What A Week

Phew. I have almost made it to the end of a crazy week. School started back--teaching two classes this time. The Charleston Food + Wine Festival had its summer launch party which required some face time and lollipop crafting on my part. And the personal life was demanding its fair share of attention as well. Oh, and there is always my main job, which was a tad slow though it is gonna crank up over the next two days with the Labor Day weekend. All in all, I can't wait to take Monday off and sleep in (and then sit in front of the computer setting up on-line gradebooks and formatting recipes).

A couple of cool things happened at the launch party mentioned above. First, I had my own table and didn't have much to do, so I actually engaged folks in conversation. Talked to a bunch of people I have met along the way in this town and business. Saw Naomi from Charleston Mag and a whole bunch of former JWU folks who are now with the Charleston campus of the Art Institute. Second, I talked to two people I didn't know, but who remembered very specific things about my desserts. One was an AI student who really loved the tomato tart I did this summer. That was awesome to hear since I never got many takers on that dessert. He even remembered all of the componenets. Another talker was a fellow who had the monstrous S'More Napoleon last year on the night before Thanksgiving. He recalled it still as being good, but he was daunted at the time by how to approach eating the thing. This man gave me criticism I could stomach. Yep, that thing was huge, I agreed. Then I told him I would try better in the future to consider "eatability."

So I guess overcoming shyness and talking to people isn't too too terrible. (Even though there were some dopey socialites who had nothing but snide things to say, which led me to believe that they were the ones always ordering the creme brulee. Hah, enjoy that 55 grams of fat!)