Hey there, what a beautiful day The sun is shining and finally I am having a well deserved day off. Well realistically I've been to work for just an hour so it's really just like a full day off for me. I was told recently that my job must be fantastic, just pottering about the restaurant, chatting to customers and propping up the bar !! Maybe its a compliment that I make it look so easy, at least that what Cary reckons. Instead of writing a confessions book maybe it should be a self help book with chapters on how to survive a 70 hour week,how to calm down an irate Italian Chef, how not to eat all the muffins...............although so far I havent actually managed that yet!! How to taste 50 wines and not get drunk.............nope not managed that either. Ok so my alternative career path of becoming someone creative doesn't look feasible. Think I will just stick with running the hotel for now.
I am constantly amazed that alot of people don't know we're also a hotel being that we're called The Lemon Tree Italian Restaurant Bar and Hotel, well we're also asked if we're a Chinese about the same amount of times as we're asked if we deliver pizzas so maybe I really shouldn't be surprised
It was so much fun at the weekend as we had most of the customers going upstairs to see our bedrooms which have been re-decorated at the same time as the restaurant.I very rarley talk about the accomodation part of the hotel in my blog for some reason, I think it's because its easier to chat about food and wine but sometimes the best customer stories come form the hotel part. By no means can we compare ourselves to Hotel Babylon................honestly we have never poisoned a football team or anything but a few of the saucier episodes brought back some memories but maybe I shouldn't really share these with you just yet?? Lets just say that the lost property department can be a source of constant amusement.
Now we've been open a few weeks, the restaurant has been going well, we are now really starting to get busy which is just great and the accomodation bookings for the hotel part are really looking up too. We've managed to regain a few of our regulars . Some of the girls checked in today for the first time since we have been re-open and they were sooooooooo enthusiastic, I mean over the top enthusiastic rushing about into each others bedrooms to see what it was like and positively screaming with excitement. I had thought this was slightly over the top until they started to spill the beans about the other bed and breakfast places they had stayed whilst we were closed. Not impressed that some places don't offer a choice of white or brown toast?? Can you imagine how excited they'll be in the morning when we give them fresh homemade muffins. I mean hotel breakfasts can sometimes be the downfall of a good overnight stay, now that we are also trying to encourage people to come to us for breakfast we are trying to pull out all the stops possible. Its just a pity I only focus on the unhealthy options, don't think I'll ever go mad over the choice of yoghurt, fruit salad and muesli. Bring on bacon sarnies, croissants and muffins :) I'm just about as obsessed with these muffins as I am with the "Twilight" series. I have to have an Edward moment every day. Its great when Carmine calls me "bella" which means beautiful in Italian.............okay so its not very often but I imagine its Edward and I swoon just a little bit more than usual, Have you checked out the photo of me making puppy dog eyes at him yet on the website. Yeuch, do I do thast often?? Maybe he was calling me "bella"................
Ciao Ciao
Colette
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