The condominium that my company just built is called Adelicia. http://www.theadelicia.com/ It is a beautiful building. Tonight was the special "Opening Celebration" of the new restaurant located in the base of the Adelicia, called, miro district FOOD & DRINK. www.mirofoodanddrink.com Stephen and I were lucky enough to be invited and of course we went!! It was wonderful! The food was excellent - thanks to part owner and chef Dean Robb as well as Nathan Lindley and Jerry Brown. All three I have worked with over the past few months and find to be very nice gentlemen and great at what they do. Entrepreneur Jerry Brown's Hospitality Development Group opened miro district (pronounced like "MEE - row") as well as the well known Watermark down in the Gulch! We loved the food we had tonight and cannot wait to go back for a quiet, sit-down, dinner one night!!
Thanks for a wonderful and delicious night; and "Good Luck" to miro district FOOD & DRINK!!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
I have conquered EBAY!!!!!
Just won the bid on my second set of Southern Living at Home, Gallery Collection, 3 piece place setting!!! As you read below, it was a rough and dissapointing start - the auction #2 and 3 went great!! Now I just have to wait on them to be shipped and come through the snail mail!! But that's okay - cause I got them!!!
The total directly from SLAH for two (2) 3 piece settings was $107. I got these two for a total of $72.49 and didn't have to spend the extra money of putting on a SLAH party!!!
WOOOOHOOOO!!!
The total directly from SLAH for two (2) 3 piece settings was $107. I got these two for a total of $72.49 and didn't have to spend the extra money of putting on a SLAH party!!!
WOOOOHOOOO!!!
E-Bay is getting a little better!
WOOHOO!!!!!! While I was sleeping, I won the bid on the second auction of the Southern Living at Home, Gallery Collection, 3-piece place setting!! After losing the first one in such a large way, I sooooo didn't expect to win this one!!! But I did!!!
One set down...One set to go!!!
(By the way, right now, I'm the high bid on what could be my second set...auction ends in 1 hour and 20 minutes.)
One set down...One set to go!!!
(By the way, right now, I'm the high bid on what could be my second set...auction ends in 1 hour and 20 minutes.)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
First time on E-Bay
Hmmmm...I'm not sure about this e-bay thing... Here's the deal...
At my Southern Living At Home (SLAH) party last November, one of my hostess treats was 50% off a 3-piece place setting for 4 of their Gallery collection. They were beautiful, simple dishes that I loved...(SLAH really doesn't have a lot of stuff that is my style but they have a few pieces I'm interested in). The magazine even warned that the dinner plates were oversized (bigger than 11") and that I should check my cabinets to make sure they would fit prior to purchasing. Well, I didn't care...I wanted them so I just got them. Expecting to use them as my new everyday dishes. Sure 'nough, they didn't fit in our cabinets so I decided to set them out on the dining room table. They always looked so pretty sitting out. (see the pictures below) Four sets was perfect because our dining table seated four.
Well, this past Tuesday afternoon, I was dreaming of how our NEW dining furniture was going to look in there and just knew that those off-white/bone colored dishes were really going to pop on the new black table especially with the dark color we painted the dining room. THEN IT HIT ME...WHILE I WAS DAYDREAMING..."I only have four sets of these - we're getting a table and 6 (SIX) chairs!!!! I can't put 6 chairs around a table with only 4 (FOUR) place settings!!!" So I immediately called Stephen at work and told him that we were going to have to order 2 more 3-piece place settings. Of course his response was..."how much is this going to cost us?"
So I contacted the lady that did my SLAH party in November and asked how much 2 settings would be including the shipping charge and tax...it will cost me $107 for two settings ($53.50/set)...but I'd have to host another party to place the order. So with the party option in my back pocket, I googled "southern living, gallery, for sale" and found 3 people trying to sell these settings on E-Bay. Two of them were "NIB" and "BNIB" (new in box and brand new in box). These two ladies had only used them for display in their SLAH parties...So I have started the bidding war!!!!!
And war it is!!!!!!! Last night I was up till 11:00 trying to win a bid on one of the sets. I LOST! That makes you feel crappy, ya know? You're like - YES - I found it for really cheap! - and then someone comes in and bids almost twice your bid with 2 seconds remaining. Well, at least I helped the seller get full price for them...the winning bid paid $60 to get the set.
So now I don't have too much hope built up on the set that expires today or the one that expires tomorrow...but maybe one day I'll get my 2 additional settings - even if I have to host another SLAH party!!! (Girlfriends - this is your warning that there may be a SLAH party in mine and your future! :-) ...Just to make sure I can get them!)
Hope you all have better luck with this e-bay thing!
At my Southern Living At Home (SLAH) party last November, one of my hostess treats was 50% off a 3-piece place setting for 4 of their Gallery collection. They were beautiful, simple dishes that I loved...(SLAH really doesn't have a lot of stuff that is my style but they have a few pieces I'm interested in). The magazine even warned that the dinner plates were oversized (bigger than 11") and that I should check my cabinets to make sure they would fit prior to purchasing. Well, I didn't care...I wanted them so I just got them. Expecting to use them as my new everyday dishes. Sure 'nough, they didn't fit in our cabinets so I decided to set them out on the dining room table. They always looked so pretty sitting out. (see the pictures below) Four sets was perfect because our dining table seated four.
Well, this past Tuesday afternoon, I was dreaming of how our NEW dining furniture was going to look in there and just knew that those off-white/bone colored dishes were really going to pop on the new black table especially with the dark color we painted the dining room. THEN IT HIT ME...WHILE I WAS DAYDREAMING..."I only have four sets of these - we're getting a table and 6 (SIX) chairs!!!! I can't put 6 chairs around a table with only 4 (FOUR) place settings!!!" So I immediately called Stephen at work and told him that we were going to have to order 2 more 3-piece place settings. Of course his response was..."how much is this going to cost us?"
So I contacted the lady that did my SLAH party in November and asked how much 2 settings would be including the shipping charge and tax...it will cost me $107 for two settings ($53.50/set)...but I'd have to host another party to place the order. So with the party option in my back pocket, I googled "southern living, gallery, for sale" and found 3 people trying to sell these settings on E-Bay. Two of them were "NIB" and "BNIB" (new in box and brand new in box). These two ladies had only used them for display in their SLAH parties...So I have started the bidding war!!!!!
And war it is!!!!!!! Last night I was up till 11:00 trying to win a bid on one of the sets. I LOST! That makes you feel crappy, ya know? You're like - YES - I found it for really cheap! - and then someone comes in and bids almost twice your bid with 2 seconds remaining. Well, at least I helped the seller get full price for them...the winning bid paid $60 to get the set.
So now I don't have too much hope built up on the set that expires today or the one that expires tomorrow...but maybe one day I'll get my 2 additional settings - even if I have to host another SLAH party!!! (Girlfriends - this is your warning that there may be a SLAH party in mine and your future! :-) ...Just to make sure I can get them!)
Hope you all have better luck with this e-bay thing!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sold!!! One Chef's Stand
WOOHOO!! My first sell on Craig's List!!! It was soooo cool! I listed the chef stand and in LESS than 24 hours, someone came to my house, paid for it and took it away!!! It was soooo amazing! I told Stephen he needed to find some other things for me to sell! :-)
I'm still working on my table and chairs...I've gotten 4 leads off it and 2 of them are still in the running...one can't come look at them till Saturday and the other wants me to hold till Aug 9th (when she moves)...so I'm still pretty excited about them. Of course, if someone comes today or tomorrow and brings the cash - I'm selling that baby!!!!!! :-)
I think this may be addicting for me!!!
I'm still working on my table and chairs...I've gotten 4 leads off it and 2 of them are still in the running...one can't come look at them till Saturday and the other wants me to hold till Aug 9th (when she moves)...so I'm still pretty excited about them. Of course, if someone comes today or tomorrow and brings the cash - I'm selling that baby!!!!!! :-)
I think this may be addicting for me!!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Batman - The Dark Knight
Well, all the IMAX tickets for the entire weekend were sold out. But we really wanted to see the movie so we went Saturday night to the theater in Providence and saw it on the regular screen! It was soooo great!!! We are still going to go see it in IMAX next chance we get!
We had watched the first Batman of this particular series - Batman Begins - Saturday afternoon to help get us in the mood before going to the theater! Then we met our friends Ben and Amy Hopper (and Avery) at Fulin's Asian Cusine (www.fulins.com) for dinner prior to going to the theater. We finished dinner early enough to get a nice walk in around the Providence area before going in and being one of the first into the theater to be sure to get good seats! Again, another late night but definitely a fun one!
We had watched the first Batman of this particular series - Batman Begins - Saturday afternoon to help get us in the mood before going to the theater! Then we met our friends Ben and Amy Hopper (and Avery) at Fulin's Asian Cusine (www.fulins.com) for dinner prior to going to the theater. We finished dinner early enough to get a nice walk in around the Providence area before going in and being one of the first into the theater to be sure to get good seats! Again, another late night but definitely a fun one!
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