Work to Do

We will begin with a quick update on the weather. It has been an interesting day. We had the snow falling this morning and it was thick and heavy. I thought for sure we were going to have some shoveling to do. Not so, didn't stick on the roads or walks. That is cool. In fact most of it had dissapeared by the afternoon. We did have little snow flurries throughout the day but not much sticking down in the valley. Not sure about upper elevations but down here it turned out to be rather mild. It did snow heavier again tonight but alas the outcome remained consistent with the morning snow fall and other fluries of the day.

Spent some time sitting and chatting with Padre today about the new building and the new business plan. At the Little Brick House we have wanted to make our own fudge and in order to do so have to have a qualified kitchen. The stuff we were buying from someone else was really not that good and was really expensive. Right across the street from us is the old bakery here in town that has been sitting vacant for a couple of years. The building is for sale and the folks started looking at it and came up with a new business idea. The current old house is really tight and getting a qualified kitchen there is going to take months. The place across the street has the kitchen and it is quite a bit bigger. The new goal is to have a signature sandwich shop as a draw to bring in customers as well as the antiques and other items for sale. There will be booth space available for lease, our current standard consignments and we will be putting in a workshop and painting area. This will free up a little space in my small garage and will give me a place to work.

I am excited about getting the place put together. There will be a lot to do including walls to be built, walls to knock down, old equipment to sell, painting, to do, interior decorating and other stuff. I for one will be talking to the Coke people about a machine and will be requesting that we have some minute maid light raspberry passion on tap. Either that or I need to get the same diet lemonade that Chik-Fil-A has. That is some good stuff. Look, the sugar free beverage selections are important to me. I like to have a little flavor in my beverage but don't do the sugar. When Diet Coke is the only option it leaves one wanting. Anywho, things are fixin to get a little crazy and I am looking forward to it.

It is important to note that for starters we will be selling 50lb bags of cherry chips. These are only the finest cherry chips that have been well preserved and aged to perfection. Also we have a deep frying donut machine that still has oil in it. Sure it is a couple years old but I'm sure if we throw a little heat on it will be good to go. There will be no extra charge for the oil.

More details on this venture to follow. I think it will be fun. I do have to say that we have a great concept coming together on the food side with special names for sandwiches. The pulled pork sandwich for instance will be the Jack Burton. When somebody orders a Jack Burton we will respond back with Jack Burton quotes from Big Trouble in Little China. Something like this:

Customer: I'd like a Jack Burton
Us: Who? Jack Burton, me.
or
Us: You know what old Jack Burton would say at a time like this? Who? Jack Burton, me. Yeah, old Jack always says, ah what the he...
or
Us: Is this gonna get ugly, cause I thought what we were here, ratial differences notwithstanding, was just a couple of friends, you know, both of us Californians...
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Us: Henry Swansons my name and excitements my game.
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Us: I really wish you would stop rubbing your body up against mine, it's really hard to concentrate when you do that.
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Us: I took something, I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that?
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Us: I'm a rich man now. I could sell my truck, give up the open road...
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Us: It's like I told my last wife I said; Honey, I never drive faster then I can see and besides that, it's all in the reflexes.
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Us: This is Jack Burton of the Pork Chop Express and I'm talking to anyone whose listenin out there on a dark and stormy night when the winds blowing the rains comin down and she's thick as lead. When some 6 foot tall wide eyed maniac taps the back of your favorite head up against the bar room wall and asks you if you've paid your dues, you just look that big sucker right back in the eye and tell him what old Jack Burton would say at a time like that; Have you paid your dues Jack?... Yes sir the check is in the mail.

Okay, that is a small sampling - obviously the Pulled Pork sandwich is the Jack Burton because Jack drives the Pork Chop Express and because he happens to be one of my all time favorite movie characters. The idea is to make it unique, fun and very good food. We will see, there is still much to come up with. I am looking at how I can tie in Neil Diamond so I can sing to people when they order something. The obvious there is The Jazz Singer movie which I need to get and watch. I think his name is Jess Robins (after he shortens Jessie Robinovich so he can be a little more hip) but I am not 100% certain on that nor do we have a solid go to sandwich for him. There is work to do my friends, work to do.