That does sound like fun and I can just imagine how lovely it would be. With you eye and your taste it would be the kind of place that I would absolutely love to visit.
That said, argh! Restaurant work! It is so hard and the hours, however much staff one has a crazy, no matter how many employees one could afford. One of my closest friends for years had a successful restaurant in Greenwich Village for years. He finally wore out. Just too much work. He raised his daughters there. There were there doing their homework in their own little corner of his kitchen for years. They loved it and were very close to him as a result.
I do think that thinking big is great. Everything amazing starts with an idea.
Yeah, I'd probably just open on the weekends and holidays, perhaps one additional week day. I imagine that would make it more easily manageable, especially since the restaurant wouldn't stand alone but the garden would also have to be tended. Maybe one could have a bistro part with sandwiches & stuff for visitors to the falconry that's open more often (i.e. whenever the falconry is open) and isn't quite as high-maintenance as a posh restaurant.
Everything starts with an idea, but eventually, one has to start putting ideas into practice. That's what I'm really bad at.
1) Evidence suggests that a fair number of native speakers don't realize that, either. It's something that may be in the process of changing. I, however, am a curmudgeon who hews to the One True Linguistic Way. At least when it comes to my dice.
2) Isn't it better to fail doing something you care about than to not try? And I suspect that you won't fail. You may feel overwhelmed sometimes, but that's the feeling of learning taking place.
At least you DID run an art show! And work in a museum! :/
If we were living closer to each other, we could team up. Maybe as a triumvirate, we'd get into action. That's one of my excuses, anyway, "I can't do all that on my own!"
I'm sure it won't be a failure - there may be some veeery interesting expectations from the participants (as well as some seriously odd ideas and some hidden treasures)! At least that's what every Creative Writing seminar at university has made me expect...
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That said, argh! Restaurant work! It is so hard and the hours, however much staff one has a crazy, no matter how many employees one could afford. One of my closest friends for years had a successful restaurant in Greenwich Village for years. He finally wore out. Just too much work. He raised his daughters there. There were there doing their homework in their own little corner of his kitchen for years. They loved it and were very close to him as a result.
I do think that thinking big is great. Everything amazing starts with an idea.
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Yeah, I'd probably just open on the weekends and holidays, perhaps one additional week day. I imagine that would make it more easily manageable, especially since the restaurant wouldn't stand alone but the garden would also have to be tended. Maybe one could have a bistro part with sandwiches & stuff for visitors to the falconry that's open more often (i.e. whenever the falconry is open) and isn't quite as high-maintenance as a posh restaurant.
Everything starts with an idea, but eventually, one has to start putting ideas into practice. That's what I'm really bad at.
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I hear you on that one.
Good luck, no matter what you decide to do!
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2) Banks like good business plans. Write up a heck of a business plan and give it a shot.
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2) But the eternal question begs asking: What if I fail? It rather does look like biting off more than I can chew!
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2) Isn't it better to fail doing something you care about than to not try? And I suspect that you won't fail. You may feel overwhelmed sometimes, but that's the feeling of learning taking place.
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If we were living closer to each other, we could team up. Maybe as a triumvirate, we'd get into action. That's one of my excuses, anyway, "I can't do all that on my own!"
*glomps back*
Thank you.♥
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I'm sure it won't be a failure - there may be some veeery interesting expectations from the participants (as well as some seriously odd ideas and some hidden treasures)! At least that's what every Creative Writing seminar at university has made me expect...
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