Global Warming

My Uncle sent this to me today. I thought it was a cute shot!

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We are closed on Wednesdays at the restaurant but we will be open today. Rearranged the schedual to allow the extra day because we were so busy last week and I thought we would be very busy today with the Labor Day Holiday in the States coming up. We slowed down yesterday and it will probably be just as slow today but it will still be a decent day. Even a slow day is 2x as busy as it was only 2 weeks ago.

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We are getting a LOT of people back now that were here when we first opened in May. I have one fellow who is celebrating because he sold a screen play and I have another who was here a week ago who decided to come back to burn off the rest of vacation time he had coming to him.

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For the first time I don't have to open. Dori is opening and I will go in at 11 or 12 and stay till closing. I have a bunch of my neighbors coming in for dinner tonight and I look forward to having them in QuiXotes! Most of them have already been in the restaurant many times and it is nice to see them come back!

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Mr. Rellosk is coming on Saturday and my man Frank the Tank is going to also be in town soon. Nice seeing friends return and return often.

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Last night Herman, Dawn and I went to Taco Tuesday. I had a real nice time and saw a lot of nice people. It was very crowded there.

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Herbert is also in town but he needed to go to sleep early because the three of them are already on their way to Santiago to go shopping. I gave Herman 5000 Pesos last night to pick up some stuff at PriceMart for me for the restaurant. I am hoping they have a good liquor selection and maybe a better price on La Benedicta which is a hard cider which comes in a Dark Royal Blue beer type bottle. I have been selling lots of them and hope I can get a better price from PriceMart. Herman will call me when they get there and I will go shopping on the phone:)

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Yesterday I got the first payment on a mortgage I gave out last month. Woo hoo! Keep the good times flowing:)

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I got an email from a Brittish friend Michael this morning who just toured Eastern Europe with another Canadian Friend Fred. They both spend a lot of time here and Michael owns a condo and is a good customer at the restaurant along with a couple other of his friends. Seems like they had a real nice time. Hope they will return next month! He asked about the restaurant and wants to come back and have Dori's food. I can't blame him actually. We have some real nice stuff on the menu and I really enjoy the curries myself. He also sends regards to Dori and Dawn.

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I tried staying out last night and wanted to close the bars at 1am but of course was way too tired. Ended up going home at 12:30am and falling out. Of course I was up at 6:30 today although I don't have to go into work until noon.:(

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Well now I have to take a nap. 8am and I need a nap already if I want to feel good later when I close the restaurant.

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I spoke to Jackie Quontee yesterday. He is real busy at work and is going to run for office so it looks like he wont return in October as planned. Too bad, I miss that Loco Indian already! Perhaps I will tell a tale of him in Sosua on his last trip on the blog. Nah, I can't do that!

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Maryanne, I am still waiting for my pictures so send them already before I open photo shop and make my own:)

Hasta Pronto!

Say Hello to my friend and neighbor Norris. He is in town for about a month while renovating a condo in El Neptuno where I live. He is trying to keep up with the Jones. Next and to the left of Norris is Randall.

Randall is in the Commercial Real Estate Business in Harlem. From what I can gather Harlem is getting to be one of the hotspots in NY these days. Randall here with a group of guys who are mostly in the Real Estate business and associated business in Harlem. Great group of guys and it is nice to be able to talk dirt and finances with people that do what I do in other places. When you keep your mouth closed and listen you may just pick up a tidbit of info that can be a gem for your future.

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Say hello to John and Wendy. John lives here most of the time and has a apartment just up the road from QuiXotes so we are usually blessed with his company when he is in town.

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We have been real busy at the restauant for the last 5 days. I this has been our biggest week ever. It felt like when we first opened. I got out late and had to go straight home to bed every night because I was exhausted. Little different now than in the beginning where I was the waiter, bartender, cashier, bus boy and cleaning woman. We had a full staff plus an extra cook who was training. We did great although it was way too hectic.

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I am looking for another Bartender and another cook now so I can get them used to our ways. When we get into the season I want to be ready so the service doesn't suffer and we can keep up our quality.

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I am sitting here with Bob K and Karl having breakfast now. Bob K and his lovely wife are in the process of building a new home here. Karl will return here to live as soon as he sells his business in Atlanta. We are picking up our game here in Sosua with more quality people every day!

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Hasta Pronto!