First of all, thanks to those who told me my web site was down. I forgot to renew my site registration in October. All is well now.

I didn't open on Halloween. The landlord didn't get his act together and get the building inspected, nor did he get the electrical work done. I went through **** with my equipment vendor and the delivery of my walkin was delayed 10 days which delayed my contractor. I'm going to have a heart attack or I'm going to learn ultimate patience. At this...

I'm almost afraid to write this, but if things go according to plan I will be opening on Halloween! Two weeks from this Saturday!

My contractor is on schedule. My walls are up and I'm painting starting tomorrow. It saves me a few dollars and given the surprises I've had, I need every nickel. After I've painted they are putting in the T-bar ceiling, and laying the lino in the bathrooms. My 11 foot island hood is sitting in the empty side of the building, waiting its turn to be installed....

Monday is the big day. My contractor starts mapping things out on my side of the building and they start sawing away at the concrete to make trenches for the plumbing. I am giggling which is way odd for me. I'm just not the giggling type but I'm so excited. Finally! I will start seeing the final product... my little box within the 2300 sq. ft side of my building.

In the mean time, I did some searching on the web for the sanitation requirements in other kitchens and states. Some...

I posted the entry below and added pictures, but it hasn't been read by anyone, so I suspect something went wrong and it can't be seen. I took out the pictures, so let's see if that was the problem...

We're almost to the point of submitting drawings to the building, fire and health departments. There is this thing call 'wet signature'. Sounds porno almost. I have one more signature to get from the guy doing my hood and then we're ready to go.

It costs money to just talk...

It has been furiously busy these last couple weeks. My designer and I have been working on the plans and revising them sometimes daily. I didn't realize she needed make/model of everything that hooked up to plumbing, gas or electrical. I hadn't chosen specific brands of equipment so I scrambled. In the mean time I found a guy who gave me really good prices on equipment. What I didn't know is that he gave me prices on equipment that was available right then and not stuff that I could have at...