Archive for LIFE AFTER THE DELI

So I’ve Got A Job

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 bigSelect Wines LLC Logo 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

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

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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