Today, an old friend made my day. Thank you Andrea.
Today, I got the wind knocked out me.
Today, I sobbed like a baby for two hours straight with a grin on my face.
Today, I wrote rewrote erased deleted wrote finished published this post 19 times.
Today, I reflect.
Today, I threw up from overwhelming joy. Seriously. Ask C-Money.
Today, there are no worries.
Today, changes tomorrow.
Today, my pride is bursting at the seams.
Today, I think about the past but am finally able to see our future.
Today, all of the Chef’s blisters disappeared (at least for a moment).
Today, I took my children to our restaurant and smiled while I watched the people come and go.
Today, I read that our restaurant is going to be named ONE of the TEN BEST RESTAURANTS in America by Bon Apetit Magazine.
Today, I googled Bon Appetit’s circulation.
Today, I drank pounded a bottle of wine after I googled Bon Appetit’s circulation. Holy mother.
Today, I said thank you to people who have been with us since day one as well as the people who became part of our family last week. It’s your victory as well.
Toady, I saw tomorrow.
Today, I made out with a Chef.
Today, I am overwhelmed with pure happiness.
I want to share my happiness and my gratitude with all of you. I would love to hear your stories of utter happiness. A defining moment when you knew your life had changed. My life changed today and I am so lucky that I have all of you to be by my side. You have been a part of our journey and I would love to be able to show how much I appreciate your support. Please leave me comments (regarding the above) and I will bestow upon one random person some badass widow swag. I will randomly choose a winner on Friday August 7th, Noon (eastern time).
Beach Bag from the Gap filled with the following goodies:
The Greenhouse Tavern’s Reidel Glassware (2 logo wine glasses)
The Greenhouse Tavern Tee (signed by the Chef’s)
A Pair of Crocs Flip Flips
An original Catcher Sawyer painting
Bottle of Delicious Red Wine
Funky Memory Stick from BlogHer ’09
The keys to my blog (if you are so inclined I would love for the winner to do a guest post about your happy moment!)
Bonne Chance bitches.
I am so happy to see The Greenhouse getting the recognition it deserves.
I will never forget the first day that James and I had the Chef’s food: We were shopping at the West Side Market. It was a pretty gross day. We decided to try Bar Cento for lunch because we’d been eyeing it for some time. We had pizzas and a sliced tomato. And drinks. We stayed for like 5 hours, grocery bags and all, just enjoying our time there, chatting with our bartender Aren and the Chef, and watching the Cento crew cook. It was one of my favorite moments of my life in Cleveland, and immediately we were hooked.
I am so happy to see your dreams and hard work coming to fruition. We are huge supporters of you and the Chef, and the team you’ve put together at the Greenhouse is phenomenal. You create food, drinks and an environment that just make people happy. It seems so basic, but it’s just a great vibe that so many other restaurants miss. You are so deserving of this success.
(Sorry for gushing.)
And, as far as my “big moment” is concerned… I don’t think I’ve had it yet. I think the closest so far is the day that my boss offered me my job, because I had been wanting it for a couple of years. When I finally got it, I felt like my life was just beginning and the world was at my doorstep.
Hi there! I love this post. You and your family has given us all a reason to be proud of our city. For which I am very grateful. Unfortunately, I haven’t made it out to The Greenhouse yet, but I do enjoy your posts and tweets about your adventures.
Anyway, I wanted to share one of my recent happy, warm and fuzzy moment. This picture represtents that moment – http://twitpic.com/bjjjq My best friend, my boyfriend, and my baby sister. It’s rare that I can to spend time with all three of them at once. And here we are – all together happy, and ready to see my favorite Ohio grown band Red Wanting Blue. It was an awesome night and I was on top of the world.
Wow, what a rush! That’s awesome.
This is a silly happy moment, but it almost brought me to tears. About three years ago, when my son was 2 1/2, we were walking through a parking lot, hand-in-hand. He looked up at me and said, “Can I walk this way, Daddy?” and proceed to do a little skip. I said, “Sure.” He then proceeded to bend to the side, sway his arm in an exagerrated, gee-williker way, and swagger with a little Shaggy oomph. “Can I walk THIS way?” he asked.
“Yes,” I said, bubbling up with pride.
My boy was a goof, with a classic sense of slapstick humor.
In other words, in this blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy who looks just like my lovely wife, I finally saw me.
i am commenting again, because i could use some free stuff!!
MAke my day…. Hmm Well we love the GHT, and the other week we were sitting outside enjoying some apps and a drink waiting to go See lewis Black across the street on the 30th. It was a make my day moment to see Louisiana and Catcher jamiming to the music and you with the Tamoborene coaching them on outside with the Band. Kids are awesome. So happy and carefree. I wish we as adults can try a bit harder to do so.
Good meal at the GHT, Check
Watching Lou and Catch rock out to some good tunes, Priceless.
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