2012 Coming to an end with big news for me, my family, and The Flying Banzini. I have been very remiss in updating this blog. This is because not much has been happening. I have been making sausage, trying to get the recipe to…

Just finishing up an agreement with a business partner who will manage the cheesecake and dessert portion of The Flying Banzini. I will introduce you to her this week. Hopefully I can convince her to make some contributions to this blog. Quesion: If I…

Spent all day on location searching. Although I still have ten locations on my list, the truth is that I have three legitimate contenders. Here are my options: Take a location that is OK. It’s not perfect but it’s OK. It is in the…

I spent the weekend really carefully reviewing my current options. I have a list of 12 possible sites. None are perfect but they are possibilities. My goal this week is to thoroughly investigate all 12 and come to some conclusions about them and about…

I have done, as best I can and with the help of my agent, a review of the locations which might be available. There are two possible spots that I will be considering over the next few days. Location one… The first is in…

The logo is nearing completion… comments are welcome. First, the full logo. Depending upon the space I wind up in, this might be the outside sign. It needs some space, though. Perhaps on a window? Somewhere. Some tweaking is still likely so please make…

Negotiations, if you can call them that, on my first potential location have ended. This is not the location for us. It was a little bit bigger than I wanted (translation – higher build out costs and higher rent). But, it was where I…