Today the restaurant is hosting a VIP lunch. We invited more than 50 people [and a guest] to participate, using this as an opportunity to promote our new lunch menu. We’ll open for lunch permanently next Monday, Nov. 6. I’ll be working long days, at the restaurant for upwards of 10 hours a day.

After work, Ash & I are leaving for her parents’ house. We’ll be there for the weekend.

update: The lunch was canceled due to a power outage & a small fire in the kitchen. We cleaned and left.