I try not to use my personal journal merely to shill for my store. But do you guys realize that we are running Fantastic Sales for January? I mean it ( Read more... )

Have any of you got experience with gallbladder attacks? My super-sleuthing self-diagnosis is that. Flu is pretty unlikely to be sticking around two weeks with no contagion. I think my brother must have made up "walrus flu," anyway. Anyway, the symptoms are pretty congruent, despite the negative ultrasound ( Read more... )

Hello again from SaraCura! I'd like to remind you that every Wednesday there's a 10% discount on all merchandise here when you show your student ID. Some other things to remember:

Upcoming Henna workshops:

• Tuesday, February 19th - from 6 to 8pm
• Wednesday, February 27th - from 6 to 8pm
• Thursday, March 6th - from 6 to 8pm

Workshops include ( Read more... )

Sometimes it seems like I only ever ask for help. But we do need some. There are some things in the basement of the shop we could use a hand in hauling out to the trash. Which, I suppose, is as good a reason for a pizza party as any. Please let us know if you want to join us ( Read more... )

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First day in the shop! Next week is still our Grand Opening with the dancers and chair massages and 20% sale. This was our stealth trial day, and since Sarah (the girl) is onstage tonight at the Bryant Lake Bowl, I closed up. And I'm not totally sure I put all the right numbers in the right places for the end reports. But overall, with drop in ( Read more... )

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dude. and then, while we were sitting inside eating pizza, someone stole birdfigment's shoes out of the doorway. how incredibly uncivilized.

then our landlord, who is a professional exterior painter stopped by and wondered why I was sitting in the doorway at 5:45pm. i showed him the floor, and sarah told him what the builders' points had been about why the floor needed to cure more. between the three of us we have a new answer ( Read more... )

sad to say, the floor is STILL not done. Sarah (the girl) and I are sitting in the doorway of SaraCura (the store) because the doors have to stay open for airflow. It still has to finish curing and a layer (or two?) of polyurethane has to go down, and also cure. Though those are supposed to take 2-3 hours each to set. and we have to have the ( Read more... )