Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Mass Transit Orgy 2007

If there's one thing I've learned about the bar-starting business so far, it's that things happen in bursts, and you have to be prepared to hustle on any given day. To wit, our Wednesday:

--7:45 am: Subway to bar space to meet with the contractor. We decide where to place the electric pigtails in the ceiling, as well as what to do about the beams crossing the center of the front room.
--8:45 am: Bus to the architect's office. They give us the final, approved plans for renovation, and put us in touch with an expediter who can get our work permits for us.
--9:45 am: Scrap planned trip to Fairway to investigate salsas. Bus back to the bar area. Hang out at Mule for half an hour. Walk across the street and met the expediter. He says he can have the permits for us in two hours (!).
--10:45 am: Walk several blocks to Commerce Bank to do some financial business. Bus back home.
--12:00 pm: Expediter calls us and says he's gotten the permits. We hustle back to the bar space by 12:30.
--12:30 pm: Get permits and post them. We're able to do all our plumbing/electric/HVAC/renovation work now. Subway back home.
--4 pm: Subway back to bar space to meet HVAC guy.
--6 pm: Tap system guy cancels. We finally head out to eat.
--9 pm: We go home! Huzzah! 8 mass transit trips in one day!

All this on a 20-degree day with crazy windchill. Pictures of ceiling work below:








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