The long weekend just passed. For me a long weekend means 2 days off in a row. I can't believe I have been somewhat a prisoner to my business for 7 years now - I own the keys to my own prison cell was something I heard from a retail shop owner years ago.
Anyways. I choose not to whine about my business. I own a bicycle shop that is doing really well - making a living while surrounded by one of my biggest passions is pretty awesome.
Saturday finished off a pretty dismal sales week in the shop in a pretty good way - as in we did almost enough on Saturday to make up for a slow week. It also meant the trip down was delayed and we only arrived in Bellevue at about 10:30PM Saturday night. Andrea and I stood in the parking lot just stunned gazing at the ever evolving shape of our building. After 2 years of driving up to the same beat-down, leaking, begging-for-mercy building it is surreal to see something slightly different, something more attractive every week.
During the week I had a little chat with Robert (one of our super-reno dudes) and we decided the boardwalk at the rear of the building was so nice that we'd go the full length. Andrea and I had been looking at all these ideas for finishing the crappy, utilityesque concrete and it wasn't until the chat with Robert that continuing the boardwalk was the perfect idea.
We are now patiently awaiting the arrival of our roofing material and we also need to figure out what we want (and can afford) for siding all the new construction.
Sunday rolled around and we headed to Stone's Throw (who have a pretty rad new website by the way) http://www.stonesthrowcafe.ca/ . We met up with Mike (the other main man at Bike Bros. http://www.bikebros.ca/) and his wife Adrian and little dude Isaac for great grub. We met up at the Bellevue shack and Mike and I decided to tackle Great Riddance. We are manly men who like pushing our bikes for 2hrs plus for 30 minutes of great gravity-fueled fun. See the pics for yourself.
The weather on Monday was aweful. Neither Andrea or I cared because we had (still have too) lots to do with the building. Andrea put sealer on all the fir trim which made it even more beautiful while I got to pull out a hammer and start removing the miscellaneous nails and chunks of wood stuck to&in a couple of the beams in the front section of the building. A great visit. Leaving was hard. Getting harder every time.
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