what a great couple of days. Post number 4

Well yesterday was a road trip. I pick-up my designer at 9am and we hit the road for a cute little store in Bracebridge. I wanted to show here the floor of this store which was concrete but made to look like a stone floor. and there was a table made out of antique barn board. It was a family table. but i wanted to show her the style i want to put into the restaurant.
So we saw what we wanted and then it was off to a restaurant where i wanted to show her the style of booths I wanted to put into the restaurant.(not a knock off but just the style. Round. I like the round booths I find them more cozy) It was time well spent. I don't think we were on the same page before that but we are now. what is it they say "communication is the key". After a beautiful lunch we were off back to the Bay. Spending all day getting to know each other and bouncing ideas off each other was a fantastic idea. I hire ppl to do a job and I'm not going to get in the way. I've always hated being micro managed and I don't do that with my staff. So the designer has free range. After all shes a designer I'm a Chef. At the end of the day I'm the boss and if I don't like it I'll have it changed. But I want to give her the freedom to work her magic. Next Wednesday will be the first I see of the design of the restaurant. I'm looking forward to seeing the first draft.

Today I had a meeting at the B.D.C. with Dan. It was a great meeting. I had all the papers I needed and we tide up a few loose ends and we're good to go. So as it stands now I got the go ahead to go. I just need to open a bank account and show the B.D.C. my equity and then the mortgage will be applied. of coarse I got to get lawyers to sign off on some documents. Tonight went to a Chamber after 5 meeting and meet a lot of ppl who were asking when the restaurant will be open. For the first time I could confidently say it was in the works and was going to happen. Of coarse I wouldn't give a date of opening. we don't need a repeat of "Chinese Democracy" But I will say Grand opening will be in January for reasons to be discussed later.

Tomorrow I have a Lunch date with Patrick. Patrick is designing my new web site and took photos of a sample of  Le Bon Marché's menu. You can check out the photos on his blog www.partickgilbert.blogspot.com  the meeting tomorrow will be to look at doing marketing for Le Bon Marché. 
Au revoir 
Le Commis Glenn