Tom Sietsema - of the Washington Post - recently published a golden glow review of the relatively local restaurant, Restaurant Local, which is found within the Tidewater in Easton. His experience there was a little shinier than ours, but not by much. This is great publicity for a restaurant, especially here on the ES; they will be SWAMPED with extra business for a few weeks, I would bet. All of which serves to bring employees to the Shore as well, I would hope. The region needs recognized places of employment in order to attract top workers. If someone thinks that working at such and such place would advance his/her career, they'd be banging at the door to work there. We need this in Kent County. I realize this is true for many types of businesses, but within the restaurant industry, there has been a sore lack of qualified employees for at least 20 years, going from our experience. We have felt extremely fortunate to have attracted as many successful employees as we have, past and present, but there never seems to be enough. So, it is a welcome write-up, this publicity for an Eastern Shore restaurant. The spotlight can be good for all restaurants. "Local" trade comes first and foremost, but a little foreign traffic can be a tonic for the blood, as well as a blip in the bank account. As long as they don't want to move here, let them discover our cooking, eh?
And as far as our own project goes, I'd say it would be safe to say "Slowly but surely". We are down there at "the building" every day (much to the crew's dismay, I reckon), and everyday something more gets done. Who would've predicted that this procedure would last so long? Obviously not us...but, live and learn, and finally we've pretty much adjusted back into the Eastern Shore pace of things. We simply look forward to the day when we are once again gainfully employed, but continue to enjoy these final days while we're not.
Oh, and one last note. We encountered our first $42 menu item (Forty Two Dollar Entree) this past weekend. Oh, you say, were you in Manhattan? or visiting friends in San Francisco or Chicago? No, we were in Annapolis. Enough said. And no, it was not Lobster. And no, we didn't order it.
And as far as our own project goes, I'd say it would be safe to say "Slowly but surely". We are down there at "the building" every day (much to the crew's dismay, I reckon), and everyday something more gets done. Who would've predicted that this procedure would last so long? Obviously not us...but, live and learn, and finally we've pretty much adjusted back into the Eastern Shore pace of things. We simply look forward to the day when we are once again gainfully employed, but continue to enjoy these final days while we're not.
Oh, and one last note. We encountered our first $42 menu item (Forty Two Dollar Entree) this past weekend. Oh, you say, were you in Manhattan? or visiting friends in San Francisco or Chicago? No, we were in Annapolis. Enough said. And no, it was not Lobster. And no, we didn't order it.
