Hello again
Hope you've had a great week. Its been a pretty busy week for us and as per usual the days have flown by. I'm so glad the days are getting longer buts what's happened to the weather, I've been freezing for the last couple of days.I'm sure that's just the excuse I need to book myself a holiday on a palm fringed beach somewhere hot, where I can watch the world go by whilst sipping a Margherita. I can picture myself now..........ahhhhhh. That's nice mmmmmmmmmm
However, back to reality, we're here in sunny Wales and I'm supposed to be writing about my week not dreaming about the future
However, I never thought I would say this but I am concerned about the world cup because according to every mailshot from my drinks suppliers and e-mail from random suppliers that I've never heard of, I need to get prepared NOW. Have I got my England Pack.................mmmm my postcode says Wales, who unfortunatley aren't competing, my passport says Scottish (no not really) lets move on and my hubby is ITALIAN and as he says at least 5 times a week when the conversation crops up..............we are the World Champions and in the next breath where is my World Cup that was behind the bar...................oops it kinda went into a box in the garage never to be seen again, but he has another 4 back ups in the office!!! I need a game plan to get rid of them too but please don't tell him. So now the question remains..................am I organised.............NO, will Scotland ever win the trophy...............NO unless it's in some parallel universe and do I care if England win..........NO sorry. I'm more interested in the WAGs but as Vicky and Cheryl will not be there, I think we can bet its going to be a bit boring.So if we can't talk handbags and shoes how can we make it more interesting?
I think we should think of a girlie cocktail drinking competition to do with the world cup along the lines of SATC. We should get glammed up and have a Cosmo every time England score................nope that means we don't really get to drink anything. Let me think every corner and we would be hospitalised, every penalty, we would be bored, every time a footballer pulled off his top........................nice. Yep that could be a plan but that would mean we would have to watch it too. Noooooooooo life is too short. So girls if we want to survive the summer I think we should put our heads together and come up with a plan. Hair and make up, high heels and glitzy top, meal and a few cocktails at The Tree with our friends, a visit to the cinema to watch SATC2 and an eye full of Ronaldo when he pulls his top off.......Maybe that can be the prize draw for June..........now how do I get in touch with Ronaldo???
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Twitter, Tweets and Twits
Hi again, sorry I had a week off and didn't blog as I had promised but its been so busy. I am so pleased everyone loves the new restaurant but sometimes its just too hard to pull myself away from the customers and focus on the boring bits that never get seen. Then again I am a master of procrastination. There is always something else that's just a bit easier to do, like updating my status on Twitter. Can you believe that I now prefer Twitter to Facebook. Nope I never thought that would happen either. It took me such a long time to get to grips with it but now I realised that I've accepted to host a Tweetup...............trust me to get myself into trouble in the virtual world. Must mean I'm a twit ??!!
Another way that I manage to distract myself is thinking about what to write in this blog. Usually accompanied by a panic attack and that I really have nothing new to share with you. Therefore I thought I would do some research..............no not my usual type like making myself a fab cocktail to tell you how great it is, although Jam Donut is really everyone's favourite. This time I meant to do proper research and read other hotel blogs to give me some tips and inside scoops. I was so bored after only 5 minutes of reading about the 100 top tips to use social media as a marketing tool...............yawn. I wanted a Hotel Babylon type blog and never found it. Maybe I have cornered that market as I try to think what i would like to hear if I were you??? Am I making any kind of sense today?
Well, I went back and re-read the blogs I had already posted, and I must admit I thought they were quite funny and entertaining, even if I do say so myself! But I have already told you loads, what else is there??? Panic struck, oh dear was I going to fall into the boring trap too?? Probably yes. So I made a mental list of the most asked questions from customers and maybe I could answer them but they change all the time. This week it's "who are the new managers"?? SORRY STILL US....................next is usually how Carmine and I met, but as that's a full page on the website, and I'm sure you have all visited About us on our website to read all about it, then I can't do that, next is why we don't still live in Italy.....................that would take tooo long so again we're back to the usual, food, wine, decor etc
So I've decided to tell you a little behind the choices of the decor. We wanted to have a little bit of our personality in the decor which is why we choose the pictures of Venice in the bar. You did know we lived there just after we got married although believe me its just like living anywhere else when you have to get up and go to work every morning. The one thing that sets it apart is the transport. Did you ever notice there are no pictures of Gondolas? I'm sure most think it's because it's too touristy or naff when the actual truth is I'm terrified of them. I HATE GONDOLA'S If you don't already know there are only 4 bridges that span the Grand Canal, one of them only being a few years old, so 3 in my day, and if you want to get from A to B without deviating too far to the nearest bridge then the Venetians have an interesting transport mode. Gondola crossings that only go from one side of the canal to the other, so one day after I had been asking to get the romantic gondola tour Carmine, ever the rational and practical one, said we should hop in one of these taxis, not that the fact it cost 1000 lire or 30p instead 15p had any bearing on the decision, but you know what he's like about spending money??
So anyway, we were helped into the gondola and that is where all my problems began. I was terrified, there are no seats therefore you have to stand in this tiny vessel, whilst one poor bloke rows you to the other side I was convinced we would fall into the slimy oily water, we would get ploughed into by a faster boat. The other passengers thought I was a nut case as I was crying, screaming and hyperventilating all at the same time, not one of my more elegant performances, thank heavens there was a lovely old granny that held my hands and calmed me down. After that I never once complained about walking or crossing bridges.
The are loads of great Venice tales, like when we cooked for Robert Redford, swoon.................
but mostly I remember celebrating my birthday in St Marks square, the feast of San Marco, 25th April when girls receive a single long stemmed red rose, my first ever from Carmine.................there had been a Valentine incident involving red tulips and this was to make amends! Poor Carmine has never lived that one down, who said all Italians were romantic and well dressed obviously has never met him, but then again, maybe all his talents lie in the kitchen!
Will look out for funny stories for the next blog
Colette
The Lemon Tree Website
Another way that I manage to distract myself is thinking about what to write in this blog. Usually accompanied by a panic attack and that I really have nothing new to share with you. Therefore I thought I would do some research..............no not my usual type like making myself a fab cocktail to tell you how great it is, although Jam Donut is really everyone's favourite. This time I meant to do proper research and read other hotel blogs to give me some tips and inside scoops. I was so bored after only 5 minutes of reading about the 100 top tips to use social media as a marketing tool...............yawn. I wanted a Hotel Babylon type blog and never found it. Maybe I have cornered that market as I try to think what i would like to hear if I were you??? Am I making any kind of sense today?
Well, I went back and re-read the blogs I had already posted, and I must admit I thought they were quite funny and entertaining, even if I do say so myself! But I have already told you loads, what else is there??? Panic struck, oh dear was I going to fall into the boring trap too?? Probably yes. So I made a mental list of the most asked questions from customers and maybe I could answer them but they change all the time. This week it's "who are the new managers"?? SORRY STILL US....................next is usually how Carmine and I met, but as that's a full page on the website, and I'm sure you have all visited About us on our website to read all about it, then I can't do that, next is why we don't still live in Italy.....................that would take tooo long so again we're back to the usual, food, wine, decor etc
So I've decided to tell you a little behind the choices of the decor. We wanted to have a little bit of our personality in the decor which is why we choose the pictures of Venice in the bar. You did know we lived there just after we got married although believe me its just like living anywhere else when you have to get up and go to work every morning. The one thing that sets it apart is the transport. Did you ever notice there are no pictures of Gondolas? I'm sure most think it's because it's too touristy or naff when the actual truth is I'm terrified of them. I HATE GONDOLA'S If you don't already know there are only 4 bridges that span the Grand Canal, one of them only being a few years old, so 3 in my day, and if you want to get from A to B without deviating too far to the nearest bridge then the Venetians have an interesting transport mode. Gondola crossings that only go from one side of the canal to the other, so one day after I had been asking to get the romantic gondola tour Carmine, ever the rational and practical one, said we should hop in one of these taxis, not that the fact it cost 1000 lire or 30p instead 15p had any bearing on the decision, but you know what he's like about spending money??
So anyway, we were helped into the gondola and that is where all my problems began. I was terrified, there are no seats therefore you have to stand in this tiny vessel, whilst one poor bloke rows you to the other side I was convinced we would fall into the slimy oily water, we would get ploughed into by a faster boat. The other passengers thought I was a nut case as I was crying, screaming and hyperventilating all at the same time, not one of my more elegant performances, thank heavens there was a lovely old granny that held my hands and calmed me down. After that I never once complained about walking or crossing bridges.
The are loads of great Venice tales, like when we cooked for Robert Redford, swoon.................
but mostly I remember celebrating my birthday in St Marks square, the feast of San Marco, 25th April when girls receive a single long stemmed red rose, my first ever from Carmine.................there had been a Valentine incident involving red tulips and this was to make amends! Poor Carmine has never lived that one down, who said all Italians were romantic and well dressed obviously has never met him, but then again, maybe all his talents lie in the kitchen!
Will look out for funny stories for the next blog
Colette
The Lemon Tree Website
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