SOME THINGS I'VE LEARNED.
::random recent revelations::
1. Don't talk about a potential till the potential and yourself are at some decent level of substantial meaning. i.e. don't give him a name, and background to your friends before you even start realllly dating... cuz ya just jinx it. Don't say anything til it means anything.
Credits: Ms. Poon and Ms. Mell
2. Create some sort of a friendship before pursuing something more. Get's the other person more emotionally involved. hahah. Credits: life?
3. I can really only have 2 drinks in one evening if I have to be @ work the next day before 11. I'm soooo weak sauce, it's not funny. If I have a cadillac margarita, I better not be working till AFTER NOON.
4. Mexican food is reaaaallly great! Don Antonio's on Pico for chips n salsa, soft tacos, etc. etc. Nice staff. Be sure to be seated in the CAVE.
5. Toppers ontop of Radisson Huntley in Santa Monica is a nice intimate no-fuss bar/lounge. Great view of Santa Monica and Malibu and the ocean. None of this faux LA crap. Just drinks. Good conversation. And people you care to have conversations with - friends. And it's dark so you can get red, and nobody knows. Take it from me.
6. There just might be a guy out there that has the same kinda life philosophy/values/perspective as me. I'm verrrry surprised.
7. Wolfgang Puck Cafe is my favorite Non-fast food fast food. SOOOO GOOD.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
BLACK OUT is NO CAKE
So yesterday @ work..yes, the lovely J.CREW 3rd St. Promenade, it was a lovely sunny day out. As the afternoon reached high noon and quickly to 1pm, I decide to go turn on the steamer for my other manager who need to steam out his linen blazer. I turn it on and *BOOM* the lights go out in the entire store and inside I'm going, "Holy flippin god.. I hope that wasn't me!" I looked across the Promenade I saw that Restoration Hardware had lighting so I kept thinkin, "Was it me?!?!"
Having gone over the "emergency procedures" with the other managers at our previous meetings, I grabbed the flashlights and rallied all of the associates in the store and escorted all the customers out and locked the store. The other manager had gone to BR to go shop the fall sale so I was left to hold down the fort. What is a girl to do when her shop goes black? Here's the play by play.
1. Go to the office upstairs and grab my cell phone to call the store manager, and continuing down the hiearchy, call our district manager and some other peeps.
2. Pull out the ancient "no electricity needed" phone outta the dusty cabinet and plug it in to use in case people need to call in.
3. Send associates out on the promenade to see if this blackout was solely us...thank god the blackout affect neighboring businesses on our side of the block and 342 other customers in the area (statistics provided by Edison Power).
4. Fold and fill the selling floor with new stock inventory cuz we were still getting paid to work.
5. maintain my cool. Cool as a cucumber.
6. 90 minutes later, the power went on and business went on as usual.
7. Good to know, the blackout wasn't because of me. WHEW!
So yesterday @ work..yes, the lovely J.CREW 3rd St. Promenade, it was a lovely sunny day out. As the afternoon reached high noon and quickly to 1pm, I decide to go turn on the steamer for my other manager who need to steam out his linen blazer. I turn it on and *BOOM* the lights go out in the entire store and inside I'm going, "Holy flippin god.. I hope that wasn't me!" I looked across the Promenade I saw that Restoration Hardware had lighting so I kept thinkin, "Was it me?!?!"
Having gone over the "emergency procedures" with the other managers at our previous meetings, I grabbed the flashlights and rallied all of the associates in the store and escorted all the customers out and locked the store. The other manager had gone to BR to go shop the fall sale so I was left to hold down the fort. What is a girl to do when her shop goes black? Here's the play by play.
1. Go to the office upstairs and grab my cell phone to call the store manager, and continuing down the hiearchy, call our district manager and some other peeps.
2. Pull out the ancient "no electricity needed" phone outta the dusty cabinet and plug it in to use in case people need to call in.
3. Send associates out on the promenade to see if this blackout was solely us...thank god the blackout affect neighboring businesses on our side of the block and 342 other customers in the area (statistics provided by Edison Power).
4. Fold and fill the selling floor with new stock inventory cuz we were still getting paid to work.
5. maintain my cool. Cool as a cucumber.
6. 90 minutes later, the power went on and business went on as usual.
7. Good to know, the blackout wasn't because of me. WHEW!
Monday, September 20, 2004
What You Can Tell About A Person From Their Shopping Cart..or LAC therof....I>E. Basket or Hands: Entry Inspired by Mell's Blog.
So I read Mell's blog this evening... a very frequent and joyful part of my week and I read about her going to the store and buying groceries. While at the store she also saw what bachelor's buy- and I laugh. HAR. HAR. HAR. Cuz isn't darn ironic that I had a similar encounter @ Ralph's a month ago of similar theme.
First, let's define BACHELOR GROCER(Y) or once in a lifetime, (IES) : a random select grouping of items, definitely 10 or less, to get into the EXPRESS line, consisting of BEER, BEER, HUNGRY-MAN FROZEN DINNERS, RAMEN, BETTY CROCKER POTATOES from a BOX, CHIPS and POWER BARS.
BACHELOR GROCERY is something Jess does not know. Why is that? Because Grocery-Man at Ralph's asked me, "Do you cook?" and I said, "Of course! That's what all of this is for." And what is "THIS" you ask? A bountiful combination of tons of vegetables, fresh salmon, beef, chicken, spices and fruits. Ya know, REAL PEOPLE FOOD. Grocery-Man goes, "Cause normally I see young people like you buy frozen dinners, ramen and pasta." And I respond, "Definitely not."
So what I deduce from all of this is that you can definitely tell what kinda lifestyle a person lives by what they have in their shopping cart/basket. Junk food = couch potato or non-cook? Beer, beer, beer, Hungry-man frozen dinners = frat boy? Sausage, bacon, steak, chicken = Atkin's dieter? Water, diet coke, grapes and rice cakes = anorexic? I think so.
Lastly, to help the world I'll extend everyone that reads this my genuine helping hand and let you know that if you ever need simple, hearty recipes....hollaback.
So I read Mell's blog this evening... a very frequent and joyful part of my week and I read about her going to the store and buying groceries. While at the store she also saw what bachelor's buy- and I laugh. HAR. HAR. HAR. Cuz isn't darn ironic that I had a similar encounter @ Ralph's a month ago of similar theme.
First, let's define BACHELOR GROCER(Y) or once in a lifetime, (IES) : a random select grouping of items, definitely 10 or less, to get into the EXPRESS line, consisting of BEER, BEER, HUNGRY-MAN FROZEN DINNERS, RAMEN, BETTY CROCKER POTATOES from a BOX, CHIPS and POWER BARS.
BACHELOR GROCERY is something Jess does not know. Why is that? Because Grocery-Man at Ralph's asked me, "Do you cook?" and I said, "Of course! That's what all of this is for." And what is "THIS" you ask? A bountiful combination of tons of vegetables, fresh salmon, beef, chicken, spices and fruits. Ya know, REAL PEOPLE FOOD. Grocery-Man goes, "Cause normally I see young people like you buy frozen dinners, ramen and pasta." And I respond, "Definitely not."
So what I deduce from all of this is that you can definitely tell what kinda lifestyle a person lives by what they have in their shopping cart/basket. Junk food = couch potato or non-cook? Beer, beer, beer, Hungry-man frozen dinners = frat boy? Sausage, bacon, steak, chicken = Atkin's dieter? Water, diet coke, grapes and rice cakes = anorexic? I think so.
Lastly, to help the world I'll extend everyone that reads this my genuine helping hand and let you know that if you ever need simple, hearty recipes....hollaback.
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