Kicking off 2011

We thought we’d have some sort of official launch over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.  It’s a big deal around here what with our hyper-truncated “summer season”.   We only get a few months up here and we like to do it right. I was excited, thinking of some interesting way to partner with one of my favorite local businesses.  And then the phone rang.  A bit of voicemail-tag later, we had our first order of the season!  Really?  Yeah!

It’s sort of like walking into a restaurant before they are open for business.  The frenzy of last minute activities, the “almost ready but not quite” feel of the place, the “oh, right, customers!” look on the staff’s face.  But that’s what we do.

The dance was a curve-ball.  Did they want our carefully planned out selections?  Food pairings specifically suited for a particular event or setting?  Nope!  We jumped head straight into a personalized delivery.  It was a gift and timing was of the essence.  Moments later we pulled together a selection that your mom wish you’d send her way (and if she lived here, you could!).

Being still a bit early in the season, we weren’t sitting on that little bit of inventory we usually do, so we got to visit with some of our favorite local merchants for a few goodies.  The scent of 44 North Coffee that we ground ourselves was incredible.  It’s a good thing that the delivery was close by or we almost had to brew a cup right there in the car!

As you can imagine, we had a surprised and delighted recipient and an equally thrilled customer.

Another cool thing about our new season is that we can now accept phone orders and in-person payments.  We have a nifty cool gadget. Our Square card reader makes those orders a snap.  Online orders continue to be processed by PayPal, but we really love having more flexibility.

Oh and last but not least, did we tell you that we’ve been playing with our pricing?  Maybe you should take a look…. ;)

{playlist for this post: no music, just the buzzing of june bugs….}