Cupcaking: The Sport

Has anyone seen October? Anyone.....? Well, if you happen to know where it went, please let me know.

When we signed our building lease back in July, it included the legal phrase, "Time is of the essence." We laughed and said, "we'll, OBVIOUSLY, time is of the essence!" It seems even truer today. So many details, so little time... who wants to start a pool for our opening date? Any takers? I'll throw in a dozen cupcakes for the person that gets the date correct!

UPDATE: The subcontractors have been in the building for the past week or so. It sounds like most of them should be finishing up this week or next. Then drywall.... Woop Woop! I've never been so excited about drywall. But it means we will actually have REAL WALLS! Not just the imaginary ones we've been working with to come up with lighting, decor, etc.

As far as cupcakes go, well, they are starting to really shape up as well. We are working on a menu for our opening month, and it's full of delicious fall/winter flavors and colors. We've both been spending our weekends engaged in the sport of cupcaking. And let me tell you, the way we do it, it SHOULD be considered a sport. All day. All night. We make cupcakes. I feel like I'm training for some sort of cupcake marathon. Watch out Hostess... I'm building up my endurance and I'm in it for the long haul!!!

it's a business!

having a business is like having a baby (*from what I hear....)

you can go out for the night and pretend like you don't have a business, but in the end, you will still end up talking about it, thinking about it, and wishing you hadn't decided to leave it for the night. and when you get home to your business, and it's screaming and needs immediate attention, you think to yourself, i love you in spite of your incessant demands, because, well, i created you.

so which one of our fabulous friends is going to start planning the business shower?

**we are registered at KECdesign for ovens, ranges, and refrigerators, and Tepper Electric for track lighting and pendents.

that's an idea.

Today we had lots of bad ideas for bar orientation. These were the three worst.

3. The Big T: a straight bar with a T at one end. we could just have people pass their cupcakes down the row.
2. The Flying V: a bar in the shape of a V. so, you want to have a staring contest then?
1. The Double Decker: a bar with two levels. basically, people would be sitting on top of other people.

We will now celebrate straight lines and straight bars.

my first blogosophy

i will forever appreciate people who make those complicated things seem simple.

in the past month:

*i have spent hours researching lighting fixtures. STRESS. today i went to a lighting store and learned everything i need to know in 30 minutes.

*i have spent days thinking about how to support a glass wall. today i talked to the glass experts. AND it's the most obvious solution.

*i have spent months creating the perfect design for our bar. this week someone solved all my problems in a matter of minutes. i want those hours of my life back.


why do i do these things? because i think i know best.


but the bottom line is, i'll never change. i will always have to do the research myself to figure out that i don't know what i'm talking about. then i feel free to ask for help from someone who already understands it.

such is life...

we're fighting.

A-

until you write something that actually pertains to cupcakes, owning a business, or contains the words "cream" or "flutter", we are fighting.

Rules...?

A-

Do I have to follow the rules? Like, can I write about progress that is uninteresting?

For example, this is a list of what I did today pertaining to the business....
-talked to architect about bathrooms and electical work
-talked to bob about our LLC and payroll
-tried to register for an employee identification number, got confused, called another accountant

NOT INTERESTING.

Okay, I just wanted to be the first one to break a rule.

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