Shopping for Chairs
December 18, 2013
My friend Julia, is always nagging me to blog more. It’s hard to find the time and mental space. I showed her the new chairs I purchased for the deck at Babette’s. “Well, you should blog about that!” OK, I bought new chairs. It’s a little more complicated than that. It took me five months. […]
21 Years at Babette’s Cafe (Best French Restaurant in Atlanta)
October 2, 2013
On October 13, 1992, I opened Babette’s Café. Makes you feel kind of old doesn’t it?Many of you have been with me since the beginning. Some of you were in grade school. I’ve married, raised a daughter and sent her off to college. I’ve been sued, robbed, burglarized. I’ve worked through broken bones and back […]
This week’s to do list
April 29, 2013
I haven’t had time to blog….this is why. My current to do list for this week New Door Handle for walk-in cooler Reorder outside lights Call landscape guy to clean up beds Spray for Mosquitos Order from Atlanta Fixture: Ramekins, (2) 1/2 plastic hotel pans 6 inch deep, (2) slim jims, high heat rubber spatula, […]
Buying New Equipment!
January 17, 2013
I got to buy a new convection oven last month. It’s very exciting. When the one you bought 20 years ago dies with a dramatic clunk on Sunday evening, and it is one of your most important pieces of equipment in the kitchen, you have no choice but to spend the money. I had just […]
Friday at 4:45pm
December 21, 2012
Why oh why does the heating and air conditioning system always go out on Friday afternoon at 4:45? Reservation sheet is full, service people on overtime and only if you can get them. Chilliest day of the year. I’m pulling my hair out.
Light bulbs, and don’t even mention Christmas Lights.
December 4, 2012
Last weekend I realized that we had 3 different light bulbs in the lanterns on the back porch. When I went to dim them for service, it looked like a laser show. Light was blasting into one guest’s eyes and the others couldn’t see. When “they” started adding different clarity of lights to the florescent […]
No Shows.
October 18, 2012
No Shows: def:/ someone who does not show up for a reservation at a restaurant. I am a huge Robert Altman fan. (deceased movie director for you young people) I must have seen “Nashville” 20 times. In his movie: Pret-a-Porter, Lyle Lovett plays a baker whose customer does not come to pick up and pay […]
Am I confusing you?
August 22, 2012
Standing in the wait station having coffee at 3:00 pm on Friday: Me: So pancakes on Sunday… We have espresso butter, a little bit of hazelnuts. Didn’t know we would have so many figs come in. Produce company changed the pack size. I got d’anjou pears in to replace the figs, but now they will go […]
Saying Goodbye.
March 27, 2012
Julian and Jim moved to Maine last Wednesday. I thought of them during the closing for the sale of their house here in Atlanta on Tuesday. I thought of them during their 1200 mile drive with two cats that hate to travel. I thought of them arriving Friday in Maine to their home which is now […]
Day Off…
February 8, 2012
Pasta man, Mark, called my cell phone to leave a message about my order. I happened to be up reading and grabbed it in a panic. It was 4:53 am. I had no idea his day started at 3:30 am. Dropped husband off at airport and slid by the state Farmer’s Market for an unannounced […]