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Nov 7, 2010

Masking Up

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Hello my Friend! Did you set your clocks back?
So, a few weeks back I had a Halloween party to go to–

and I was more than excited to be able to dress up.

I was Sandy from Grease.

I was seriously freaking people out.

Even when I told them that it was me,

it took them a bit to realize it.

Thank god I’m not a blond I guess haha!!

We had so much fun and I loved that everyone dressed up–

even a few weeks before Halloween.

By the end of the night, I was Snooki.

Snooki with blond eyebrows–weird.

I put concealer on my eyebrows so they wouldn’t be

super dark brown and throw off my blond wig.

Yes, I’m hard core.

I was so excited to dress up for that party because I knew that we had a big charity event at TK Saturday Night (before Halloween) for the Chris Kirkpatrick Foundation, called Mask Care Aid. It was a Masquerade Bash (love that I at least got to wear a mask) and cocktail attire. The same night the Pub was having their big Halloween party. Lori and I made green, orange and purple jello shots the night before and with all the excitement forgot to pass them out to all of the customers….oh well…maybe Monday Night Football will be a little more exciting with them haha!!

Do you recognize the name, Chris Kirkpatrick?

From NSync!!! Gotta love boy bands.

We sponsored a golf event earlier in the year

and had the after-party at the Pub.

They loved us so much, they wanted us to be involved in this one.

Nope, I did not see Justin =(

Here’s us and our girls getting ready to head into the event…

Look at this incredible candy bar!!!

Lori and I finally getting to chill out after a crazy day…

Our table set-up…

We even put food coloring in the water

of the beer tubes to make it “Halloween-ey”.

The silent auction area…

That’s us with our GM, Ralph and Kitchen Manager, Tony…

We kind of got stuck and had issues

with the elevator and got a little loopy…

We headed back to TK for the party.

Laser show….

More of our girls,

our Manager, Matt, and Kitchen Manager, Tony…

It was a great night with our staff!!!

I haven’t even taken down my Halloween decorations.

Now, on to Christmas!

Oh–CW was going to be a Geico caveman,

but we were so busy–he didn’t.

Maybe next year–

or maybe one random day–for no reason!

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Nov 2, 2010

TK Dressed Up

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As you know (or may not) we are part owners of the Tilted Kilt I-Drive Orlando (that’s International Drive, right off of I-4, near Sea World)… This is what has consumed my life lately–if you haven’t guessed. One of the other owners/bestie and I have taken over the marketing, events and promotions for the last few months–and let me tell you—WOW, is there a lot to do! It’s never ending. Here are some shots of the Pub. I of course was SOOOOO excited to decorate for Halloween. I have to go back this week to take it all down, boo =( but, next is Christmas, and that’s just as fun.

Pretty big, huh?

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Here’s the middle area, with the open kitchen view..

The fab patio. Lots of TV’s, a big screen

and pass-through bar window to sit at…

The inside bar..

Scary guy had to be present…

And some monster feet…

The Hostess Stand guy (he’s always there-

we just slightly mummified him with caution tape).

We put up all of these flags.

Go Hawks!!!

Our customers LOVE them, although the GM tells me,

he does get the Florida ppl who wonder

what the heck Iowa is doing up there =)

We’re hoping Iowa comes to the Capitol One Bowl again,

so I can say “In your Face”, that’s why!!!

We had custom chalkboards

made so they would fit in between the TV’s.

Aren’t we smart??

��And the good ol Beer Tubes.

That’s 100oz. of beer for $20….

it’s just a cool gimmick, don’t ya think??

So, when you email me and text me that I’m a slacker

and you’ve been checking my blog and

want to make sure I’m still alive—I am!!

This is where I’ve been. On the road non-stop.

Come see the Tilted Kilt I-Drive when you come to Orlando,

my friends!

Who doesn’t go to Orlando at some point, right?

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Nov 2, 2010

Desert Fun

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So, Lori and I went to the First Annual Tilted Kilt Leadership Conference in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. We got to meet a ton of the other Pub owners from all over the country, as well as the Corporate peeps, we’ve only known from a distance. It was great and let’s just say we definitely stood out (2 young girls, dressed cute and talking their way around to everyone–you know I’m a social butterfly).

As you can imagine, most of the TK pub owners are male and we heard so many great compliments saying how exciting and great it was that there were female owners around (or maybe they just wanted to sit by us because we’re fun haha). The Orlando University TK is owned by a couple, so they were there also–bringing Florida to the most women franchisees anywhere—that’s right, we rock. Lake Mary Tilted Kilt opens this weekend and Ocala in the next couple months. We met a lady that will be opening pub(s) in Southern Florida, near Ft. Lauderdale, hopefully in the next year.

The conference was held at the Sheraton Wild Horse Resort in Chandler, AZ (which, made me happy because my girl Heather lives close by and Stacey–who you’ve heard me mention before–used to live around there also). I never knew this place existed, it’s gorgeous and so close to everything–without having to stay in Scottsdale.

We got there at like 9am (thanks to the 3 hour time change),

so, since we weren’t participating in the golf tournament, what were we to do?

Head to the pool and grab some champagne.

Isn’t that view so cool?

You know by now that I’m always snapping

random pictures to blog about.

This was one of those moments.

I went to the pool bar bathroom and this is what I found when

I opened the door to one of the stalls.

I just burst out laughing.

Hmmm…makes it a little hard to

go to the bathroom, don’t ya think?

Next, we saw a little river boat/gondala thing.

Done.

I think our guy’s name was Henry.

He was a sweetheart.

He told us all about the whole property being a reservation,

all about the casino and how they had to build a new one

to accommodate all of the customers who came after the economy took a s***,

how every plant and tree was planted for a reason and purpose,

how yes, we could bring our champagne in a plastic cup on his boat =),

how he loves to sing and gave us a concert

“when the moon hits her eye, like a big pizza pie, that’s amore”

(is that even how that song goes? those are the words I hear I guess..)

They were setting up for the

cockatil reception that night.

Now, this is very important…

and will come in handy later…

See those spots?

No, my camera is not dirty and does not need to be wiped off…

believe me, I tried over and over

scrubbing it until finally I asked someone who worked there.

They are bugs.

Yep, bugs, so just don’t be distracted.

Now you know.

They had live music.

Very Southwestern.

I must admit I was a little

over the music after a few days.

Gets a little monotonous.

We had meetings and speakers

and it was actually really great.

I was pretty impressed with everything.

The next night we only had a cocktail reception planned,

so we decided to head to dinner with my girl Heather.

She picked us up and we headed out to Z Tejas.

Margaritas were in our future.

After our margs, I made Heather pose

with me on the big, fat cactus.

No reason, just wanted to.

Then, the faces of my good ol

Heather start to come out!

What a scene we made.

It was so good to see her and such a last-minute trip.

Love ya Heath!!!

We actually woke up early–well, guess there was a reason.

The first night we stayed out until

1:30am chatting it up fireside with new peeps we had met.

Lots of champagne contributed to that.

Hey, we can still hang with the big boys!

After the margs though, we were in bed that night by 10pm haha.

More meetings and speakers all day

and then it was the night of the Hoedown Hooley!!!

We brought our cowboy boots with us

and were ready to get down.

As we met at the location we were told,

look who comes around the corner.

yep, a full-fledged hay ride to the Equestrian Center.

Cool.

That’s our boy Nick,

our Corporate Marketing savior.

We are in his ear and sending him emails non-stop.

Love him.

The horses took us through the river, literally

THROUGH and at this point I was glad that

I made the decision to keep jeans on (after 2 dress changes mind you).

Sorry, Lor, she stuck with her dress,

which gave us quite a few laughs on some of the bumps!!!

We arrive at the Hoedown!!

This place was so cool.

There were line dance instructors,

tons of food,

a smore-making station,

Quick-Draw, Archery, Lasso-ing, etc.

Very “hoedown-ish”….

After we mastered a line dance, we headed to the Quick Draw.

There’s a piece of plexi-glass and you stand

on either side with the gun to your side,

the cowboy dude say’s, “Draw” and you have to cock the gun and fire.

Cocking the gun is hard—that thing takes strength.

Hmmm..I kind of sound like a girl right now.

But, I killed Lori every time!!!

Woo-hoo, I’m a cowboy.

So, we moved on to Archery.

This got me excited.

Brought me back thinking to when

we had archery in gym in high school.

They had it set up on the football field.

I don’t think I’ve used a bow and arrow since.

I mean, why would I?

So, Lori was up first–I was going to get action shots.

Pretty good, check out her bullseye!

But, then, the Archery master walked up.

Yep, ME.

I get up there like a pro, once I got the feel for

how to shoot it, done, a hit, a hit, a hit…seriously, no joke.

They dude was in disbelif.

He said I was the best all night–beating out the boys too!!

In your face!!

I was super excited and having a blast.

I want a bow and arrow for Christmas!!

CW, did you hear me??

Damn, I should join the rodeo.

Moving on to Lasso.

Check out this aweome photo I got of Lori!!!

Yep, ON!!!!

Ok, the Archery Master was not feeling so confident about Lasso-ing.

But, I’ll try it.

Wa-lah! I am now a Lasso Expert also.

First try–ON the head.

Second try–On the head again…

Dead serious-no joke.

Now, I had the Quick Draw guy, the Archery guy and the Lasso guy

standing there in shock!

I of course was making a raucous and

super loud every time I got it on–

so, half the Hoedown was now staring also.

But, whatever—I for sure need to move to join the rodeo.

Oh–again, remember about the bugs?

Yep, those are the white spots…

The hoedown was sooooo fun.

I loved it!

Then, we were back to Florida the next day.

But, I still can’t stop telling people

how great I am at Archery and Lasso-ing.

Think my next party here is going to involve both!!!

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