Sad Day at SpotCheckBilly's Hacienda (page 2)

SpotCheckBilly · 2006-04-10T21:54:52+00:00

Hey everyone, It looks as if my wife's new restaurant is going to have to close its doors at the end of the month. Some funding that she was supposed to get to carry us through the first year of business did not materialize for reasons known only to the broker and his conscience. So after more than four years of almost nonstop planning as well as countless hours of hard work, this beautiful restaurant will shut down before it even had a chance to to get off the ground. The fact that such occurrences happen quite frequently in this day and age can't even put a dent in the devastation she must be feeling now. There are quite a few regulars here, as well as at a couple of the other forums to which I belong, who have sort of followed the progress of the restaurant through periodic reports from me (not too many here, but at Dell, SWI and earlier at TC's). Thanks to everyone who has offered encouragement and moral support. There will very likely be some major changes going on including a pos

SpotCheckBilly

April 27, 2006, 9:33 PM UTC

Hi Maureen,

Thanks for your kind thoughts and your prayers. As I'm sure you are discovering, the people in the anti-malware community are a pretty close knit group: almost like family. When anyone shares news (good or bad), the folks in this community are always quick to respond. Great bunch of people!

I am hoping to be able to post better news soon. Either way, I will be providing updates as they occur.

Thanks again, everyone, for your prayers and positive thoughts.

SpotCheckBilly

JimW

April 27, 2006, 9:42 PM UTC

George, I hope this all works out. And if it does, next time we visit my wife's relatives in Lakewood, we'll try to stop through Valencia on our way down I-5!

Jim

SpotCheckBilly

April 28, 2006, 6:46 AM UTC

Hey Jim,

We will be looking forward to your visit. :occasion5:

As an update: Lori is in the process of refinancing the note. She also has renegotiated her lease and the landlord cut her a substantial break. I've never met the guy, but from what she tells me, he is very easy to work with and truly would like to see her succeed. Nice to know that that type of person is still around. Too few and too far between in this day and age.

SpotCheckBilly

NonSuch

April 28, 2006, 7:25 AM UTC

That's great news! I'm really happy for you guys.

Nellie2

April 28, 2006, 9:28 PM UTC

Keeping everything crossed for you and your wife, my other half is in the catering business and I know it isn't easy. That menu looks fab by the way. although a little difficult to read on the site

SpotCheckBilly

April 28, 2006, 10:17 PM UTC

Hey NonSuch and Nellie2,

Oddly enough, the catering part of the business is going very well. Go figure. These ridiculous gas prices may just be her downfall.

Both the catering menu in the regular menu are difficult to read on the site. They were both put on there as .jpg's. I'm in the process of tearing apart the regular menu, piece by piece to create mouse overs. I believe that the person who originally built the site is working on creating the catering menu in a text format rather than the image format. I haven't tried it yet, but I think that the OCR software that came with my scanner may be able to convert of menus into a text format -- much easier to enlarge and create mouse overs.

Since (if everything works out OK) I will probably take over the site maintenance, we got Dreamweaver MX, which is what was used to build the site originally. Now I just gotta figure out how to work it. LOL! Looks pretty daunting.

I'll keep everyone updated.

SpotCheckBilly

Elrond

May 2, 2006, 2:56 AM UTC

Wonderful that it seems to work out for your wife. The son of a friend is the restaurant business in our part of New York. He is also fighting very hard to survive.
Good luck with the future.