and look for new stuff…

cheers. gotta run….

it seems a table walked out tonight on $179 tab. mistake on their part? our part? intentional? we don’t yet know.

we are about to have a championship bocce match. this is one of the losing teams who may be a winning team too. how? well, danny invented the “most flair” award to the team who has the most flair, duh. this team is in the running for the award. what is the award? oh- you will see dear people. i will post a picture here. blog readers will know what others do not know and will never know. blog readers gets good photos and the most insidest scoop.

i know you have not seen a picture as cute as this which is why am sharing it. not only that but my blood and genes run through one of these angels. kids are cuter than even kittens.

see? what did i tell you. kids can sleigh you. all i have to do is throw in a couple cute kid pics and you are riveted.

in other news at work we had the best 3rd week of august ever and one of the slowest days in 4 years… business is booming and business is slow. it’s a roller coaster and we are trying to figure it out. too many people on the clock. send one home and then we get slammed and not enough… wow. let me tell you for the first time in my life i am typing this and not looking at the keyboard. i am looking at the screen and typing and the words are coming out right… wow. this is so cool. i have now learned where the keys are by hunt and peck and i feel as though i’ve just learned a new language. i am typing and only looking down every tenth word…. i am in the 4th dimension now;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

love you all.