rvanrens

[ <ears perk up> good chorizo?? hand-made tortillas?? please tell me they are corn, and not flour. ←

Don't forget The Italian Store on Lee Highway over by Spout Run Parkway - it's in the same shopping center as the Geriatric Giant. And there's La Union Mercado on Old Lee Highway near Arrowine and Pastries By Randolph...really really awesome picante chorizos... Rob who used to live up the hill from Ballston

I think it would also be helpful to publish an annual "resource guide" to the area's food. Not a restaurant guide, or another useless reader's poll, but a guide to where you can find a nice piece of meat, or fish; where to find a good baguette, or chocolate. Along these lines, I would not mind an occasional section on where to find various ingredients on-line. ←

Mazeltov, stretch. I've still got a couple of month, but She Who Must Be Obeyed says that if Jelly Bean is that large, she wants the good drugs, and lots of 'em. Rob

Count me in for 2, please Rob

Thanks, Fero. You guys did it right on Thursday, and thanks to Cynthia for finding us a table at the VERY last minute. Rob

Count me in for two.

Ate at Cordroy on Thanksgiving...took the Mrs for the first time, and it was, once again, superb. Turkey was great, and the root vegetable puree was remarkable. I think it may actually be more difficult to do a basic, traditional dinner like turkey/mashed potates/gravy/green beans/mashed root veggies really, really well. It was everything I expected, given what I have had there for previous meals. Kudos to Chef Power, Fero Style, and the great FOH staff. Rob

Who's got time for nice girls? Good girls go to heaven...bad girls go everywhere. Rob

Well, I don't know 'bout nobuddy else, but Dec 12 is fine for me...Sundays are generally REEEL good, seein's how I don't work Mondays. Rob

I second the motion put forward by Al_Dente for a Burmese Mandalay egullet outing. ← So moved, the motion passes by acclaim. When?

My, oh, my, what a fine dinner. Believe it or not, I'm trying hard not to be a gusher... Many, many thanks to Mike for organizing, and to Chef Powersfor amazing food, and to Fero Style for excellent service (and those absolutley perfect little pastries...was the name "hurma"? I fear I don't remember clearly...) This was the first eGullet outing I've attended. It will certainly NOT be the last. Good food, good drink, and good company. After a long and trying day, I literally could not have asked for a better time. Thanks again, guys. Rob

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. I own a small business (not a restaurant). If I were to sell that business, it certainly wouldn't be out of any desire to deprive my employees of thier livelyhood. Is it not better to sell the business, and give the employees a chance to work for a new ownerr, than to close the doors, liquidate the stock, and lay off the employees outright? Hest, often a business is sold for overriding reasons - financial insolvency, disability on the part of the current owner, etc. I would like to think that I am EXTREMELY loyal to my employees - everything from providing a paid internship for credit to a college students, to showing up for parole hearings for a couple of warehouse guys. But if I was to say, suffer a heart attack, and had to sell the business to pay medical bills, etc, then would that be disloyal? Or would you rather I simply filed Chaper 7 and liquidated the assets to get cash for my interest in the corporation. Now, admittedly, my employees have not one friggin' clue what it is to run a small business. They will be the first to admit that I work harder than any of them, but how much harder is something that eludes all but a couple. They might perceive that sale as disloyalty to them; I see it as an absolute neccessity, and I would try to ease the transition as much as possible. My employees are not ENTITLED to a livelyhood here. They work here, and get paid according to how they work and what they do. They don't work well, or steal from me, or fail to show up on a regular basis, or sass customers, or whatever, well, no matter how loyal they are to me personally, they can look for work elsewhere.