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So much for being on the short list…

August 22, 2008 at 9:48 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

…well we never heard from Ed about living with us. Can you imagine? How rude.

And I didn’t get my text today from Obama. I didn’t even get the fake one. Wow! I am really hurt about this. I thought he could at least consider me as a Veep. I’m pretty good at sitting behind people clapping whenever I am cued. I would stay awake at least. I wouldn’t trump up unreal charges to get a country in a war… I wouldn’t. I will wear a flag pin; I will say the pledge with hand over heart.

But no… not even an email to let me know who he is going to pick. Such is life.

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So I’ve Got A Job

July 3, 2008 at 2:21 pm · Filed under LIFE AFTER THE DELI

After a few weeks of searching after we closed the deli I have a job. I’ll be proudly slinging wine for a local distributor. It has been a tough month, I hate job interviews but I hate more the waiting by the phone for offers. You wonder to yourself where is the love; you think to yourself if only I said this or that, or oh my God why did I say that?

But for all of the hand wringing, I got an offer this week that I accepted. A former associate of mine is a big deal wine guy and importer of Austrian wines and when I reached out to him he put me in touch with the distributor he works with. It is a great opportunity for me to learn wines as well as the wine business. I’ll be handling a good chunk of Northern Virginia, it is a good place for me to start and I am very appreciative of Select Wines for taking a chance on me.

For those businesses that closed after us I say good luck, it is a tough market out there, but there are jobs. I hope to be able to keep in touch with our friends downtown, our email remains the same and I will be posting on this blog from time to time. I also want to say thanks to our friends who have sent us notes, whether they were on the website or via email, we appreciate all of our former customers; it was a lot of fun for us to meet you and serve you.

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An Open Letter To Ed McMahon

June 12, 2008 at 7:10 pm · Filed under LIFE AFTER THE DELI

Dear Mr. McMahon:

I am so sorry to hear of your financial problems and the foreclosure on your big, expensive home. Sir, I have a proposal for you: come live with Tony and me. Hopefully you like dogs because we have two.

In return for room and board, we do ask that you pick up after yourself, and you don’t have loud and late parties. Oh, this is important: every single time Tony comes home from work, you need to say, “Heeerrrrrreeee’s Tony!” And laugh at all of his jokes — not just the funny ones.

I will await your response. But I cannot image you’ll get a better offer than this.

Carole

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Loudoun Times Mirror Article

June 6, 2008 at 2:00 am · Filed under LIFE AFTER THE DELI

Loudoun Times Mirror posted a very nice article about our close. Check it out:

http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/jun/05/CourthouseDeli/

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Goodbye from Court House Deli & Grill

June 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm · Filed under Downtown Leesburg

Dear Friends and Customers:

We are sorry to announce that today will be our last day at Court House Deli & Grill.

We have enjoyed meeting you and serving you since May of 2006.

We will try to continue to blog if you want to keep up with us so you can find us here. Also if you want to leave a note for Tony, you can do so in the Guest Book. You can find the guest book here.

We’ll be around town and hope to see you there. Thanks for the good times.

Tony & Carole

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Blog Update

May 31, 2008 at 6:49 pm · Filed under Silly Sutff

Well somthing happened to the old blog and it got turned upside down. I’ve had to repost everything again on the new blog… sometimes it’s just not worth it!!!

But hey, I still have more entries than Mike Carroll. Be sure and tell him I said that…

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Huey Lewis and The News

May 31, 2008 at 6:47 pm · Filed under Secret Life of Deli Owners

Originally posted May 11, 2008

We were delighted to have the opportunity to provide meals for Huey Lewis and the News and their crew during the Polo cup match at Morven Park on Saturday.

At first we thought we were going to provide food for the crew. We ended up feeding the band on Saturday (including their “after event” food) and for the crew. We had to do some scrambling but we did it.

Thanks to Lola Cookies, Market Street Coffee, Bz’s BBQ, and Morning Glory for the food and support. Also thanks to our employee, Brandon, who stayed the entire day (until 1 AM) to support the band and crew. Brandon has a lot of pictures; I’ll post them here if I can.

We were very impressed with the entire group. The band, down to every single person, were great. They were down-to-earth, easy-going, nice, nice, nice people. Huey Lewis stood for quite some time for picture after picture after picture. And even though we were the “help” (we sure looked cute in our little chef coats and pants), he was super nice and engaging. Nice guy. Nice group of people.

We learned a lot about “riders” and did a lot of running around. The officer’s at the gates at Morven knew us by name by the end of the night. Not sure that’s a good thing…

It was a real kick to be backstage (even just for the sound check). Brandon and Tony got a huge kick out of seeing the “Back to the Future” car up close and in person.

I really want one of those “All Access” passes for life. That was sweet to just be able to hold up a pass and go anywhere my heart pleased. I was too tired to totally exploit it. Oh and there was that work that needed to be done as well.

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Is it snow yet?

May 31, 2008 at 6:47 pm · Filed under Secret Life of Deli Owners, Silly Sutff

Originally published February 8, 2007

Snow flake This winter has been so odd with the very cold days followed by the very hot days! I prefer warmer weather, but what can you expect in February?

If you are a snow lover, this surely has been a disappointing winter for you. Snow is nice if you can just sit and take it in. Shoveling the driveway always manages to damper the excitement of a snow storm.

Unless you’re in school…

Remember the excitement of waking to find snow on the ground? Or maybe you slept in your inside-out jammies trying to bring on the snow. Gathering around the radio or the TV to hear if your school is named on the “closed” list was the highlight of the morning. Mom was trying to keep us on track but we were determined to wait for the closure news. And when our school was announced, a mighty shout went up. We quickly pulled on our winter clothes and ran outside to play. We would play in the snow all day long!

Those were exciting days! Gone was the thought of homework or gym class or pop quizzes. It was all about the snow, sledding, and making the best snowball!
Funny how the image of a snow shovel changes it all for adults.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! — just not too much…

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Tony’s a TV Star!

May 31, 2008 at 6:46 pm · Filed under Downtown Leesburg

Originally posted December 5, 2007

Tony appeared on Channel 5 on Saturday talking about the free parking in Downtown Leesburg. It was a nice story that had some great pictures from downtown and included Mike Carroll at the Leesburg Vintner.

Check it out at http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=8BE34F5F473B8E0650CFD148BD9A5861?contentId=5096819&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1.

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