Author:bluelollipoproad

Here’s some information on the health benefits chocolate- (You know I had to throw some good reasons to eat my favorite stuff in here) so make sure your well-balanced diet of fruits and veggies include something chocolate. That and a glass of red one and BAM! You’re the pillar of health.

Do you think there’s some irony in me deciding to call South n’ France out of nowhere yesterday and just happened to set up a meeting with them for today? I can’t wait. What serendipitous timing.

Off to eat a bon bon or twelve…

“No one will hire you because you are rich- they will hire you because you do good work.”

When you’re in your younger professional years, hungry for success and still believe in “old-fashioned” stuff like being an honest and hard working person- in 2009 you sometimes find yourself feeling a bit crazy, like you’re living in the twilight zone or that you’re out-dated because apparently “things are different these days.” 

What does that mean? We are supposed to be lazy and entitled? Hmmm….

Thankfully the combination of wonderful friends, family and a random email like the above from a professional who’s been around the block and then some in the business world- pop into the inbox to help give that little push to a young professional so they will keep believing that yes indeed, doing good work means everything. 

Thanks M.W. Glad we snubbed you first (HA!) so you’d ask us why and the conversations could start. Now we can be friends and do good work together. Everything really does happen for a reason.

I never met a chocolate I didn’t like. I’m not sure about chocolate covered bacon though. Ok, ok I lie. I’ve said even if chocolate was on a sock and I would eat it, so hats off to you for creativity Vosges. I guess I’ll have to try this stuff with my pancakes some morning.

Boy have I been missing out. 

Recently I have worked my fingers to the bone and body to exhaustion on a couple of events that were a wild success in every way, but still made no money. Yesterday I was stuck outside in a downpour with shelter far away as it rained cats, dogs and ferrets, this after last week being delivered a slip from the sheriffs office informing me that a guy who I was potentially going to rent a room from was taking me to court (what?!) and a woman had smashed into my car, ripping the front end off on Friday- I just laughed.

Resilience. A great thing.

My friend Scott calls me Phoenix, as in- rising. I think that is awesome and flattering, but I often look forward to the day I won’t have to “rise” from anything. Then again while being “there” already would be a little less exhausting, that would mean the journey and adventure would be over and that would just be boring.

Here’s to the R-I-C and those delish Cuban sandwiches and to the V-T and that incredible landscape. Oh how I miss you this fall.