2 weeks ago, my fiance and I pulled up our roots in sunny Los Angeles. We jumped on the freeway in her car which was loaded down with as many of our belongings as we could fit. Our destination was her hometown, Haverhill, MA, where we planned to open a restaurant along with her family. Both of us have spent many years doing various jobs in the restaurant world, and actually met one another while working at a little Italian Cafe in Santa Monica. It was only natural to join her parents, brothers, and sister in this exciting endeavor.
Beth's sister has purchased a building in a nice location close to downtown so the first challenge has been taken care of for us. Now that we are here, many more obstacles are looming in our path. The new england winter is not the least of these! Each will be a learning experience for us as neither of us have built a restaurant from square 1.
Much renovation is required to bring our building up to date. We first have to decide on a layout for the restaurant. Everybody has a different idea of how this place should be put together. Beth's father is in charge of the kitchen, so the rest of us will put our heads together in the front of the house. Hopefully this does not mean that we will be butting heads too much.
From there we will hire the people with the know-how to make our plans come to life. Our first deadline is Tuesday, which is when we will meet with the architect to pass along our ideas.
We do miss California, but we are excited to write this next chapter in our lives together. I will do my best to keep an accurate journal of how things go...the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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