if you read this blog, you probably realize i had a bit of an up and down year in 2010. i left a great job, great boss, and great crew to take a chance on a new restaurant, and it turned out to be a pretty bad idea. it is what it is though, and i survived.
i got a job at one of the busiest bar/restaurants in town as a result. it was the first job i was offered when i was unemployed, so i grabbed at it pretty quickly. it kicked my ass all over the place for a couple months...my mental state at the time wasn't helping, but i just wasn't used to the sheer volume the place does, and it was kind of a completely different kitchen setup than i was used to.
but i survived.
and now i'm full on in the swing of the place, and i kinda feel more loyalty to my crew than ever before. i work with some awesome dudes, and i laugh my ass off every single shift. we have fun at work, and we crank out tons of kick ass grub. the pigdogs need their mung, after all, and they often look to us to get it. we listen to punk rock all day, talk smack about eachother and everybody in the dining room, and we congregate at the bar and share in whiskey shots to celebrate a job well done.
part of the reason i haven't blogged too much in recent months is that i really like my job and can rarely find things to complain about, and it's way more interesting to read a "listen to the shitty day i had at work" story than a "i had fun today! the end." story. i still throw out the occasional post with the boys over at kitchen convoluted, and have recently contributed to fat pride times. so i'm still here.
i'm still surviving.
but here's the thing. i don't just wanna survive. i wanna thrive. so out with the old, in with the new. it's a new year, and i'm damn well gonna make sure it's a better one than last year. keep with me folks, and i promise i'll try to bring you into the eye of the awesome storm that is my current kitchen.
pour yourself a cocktail and enjoy what's to come...
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Just read this, Mikey. Excellent. 2011 is a brand new adventure, just begging for super success. Keep kicking ass.
Nice work! Just found your blog. Like the positive spin..the fact that you found a job that you enjoy..God knows that's a rare thing in the food biz! I'm in a similar spot...cooking all my life, had some pretty rough jobs with some pretty corrupt bosses..and then finally a decent place to work. Anyhow, I plan to keep up with your blog. Writing a book about the biz (I know, who isn't, right?) but check the blog out (just excerpts from the book) Love to have you contribute if you're into it. It's being considered for print, if I can meet deadlines on it. Anyhow, love the writing man, and congrats on becoming a dad! windowlesswalls.blogspot.com
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