I am in a deep funk.
1. Employees only do what they are told. So instead of figuring out what I should be doing, I have to figure out what 4 people should be doing. Being that it is our slow season, that responsibility often leaves me stressed and frustrated.
2. I have in mind a new Internet retail initiative to get rid of some excess stock. (Lord knows we have excess stock.) I got the idea from one of our customers who inherited 2,000 kids' sailor hats and decided to put them up on Amazon. She sells 12 of the hats a day. That means in half a year her stock could be gone! But I am getting hung up on the logistics of it all. It's complicated.
3. I have not exercised regularly since I don't know when. This is adding to my unhappiness, because the toxins or whatever are not getting released. Also, I am getting fat.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
NY food, and friends on the LA freeways
On New York:
I have been surfing Chowhound for the past hour, trying to find a good but not overly expensive restaurant to try during a quick trip to New York next week. But sadly, on Chowhound the prevailing opinion seems to be that $60 a person is a bargain.
If you are seeking to spend less, Chowhound may not be friendly territory. Just ask the poor guy who was looking for suggestions on an anniversary dinner for two for around $100. He got a list of top-notch carryout options and was directed to a previous post about "cheap eats" around the city. But in a nice way.
Despite this, and in the spirit of splurging a bit, I've narrowed it down to 3 places I'd like to try: The Spotted Pig, a British-Italian "gastropub" whose chef worked at Chez Panisse; Aquavit, a Swedish place that serves things like herring, salt-baked fennel and house-made flavored liquors; and Convivio, where I read you can get a good southern Italian prix fixe dinner for $59.
On L.A.:
Twice now, I have re-seen the same person on a freeway during my commute, days or weeks apart! It gives L.A. such a small-town America feel, just like running into people you know at the post office or market.
1) The first guy is a motorcyclist. He wears a helmet that is not so much a helmet as it is a costume mask shaped like a brown, wrinkled demon's head, with curved horns at the top. I have never seen his face, only the back of him as he zooms through traffic on the 10.
2) A dark green Nissan 240SX. It has stickers all over it, and a stuffed blue M&M character dangling from its rear bumper, really close to the ground. The M&M is wearing a Santa's hat. I spotted it for the first time on the 110 a week ago, and again this afternoon on my drive home on the 10.
I have been surfing Chowhound for the past hour, trying to find a good but not overly expensive restaurant to try during a quick trip to New York next week. But sadly, on Chowhound the prevailing opinion seems to be that $60 a person is a bargain.
If you are seeking to spend less, Chowhound may not be friendly territory. Just ask the poor guy who was looking for suggestions on an anniversary dinner for two for around $100. He got a list of top-notch carryout options and was directed to a previous post about "cheap eats" around the city. But in a nice way.
Despite this, and in the spirit of splurging a bit, I've narrowed it down to 3 places I'd like to try: The Spotted Pig, a British-Italian "gastropub" whose chef worked at Chez Panisse; Aquavit, a Swedish place that serves things like herring, salt-baked fennel and house-made flavored liquors; and Convivio, where I read you can get a good southern Italian prix fixe dinner for $59.
On L.A.:
Twice now, I have re-seen the same person on a freeway during my commute, days or weeks apart! It gives L.A. such a small-town America feel, just like running into people you know at the post office or market.
1) The first guy is a motorcyclist. He wears a helmet that is not so much a helmet as it is a costume mask shaped like a brown, wrinkled demon's head, with curved horns at the top. I have never seen his face, only the back of him as he zooms through traffic on the 10.
2) A dark green Nissan 240SX. It has stickers all over it, and a stuffed blue M&M character dangling from its rear bumper, really close to the ground. The M&M is wearing a Santa's hat. I spotted it for the first time on the 110 a week ago, and again this afternoon on my drive home on the 10.
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