The last few days have yielded some interesting connections and possibilities:
1) Monday afternoon I met with a couple friends affiliated with a local organization about a possible collaboration with Etiquetteer that yielded two good ideas. Later that evening I attended the monthly meetup of ye Ypus Yffayre, where I met a woman who invited me to a private dinner/performance of a small local dance company on Tuesday night. I did attend that function, and it yielded a possible connection for the two ideas I discussed with the first local organization. That sounds very convoluted.
1a) Long story short: it’s good to be out and about and talking to people.
2) Yesterday afternoon, the contractors came to talk about transforming my kitchen into Howard Johnson’s at Versailles. It was a very productive conversation! Ideas all over the place. Work should start in mid-January.
2a) These contractors were recommended by a friend. During our conversation they mentioned the name of a local realtor. At the dance dinner I went to last night a woman mentioned the name of the same realtor. I said “I just heard his name today! Contractors who were meeting with me . . . “ and wouldn’t you know it, the woman also knows the contractors very well! See 1a) above.
3) Lurking underneath all this is the elephant in the room, the closing of Doyle’s forever before the end of the month. I’m trying to be in denial, but before the end of the month I’ll walk by one day and there will be a big CLOSED sign on the door, and that will be that. I hate to think of it.