Saturday, January 06, 2007

and handsome to boot

It has been a while, I'll admit since last we spoke. And I am sure the question on everyone's mind is "what have mr. and ms. cook been up to?". Well let me tell you.

I am now an internationally acclaimed trivia master. no, not master, but trivia GOD. "How did you achieve this stature and how do you cope with the added resposibilities?" I'm sure you are all asking yourselves. The short answer is one day at a time, and try not to abuse my powers. Although I have decided that I am now allowed to open and read my subjects' mail.

Still more of you may be asking, "what has mr. cook been huffing and why hasn't ms. cook taken it away?" or perhaps simply "what is he talking about and why does he think he can read our minds from a continent away?"

To tell the story we have to go back a couple of days, thursday to be precise. Every week a local pub has a trivia contest for charity. And last thursday for the scond time a team that I was a part of won. Which makes me the only person I know to have held such titles on multiple continents and in multiple countries.

Yes I can I hear my nieces and nephews addressing my various siblings "whycan't you be more exciting like uncle mr. cook?" If that were the case then I wouldn't be nearly as special as I am. So I say them " we are all special in our own way. Sure I, uncle mr. cook, am an internationally known trivia SUPERSTAR. But I can't fold origami worth a hoot."

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year!

For most of you it is now officially 2007. For some of you it is still 15 minutes away. For us the event is but a distant memory since it happened almost 12 hours ago....

So far I think we can report that the year is going well. The internet seems to be fully functional and the weather has remained of the cooler variety, so all is well. This week we'll begin preparations for the restaurant opening. The first menu we rolled out will be for the downstairs bar area. We'll start the fancier/higher end menu upstairs, which we now refer to as the Arthouse Cafe. We'll post the menu once its finalized and the opening is set...

Best wishes for a happy and heathy 2007 to everyone!