Good Summer Read

   Leane Itale introduced Susan Cheever’s Drinking In America: Our Secret History. I will be reading it this summer and hope you will join me. I love the tidbits about the role of alcohol in historical events. Her researched factual account of events surrounding major...

Tips for Breaking Free from Alice’s Shackles

I wish I had never met Alice! I feel she’s imposed on me, much like how a spouse is imposed on another in an arranged marriage or a mother-in-law that overstayed her welcome. Alice is here to stay. Of course I’m referring to the 2014 decision of the United States...

Money Making Idea

Working with a lot of craft and microbreweries, I am often asked about adding event space, additional bar space and outdoor seating. The good news is that business is brisk enough to justifying adding more functional space to service more customers. The best business...