I'm back from my second vacation and probably the last break I'll have for quite a while. Its been a hectic week getting back into the groove mending the minor catastrophes with the two restaurants that have happened over the last two weeks. In addition we have a new menu rolling out at Iguana Mack's next week that I've been working with my graphic artist and Chef Jason on, I had an always stressful meeting at the Chandler Planning and Zoning department to get approval for our liquor license extension, we've solicited several air conditioning companies for bids for the new RigaTony's and negotiated the final details on the architects contract for work on RigaTony's. Part of that contract calls for us to submit our ideas for the exterior design by Mid September - just two weeks away. To that end we met again with Kim & Howard - just like past meetings but new there's the pressure of a deadline and the commitment to one single design.We met for a couple of hours comparing ideas and reviewing tons of photos that Chrissy has been collecting like mad. I think we ended up with a great exterior design and now Kim will go to work doing some photo-shop magic to crank out some renderings so we can get an idea how the final facade will work. Just for fun I submitted a hand drawn rendering of my own today. Don't' panic - its nothing close to what we'll end up with
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