Just Add Bubbles: October 2012

Welcome to Just Add Bubbles...

I have become very introspective over the last six months. I finally have a clear understanding of how I want to show up in this crazy world. I want to be creative. I want to laugh. I want to have as much fun as I possibly can. I want to help people. I want to work with food and wine and pretty things. I want to do work that feeds my soul and fills me up. I want to spread joy. I want to make some money to support the aforementioned desires. Quite simply, I want to help people eat, drink and make merry.

When I look back over the last twenty years or so, it is very clear to me that the times I have been in full alignment with myself have been during times of eating, drinking and merry making. Even mastering those many hospitality jobs in college (read cocktail waitress/bartender) prepared me to do the happy work I am doing today. Yet it took me some time to understand this.

In 2000, I gleefully abandoned attempts to support myself with traditional business types of jobs and somehow got the chef/owner of a bistro to hire me to cook in his kitchen. Despite the burns, cut and physical challenges of the job, I was in heaven. I was working in an extremely fast-paced, hard core kitchen full of grizzled veterans, who were unsure of me and my lack of experience. As time went on, my skills developed I earned their respect and they began teaching me the tricks of the trade. (This, of course, was only after months of making me do all the gross and really hard jobs that all rookies should do.) I hung out there for five years learning everything I could about food safety, food prep and service. In October of 2005, I traded in my chef coat for onesies and diapers and welcomed my daughter into the world. Fast forward to 2012 and it's time to birth more creativity. That little baby is off to full time school and this little mamma is ready to put her chef coat back on and get to work.

So We Got Cooking
While prepping for an event, Christine (you'll learn more about her later) was whisking up a basil infused vinaigrette. Because we love what we do and we practice what we preach, we were celebrating with a lovely pink Prosecco. When Christine finished the dressing, she said something was missing. We glanced around the kitchen, scanning for that one ingredient that would make the vinaigrette perfect. At that moment, in unison, we said "Just add bubbles!" And that is precisely what we did.

So What Exactly is Just Add Bubbles?

Just Add Bubbles is a team of creative people who will help you develop your next event, large or small. We will collaborate with you to create an event that is right for you and your circumstance. You will dictate the level of service that is right for you. You may be interested in an intimate dinner at home for you and your partner, milestone celebrations or you may be overwhelmed by the family reunion that is about to descend on your home. We will chat through the details to create a stress-free plan for entertaining.

How does it work?

We will set up a consultation with you to discuss your event. At this meeting we will get an understanding of what is important to you (the food? the wine? the budget?). We will help you define a scope for the event. We will also determine how you would like us to be involved in the planning, prep and delivery. We don't want to steal the glory from the host! We want you to do what makes you happy when it comes to entertaining. And if that means you just have to pour the bubbles when the party starts....then so be it! Remember, we are after fun and laughter here. After this initial consultation, we will document the scope of work and provide you with our fee structure. You will be billed directly for all actual costs associated with your event (food, beverage, rentals, etc.). Our fee will be billed separately and will be due at the time of the event.

Sound simple? It is. Entertaining just got a whole lot easier and much more fun!

Cheers,

The Just Add Bubbles Team

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

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