I Love Ginger Blog

06/18/2005

Last summer was my first experience in retail sales.  It was scary, fun, and exhausting.  Getting the Gourmet Lady store ready to open was a challenge:  can I whip this property into shape and open this store in 30 days?  You bet.  Once it was open, I realized this was only the first hurdle of a long summer.  I'd never thought about what goes on behind the scenes in a little store.  (I salute all of you hard working merchants out there!)  Towards the end of the summer, I met a new friend who did something very thoughtful for me.  He had visited the store, and later checked out the website, noticing how much I love ginger.  (My passion for ginger is quite hard to miss!)  One evening when we had plans to dine out, he surprised me by showing up with a cooler which contained all the fixings for a meal with ginger beef as the entree.  What a treat.  I sat down, took my shoes off, put my feet up, had a nice glass of wine, and watched as this ginger beef dish came together in my kitchen.  This is a brave guy, I thought, cooking for the Gourmet Lady.  Ginger beef never tasted so good!!