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Taylor & Travis Timeline

September 2023 - part 1

September 2 - Travis liked a Louboutin IG post about Taylor's legs ; ) (x)

September 5 - Taylor leaves Electric Lady Studios, NYC

September 6 - New Heights Ep 52 (x) with guest Kylie Kelce on life as an NFL spouse, Jason's Tinder Bio and Setting Up Travis. Personally a favourite episode of mine!

(9:30) When discussing the definition of a "diva" Jason says a diva is" just a famous singer", Kylie looks to Jason with a knowing smile... do they know about Travis' interaction with Taylor?

(20:00) Advice Kylie gives on Travis dating and what he should put on a Tinder profile... "I think you are doing great on your own Trav..."

(25:40) Talking about a tinder profile would Kylie recommend Travis go "Stache or no stache? " Kylie jokingly replies "if they swipe right at your worst, then they'll love you at your best"

(28:00) Jason begins telling Travis how he felt first meeting Kylie after a drunken first date...

Jason tells "it was love at first sight, let me tell you" Kylie replies " he doesn't even believe in love at first sight" Jason responds " I didn't until I met you... it was like fireworks. It was like fireworks exploded the moment she walked through the door..." "I want to feel those fireworks" Travis replies wistfully "It was like you when a movie has like an angel walk through doors and there is only one light on that person" Jason continues "that's what happened, I've always wanted that to happen" says Travis

Taylor is seen leaving Electric Lady Studios, NYC

September 7 - Travis is benched for the Chiefs vs Lions game due to a knee injury (x). Chiefs are defeated 20 - 21. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City.

September 8 - Taylor is seen at Electric Lady Studios, NYC for a suspected album release party (x)

September 11 - Taylor has dinner with Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Zöe Kravitz, Channing Tatum, Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne at Emilio’s Ballato Italian restaurant in NYC (x)

September 12 - Taylor attends the 2023 MTV VMA's wearing a very reputation-esque custom Versace look and the VMA's afterparty in a demin look with a red lip (x x) Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Our girl cleaned up at the VMA's

ET publishes an article (x)

A source tells ET that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the "Anti-Hero" singer are not officially dating.

A source tells ET, "Travis has been into Taylor for a while and definitely has a crush on her. He is a simple guy that is very funny, charismatic, chill, and loves playing football."

'Kelce', Jason Kelce's Prime Video documentary is released

Rumours circulating (x x) according to The Messenger

"Taylor and Travis have been quietly hanging out," the source said. "She saw him when she was in NYC a *few weeks ago."

(*3 weeks ago is August 22)

September 14 - In an interview on TNF Nightcap (x), Jason Kelce mentions that he saw the rumours about Travis and Taylor but couldn’t comment on their relationship status, saying

"I've seen these rumours. I cannot comment... I don't really know what's going on there, so yeah, I know Trav is having fun. We'll see what happens with whoever he ends up with."

September 16 - ESPN's SportsCenter reporter Adam Schefter & Kevin Negandhi playfully reference Swift's song titles as they allude to Travis & Taylor dating rumours.

"Clearly, Travis Kelce, at this point in time, is trying to Shake It Off and get back out there. He knows how much he's needed and that he's The Man."

"It was a little bit of a Cruel Summer for Travis Kelce with that knee injury but he can see the Daylight, Kevin, he looks like he's Ready For It. And Travis [Kelce] is now tracking to play on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, despite the fact that he was just limited today."

September 17 - Chiefs v Jaguars, Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL. Chiefs defeat Jaguars 17 - 9

Travis returns to play after his knee injury in the Chiefs vs Jaguars game. During the game, sports commentator Ian Eagle makes multiple Taylor Swift song references (x)

"Kelce finds a blank space for the score!"

Taylor goes out for dinner at Zero Bond with Blake Lively in NYC (x)

September 18 - Sports commentator, Rich Eisen, posts a video to instagram of himself making Taylor Swift song references during Travis' training (x). “Look what you made me do, @killatrav.” 

"The injury, one would think is delicate. He's been able to shake it off"

Travis replies

"Well played Rich... Well played 👏🏻😂"

Taylor seen out for dinner at Il Buca, NYC with Laura Dern, Zöe Kravitz and Greta Gerwig.

September 19 - Taylor dines at Via Carota Italian Restaurant, NYC with Sophie Turner and friends (x). A diner shares her observations (x). Did Taylor receive a text from Travis? They later moved on to Temple Bar , NYC

Travis Kelce speaks with Kristen Cavallari on her podcast Let's Be Honest where they talk dating. Travis says he is not interested dating someone "high maintenance" but the "initial spark is always fun" and looking for a partner "based on how kind hearted and sweet like my mother is" and they need to "have some sweetness to you" (x)

“To really dive into a relationship with somebody I feel like it’s going to take at least, I don’t know, it’s going to take some time,” Kelce said. “It’s not going to be immediate because, the stuff I’ve been through, just in my past, I feel like you really gotta know somebody to take that step and really be committed and be in full-throttle. I can’t just meet somebody and just automatically think that forever is just a day away … I think it takes quite a bit of time for somebody to really get to know somebody and really get to find that affection and love for them.” When asked if feels any sort of pressure about settling down, Kelce said he is “living my life” and is hopeful that when the time comes, everything falls into place.  “I like to believe that all of that stuff will come genuine and natural and I won’t have to think about getting into that part of my life ahead of time, the stars will align, I guess,” he said.

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Monday September 4, 2023

Transition day. After our normal morning routine at Trinity Townhouse Hotel, we packed up and walked the 0.4 miles to the “coach stop,” where we boarded #300 to Bunratty. Google maps said it was a 1.5 hour drive, but it took us three in the bus with many stops (most interesting was the university in Limerick). The bus was comfortable enough, however the A/C didn’t work and once again we had a warm sunny day in Ireland (not at all what we’d packed for)! I wore my boots on the bus in order to make room for our bottle of Jameson in our shared roller bag!

We were on the bus with Steve, not sure what happened to Jeff and Connie as we thought they were supposed to be with us, but they showed up at the B&B so they caught a different bus, apparently. We arrived at the Bunratty stop just before 1pm, and called our B&B host, Patricia, and she drove the 1 mile to pick us up. Jeff is in the yucky stages of an oncoming cold, so we napped a bit and then walked down to the castle with Steve, Jeff and Connie. Bill had arrived earlier and was staying in a different B&B. Patricia told us another couple from our group had just arrived and they were resting.

We couldn’t tour the inside of the castle, but it was awesome from the outside. Seemed very intact, and had a nice tower and drawbridge - all the elements I think are needed in a castle!

We got back to the B&B just after 5 pm and Patricia was serving wine and biscuits on her back patio. There we met Joel and Calva (her dad’s name was Calvin) from Alexandria VA/Jacksonville FL.

At 6pm Patricia drove us the 1 mile to town where dinner had been arranged for the group at Gallagher’s Restaurant (here it is pronounced GAL-a-hers). A fine dining restaurant that has been mostly closed since COVID, but they share a kitchen with JPClarkes Pub and open for special occasions (like us). There we had another delicious dinner of non-Pub food and were able to meet many of our fellow participants: Bill (of course), friends Sue and Marynelle from Lincoln NB, Christa & Terry also from NB, Wayne and Sue from Florida and Judee from Alabama.

Back to our B&B where I tried to sleep with a full tummy … luckily I’m reading a great book so I read for a couple of hours.

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USATF 15k Champs / Gate River Run

I was talking on the phone with my mom earlier this week and mentioned how I wasn’t going to make it to my great-niece’s birthday party on Sunday, with the race happening this weekend and all.  My mom’s response was that she didn’t even know I was racing.  Let me remind you that, like a true millennial, I talk to my mom approximately 35 times per day.  Apparently racing on the circuit has become so second nature to me that I fail to even tell my mom about it.  

The USATF 15K championships were held in Jacksonville, FL this weekend as part of the Gate River Run. One exciting aspect was that I was able to cross a new state off my list.  I have now raced in 21 states, and have gone for a run in 28 states.  

Since the race was on Saturday, I left for Jacksonville early Thursday morning.  I’m a big fan of arriving 2 days ahead of time, the earlier the better.  As an added bonus, since I have been going to bed earlier it wasn’t a big deal to go to bed at 10 and wake up at 5:30 AM for my 7:30 AM flight.  PS, I LOVE living 15 minutes from the Indy airport.

I arrived to Jacksonville around noon and was able to finish up some work for the day before taking a nap. My roommate arrived around 3, and at 4 PM we went for a run along Jacksonville’s riverfront.  Afterwards, I attempted to find a grocery store, but quickly found myself in an incredibly sketchy part of downtown and retreated. I ran into the ZAP fitness team, and they invited me to join them for dinner.  I was really apprehensive because they were heading to a Thai restaurant, and I wasn’t so sure how my garlic and soy sensitivities could be accommodated.  However, I was STARVING and not really in a position to be picky about food.  

I wound up ordering the only thing on the menu that appeared safe:  Beef pho.  Even though it was a huge gamble, I didn’t have any stomach issues whatsoever, and it turns out that pho is just bone broth with onions and bean sprouts. Major fortuitous win on my part!

After dinner I headed back to the hotel and met my other roommate.  Even though races generally allow you to request roommates, I like to leave it up to chance.  So far, I have had great roommates and made many new friends.  

The next morning, my Oiselle teammate, Andie Cozarelli, texted me about finding a grocery store. She also has food sensitivities, and oftentimes it feels like she is one of few people who really “get” what I go through when it comes to fueling.  A lot of the time I feel self-conscious talking about my food sensitivities, especially because I have been increasingly accused of having an eating disorder.  While that is a whole other blog post in itself, I will just say that it is really nice to have someone I can talk to about the challenges I have in regards to finding the proper foods for my body.  

We found a Fresh Market about 1.5 miles from the hotel and walked over.  Even though these races definitely have a “business” component, one of my favorite parts is catching up with all of my running friends and meeting new ones. What does a runner with food sensitivities buy when fueling for a 15k race?

-kombucha -a bag of pre-cooked quinoa -an 85% dark chocolate bar -vegetables from the salad bar -a can of salmon -Fage Greek yogurt -Magic Hat #9 beer

What food did I pack?

-4 Lara bars (cherry and peanut butter chocolate chip) -1 microwaveable forbidden rice bowl -3 Kashi peanut and hemp crunch bars -3 oranges -3 bananas -3 packets of Justin’s almond or hazelnut butter -4 packets of apple cinnamon oatmeal -1 bag of granola -rice cakes -2 Perfect Bars -3 bags of black tea; 3 bags of green tea; 3 bags of peppermint tea

After the grocery store excursion, Andie, my ZAP friends, and their friend Tim and I all went for a run. I was planning 5 miles in the AM and a 3 mile shake out later, but I decided that 3 mi round trip of walking was already kind of a lot so I only did a 5 mile run.  During our shakeout we saw a pack (flock, murder, group, school?) of dolphins.  

Then I had breakfast (2 bags of oatmeal with almond butter and a banana) with Andie, and we made plans for work.  I had a 1700 word article entitled Can You Run a Marathon without Training? due that day, and she had some work of her own. After a highly unproductive 1.5 hours of work, we took a break for lunch.  I had a microwaveable bowl of forbidden rice (80 grams of carbs in one serving!!!) with some of the veggies from the salad bar and a can of salmon, as well as an orange and part of my chocolate bar.  Then I finished my article.

Next, I had signed up to go with a bus group to The Sanctuary, which is an after-school program for inner city/underprivileged kids.  This was so much fun.  We formed a circle around the kids and introduced ourselves while talking about the role running has played in our lives.  Paul Chelimo brought his silver medal and allowed the kids to try it on. They clearly loved the experience. One thing that stuck out to me is the importance of representation.  These children were primarily African-American, and during the q&a session they were given the opportunity to choose a runner and ask him or her a question.  With the exception of me (I was asked by a little girl if I thought I could win the race) (I said I stand on every starting line believing that winning is always a possibility), the African-American runners were clearly the ones that these children looked up to.  It really bothers me that people become so upset about the number of African-born US runners.  Besides the fact that many of these people are my friends and I know that they did not simply wake up one day and say, “I am going to become a citizen” and then a week later started waving an American flag, I feel we should be more understanding that greater competition and representation in sport makes us all better.  I’m not going to get upset and complain that a non-US native beat me; I’m going to try and get faster.  

Anyway.

After that we had our tech meeting, and then dinner.  The pre-race dinner wasn’t one that I felt comfortable eating – pizza and pasta – so I opted to bring my own food.  While pizza and pasta are two things I love to make at home, they almost always contain garlic, which is one food that I am most highly sensitive towards.  Instead, I brought up my packet of pre-cooked quinoa and the rest of my veggies.  After that meal, I had my “dessert” of Greek yogurt and granola, finished with peppermint tea and a beer.  

Before I went to bed, I was texting with Dave.  Leading up to the race I had been feeling pretty nervous.  I’m not typically nervous going into races, but I’ve known for the past few weeks that I am on the verge of a breakthrough.  My workouts have been going better than ever, and I really wanted this race to be the one that showcased my improved fitness.  I told him I had two mantras for the day (both borrowed from oiselle):  Be a gritty bitch (thanks Sally!), and dig deep, get ugly (thanks Heather!).   I went to bed telling myself I was ready for a breakthrough.

I actually slept very well and even woke up a couple times pleasantly surprised I still had hours left of sleep.  I woke up around 5:20 AM without my alarm and ate breakfast:  two packets of oatmeal, a banana, and Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter. I drank a mug of Jasmine green tea, one of my favorite pre-race drinks.  

I sat in the hotel room and got my gear together, debated the merits of compression sleeves or no compression sleeves, put on my makeup, then realized I would be wearing sunglasses so it really didn’t matter if my mascara looked good or not.  We bussed over to the start line at 6:30 AM and still had about an hour before it was time to warm up.  I sat around with Andie, Obsie, Aliphine, and Tim.  Obsie is my good luck charm at races.  Her positive attitude is infectious, and we first became friends at Twin Cities in 2015, where we both hit the Olympic Trials standard after warming up together.  

I suppose part of my nerves for this race was the fact that I was trying something a little bit different. I really dislike the feeling of being passed during a race.  I mean, duh. Who doesn’t hate that feeling?  In nearly all of the races I have run in the past 2 years, I have started conservatively and tried to negative split. While I don’t always negative split, I do tend to slow down less than other people.  But, I also tend to never actually be in the race.  

My coach and I have been discussing taking a more aggressive approach.  For this race, we decided that I would go out with a group of women that I know are faster than me.  I anticipated the first mile of this race to be ~5:10.  I did something I never do, which is stand directly on the start line instead of 3 – 4 women back.  While this wasn’t exactly my intention, I found myself sharing the lead with Aliphine and Jordan Hasay for the first 2 miles.  I have no idea what our mile split was (I didn’t start my watch for this race), but I do know that we went through 2 miles in 10:41.  So, my strategy kind of worked out in my favor. It wasn’t a crazy fast first couple miles, and if I had simply felt the need to run x distance behind the lead group, I would have probably disadvantaged myself from the get-go. Around 4k the group kicked it up a notch which wasn’t really a move my legs were able to cover.  Instead, I remained steady.  I went through 5k in 16:58, which is an 11 second PR for me. Going into the race, I anticipated the first 5k might be a PR.

After the 5k I started to feel the effects of running a PR and still having 10k to go.  I got passed by a couple girls, which temporarily put me in a mental state of wow. This sucks.  I went through 4 miles right at 22:00, so I realized I was probably going to struggle to hold 5:30 pace.  The toughest miles for me, mentally, were miles 4 – 6.  It was around here that the chase pack passed me, and I began to struggle.  But, when I went through 5 miles I realized that even if I ran 6:00 pace I would hit a 10k PR.  I got a bit of a 2nd wind here and told myself to go for the PR, and if I died after that I could at least say I ran two PRs.  

I went through 10k in 34:41, which was a 20 second 10k PR.  My splits were 16:58 and 17:45.  

Once I got through 10k, I knew it would be a matter of holding on, not dying on “the green monster,” and then using the downhill for home.  

All weekend, “the green monster” had been spectacularly talked up.  I had seen the bridge and foolishy thought my experience at the Pittsburgh Marathon meant the bridge would be a piece of cake for me.  The bridge is 3.8% grade and approximately a mile long.  We were told to expect to slow down ~20 seconds that mile, but most people slowed down MUCH more than this.  

The bridge was death. In addition to the hill, we also had a decently strong wind to contend with.  From the top of the bridge there was 1600 m left in the race.  

I’m pretty bummed that my chip didn’t register a time at 8.3 miles, because I would LOVE to know what I split that last 1600.  I battled with a couple women here, which pushed me really hard in that last mile. My split for this last 5k was 18:08, but this was definitely the hardest portion of the course.  Overall, my splits were 16:58, 17:45, and 18:08.  Those splits aren’t spectacular, but after looking at the results and analyzing other people’s splits, I actually ran fairly evenly. It’s also good to know that I was able to hang on after running two PRs today.  

My overall time was 52:49. I actually split 52:48 for 15k at Houston in 2016, so I can’t claim this as a PR unfortunately.  I’m a little bit surprised because I really expected to be sub-52:00. However, I did hear times were about ~2 minutes slower across the board, so who knows?  I was 18th overall, and 17th out of Americans

I guess I wouldn’t say that this was exactly the breakthrough I was looking for, but there are certainly more positives than negatives.  I proved to myself that I can fearlessly take the race out with the lead pack and that finding myself next to runners like Jordan Hasay or Emily Infeld doesn’t phase me.  I am proud that I did not walk away wondering what if I had started faster?  

I do think that I was a little complacent during 8 – 12k.  I have a secret weapon that I have been working on:  breathing.  With a mile to go, I started counting breaths and I noticed I was able to pick up the pace quite a bit.  I think I had a little bit more left than I should have.  

Something that bothered me a little bit was that I ran the same pace today as I ran at the 10 miler in October, and also the same pace as my half marathon PR at Houston.  I KNOW I am in better shape than I was at the 10 miler, and I strongly believe I am in better shape than when I ran my half PR. But, I have to remind myself that it is impossible to compare races, especially when I had such a different approach each time, and was in vastly different points of my training.  

I’m getting kind of tired of making comparisons.  Maybe it’s the airplane wine that I’m drinking right now, but I want to abolish comparisons between races and days and PRs and etc etc.  I’m a gritty bitch who digs deep and gets ugly, so what’s the point of saying that one race was better than the other?  From here on out I just want to compete hard and be fast.

That’s not too much to ask, right?  

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I love pretty food in little portions and the Not Bad Supper Club pop-up dinner at BREW Five Points did not disappoint. It featured six courses created by the talented chefs at The Floridian in St. Augustine and Bellwether in downtown Jacksonville. Both restaurants were featured in the Bold Bites issue of Void Magazine.

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After talking about it for months, a friend and I threw a little Vision Board Party and it was a lot of fun! We gathered a few like-minded friends, brought out our old magazines and drank and chatted while cutting and pasting our future goals. Everyone left with their very own vision board, a positive outlook for the new year, and I was finding tiny magazine scraps around the house for a week, lol.

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Speaking of vision boards and goals, a big one of mine is to get this children’s book published this year! The goal is set for October 2020 and the GoFundMe is going on right now at: gf.me/u/xngyvu

Product of Keane Interest: We Love Colors – Tights and Dancewear in Every Color

My featured product/company this week is We Love Colors, where you can find high quality tights and dancewear in nearly every color and sizes up to 8X! I gave their microfiber tights a try in both regular and footless styles.

I fell in love with their hand painted splash color tights, which fit perfectly on my tall self without the usual yanking and pulling to keep them up! I chose my size based on the their chart and the sizing was spot-on. The fit was nice and snug, but not too constricting so I didn’t immediately want to cut the waistband like I almost always have to do to avoid the annoying muffin-top. The footless tights fit great as well, with a nice opaque coverage and ending just above my ankle without any additional tugging down.

They have 50+ colors and styles for women, men and children, and all their tights are all dyed in-house in Miami, FL so they have strict control over the quality of their product. Whether you need tights for dancewear or for cosplay, We Love Colors is the place to go if you want something in just the right color, and tights you don’t have to worry about putting your finger through every time you pull them up. (this actually happens to me often) I’ll definitely be shopping their selection next time I need tights that can handle everything from a cosplay day at a con to a full-on dance production.

Click the image to check out their website for the full selection plus lots of great photos of people in all shapes and sizes modeling their tights:

That’s it for this week! Next week there’s a lot planned with a Jacksonville Mom Night Out event, a preview of a new zoo exhibit and a wine tasting and food sampling for the upcoming Player’s Championship.

Keane Interest: Not Bad Supper, Vision Boards, a GoFundMe and Tights by We Love Colors This past week I sampled some delicious food from the Not Bad Supper Club, got ready to focus on my future with a Vision Board Party, created a GoFundMe for a new geeky children's book and gave some cool tights by…

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Episode Ten | Therese Nelson

Therese Nelson is a chef, writer, and founder of Black Culinary History.com, a website and social network she founded in 2008 as a way to preserve black heritage throughout the African culinary diaspora, to celebrate and network chefs of color, and to steward in this next era of modern black foodways. She is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University where she earned dual degrees in culinary arts and restaurant management. In addition to her work curating blackculinaryhistory.com Therese works as a private chef based in NYC and is a frequent contributor to food publications focusing on black identity in American gastronomy.

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Restaurant Chain Growth Report 01/08/19

(RestaurantNews.com)   RestaurantData.com has released its latest Restaurant Chain Growth Report.

Growing Concepts of Multi Unit Operators Concepts that have grown by at least 5% (if less than 50 units).

Nitro, WV-based TUDOR’S BISCUIT WORLD (founded 1980) has increased by 5 units, from 65 to 70 (8% growth). This family/casual American restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a $4-$12+ per person check average. Seating is for about 50. All units are franchised and trade in KY, OH and WV.

Dallas, TX-based MARISCOS 2000 has increased by 1 unit, from 3 to 4 (33% growth). This family/casual Mexican seafood concept is open for lunch and dinner, with an $8-$20+ per person check average. Beer and wine are served and average unit has seating for about 100. All the restaurants trade in TX.

Michigan-based CHICKEN SHACK (founded 1956) has increased by 1 unit, from 20 to 21 (5% growth). This quick serve chicken restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, with a $4-$12+ per person price range. Seating is for about 40. Catering, online ordering and drive-thru services are available. All locations are in MI. Franchise opportunities are available.

Portland, OR-based PINE STATE BISCUITS (founded 2006) has increased by 1 unit, from 3 to 4 (33% growth). This fast casual concept is open for breakfast and lunch, with a $4-$12+ per person price range. Some locations have full bar service, others serve beer and wine only. Average unit seats about 60. Catering is available. All the restaurants are located in OR.

Charlotte, NC-based BGR THE BURGER JOINT (founded 2008) has increased by 1 unit, from 22 to 23 (5% growth) and entered into NJ. This family/casual burger concept is open for lunch and dinner, with a $6-$15+ per person check average. Beer and wine are served and average unit seats about 50. Catering and private party services are available. About half the units are franchised. Trading areas are DC, GA, MD, NY, SC, TN and VA.

Emerging and Re-emerging Concepts Concepts with 20 units or less who grew by at least 2 units.

Jacksonville, FL-based SHEIK SANDWICHES (founded 1972) has increased by 2 units, from 6 to 8 (33% growth). This quick serve sandwich shop is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a $4-$12+ per person price range. Seating is for about 80. All the locations are in FL.

New York-based RAFAEL PALOMINO RESTAURANTS has added 2 new concepts called THe Flying Egg and Urbano. Other company concepts are B Square Burgers & Booze (1), Cachette Bistro (1), Mesa Modern Mexican (1), Pacifico (1), Sonora (1) and Tapas On Main (1). Overall company increase was from 6 to 8 (33% growth). The restaurants are mostly upscale, serving South American, Mexican, Spanish and American cuisines. Per person check average is $15-$50+, with full bar service and seating for about 150. Meal periods are breakfast, lunch and dinner. Catering and banquet services are available. Trading areas are CT, FL, NY and PA.

New York, NY-based WOLFGANG’S STEAKHOUSE (founded 2004) has increased by 6 units, from 13 to 19 (46% growth). These upscale steakhouses are open for lunch and dinner, with a $15-$50+ per person check average. The restaurants have full bar service and average seating for about 200. Banquet rooms are available. Trading areas are CA, FL, HI, NJ, NY and Asia.

Repeat Growers Concepts previously written about in the past 18 months.

Houston, TX-based SAM’S BOAT GULF COAST KITCHEN & SPORTS BAR (founded 1981) has increased by 1 unit, from 6 to 7 (17% growth). These family/casual seafood and sports bars are open for lunch and dinner, with a $10-$30+ per person check average. Seating is for about 250, with private party service. All locations are in TX. Franchise opportunities are available. We last featured this concept on 11/1/17 (20% growth).

Baton Rouge, LA-based C C’S COFFEE HOUSE (founded 1995) has increased by 12 units, from 33 to 45 (36% growth). This quick serve coffee shop is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner hours, with a $4-$12+ per person price range. Seating is for about 20. Catering and online ordering options are available. Trading areas are LA and MS. We featured this concept on 10/24/17 (6% growth).

Plano, TX-based FOGO DE CHAO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE (founded 1979) has increased by 3 units, from 49 to 52 (6% growth). The restaurants are upscale, open for lunch and dinner, with a $15-$50+ per person check average. Full bar service is available. Seating is for about 200. Trading areas are AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, WA, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mexico and the Middle East. We wrote about this concept on 11/29/17 (14% growth).

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For the rest of us, to best serve our audiences, we need to go above and beyond to connect with them. In fact, when I first started speaking professionally, I was only an opening act as a comedian struggling to do a strong ten minutes of material. Now I had to be up there for an hour! What I did to overcompensate was to do anything and everything I could to connect with them. I interviewed people ahead of time, read newsletters, dove into their website, and for sure, showed up early. There is so much I could cover, but what I'd like to focus this article on is what I do when I'm on site at the conference. Last week I spoke for a transportation company, the National Safe Driver Awards Banquet. I even brought my video camera to show you exactly what I do and how I do it.

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FL is the "Glacier Ice and Snow Arena" but for public ice skating some might suggest that this is one of the best ice skating spots in Florida.

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Our Florida Vacation

The timing of this post may be considered a little off. But, I feel that it's important to share what a gem Florida is even as the residents there begin to pick up their lives and try to put it back together. Last week we took the first away-from-home vacation since we moved to Silverlox. We've been planning it with friends for about a year, and talking about doing it for even longer.

Our vacation began with a night in "Oyster City", better known as Apalachicola. We checked into the quaint Gibson Inn, met the lobby cat (Salem), dropped off the luggage, and meandered over to the Owl Cafe Tap Room to watch the Alabama vs. Florida State game. (Roll Tide!) Don't worry about the picture of the twin beds, they do have larger beds/rooms. We just reserved our room a tad late. I wanted to show how cute the decorations are. The next morning, a few of us explored downtown Apalachicola before heading over to Indian Pass to the rental house.

From there, the real vacation began as we set up the bar. The liquor pictured wasn't all of it, and there was a mini fridge overflowing with beers. Yeah, we had a big time. The gulf front view was spectacular, and getting to have a fire on the beach was so awesome.

Exploring the area was a real treat. After dinner at one of the local restaurants, we hit up the Scallop RePUBlic, a local bar that prides itself on environmental responsibility. From the construction and decoration of the place to the beer and wine selection, it was focused on recycling and upcycling. And, the beer selection was fantastic. It was my kind of place! The fish picture on the wall behind Pat and me was made out of beer bottle tops. So cool! Oh, and it was an awesome sunset spot to boot. The vacation had been planned to coincide with scallop season in Port St. Joe. As such, we rented a pontoon boat for one day to partake in the scalloping. However, due to algae bloom in St. Joseph Bay, scallop season had been suspended. We still took the opportunity to take the boat out for the day.

It started out overcast and rainy. In fact, it was downright scary as storm clouds were off in the distance, we could see lightning, and some of us had hair standing up from static electricity in the air. While I was in panic-mode, everyone else kept their cool and the storms blew right by us. We threw out the anchor on a sandbar and enjoyed the rest of the day snorkeling, playing frisbee, having drinks, eating our picnic lunch, and just floating in the water. We saw loads of fish, dolphins, hermit crabs, and even a shark.

I spent much of the rest of the week walking up and down the shoreline collecting shells and driftwood.

Pat fished.

We had another fire.

And the sunsets were breathtaking.

While the house we rented was fat with amenities including a fabulous outdoor kitchen, we did eat out a few times too. The food at Triple Tails was awesome. I highly recommend the cheese grits! Indian Pass Raw Bar was a real pleasure from the food to the atmosphere to the quirky honor system. We absolutely enjoyed it! In downtown Port St. Joe is Pepper's Mexican Grill. It's apparently a chain, but the food was great and the service excellent. We ate very well the whole trip. I should have spent more time walking the beach! It was an amazing vacation on the Florida Gulf Coast. Of course, as our vacation progressed, we began to recognize the real threat that Hurricane Irma was posing to Florida. We left as scheduled on Friday morning, well before Irma began to batter the state. Two of our friends were heading back to Jacksonville, FL and bought supplies before heading home. We even made sure to fill up our own gas tank and buy a case of water before leaving...just in case. We've all ended up very lucky. As the storm is now subsiding and homes and lives are left in disarray, I wanted to share these images of the beauty of just one area of Florida and ask you to keep all those affected by Irma in your thoughts and prayers. If you have the means, please try to help out the victims of Harvey or Irma in some way. There are loads of lists of charitable organizations looking for donations and volunteers.

We were fortunate to get that time on the coast. Our world is changing constantly, and we must always remember to take some time to soak in the joy of what exists in the moment as it may not be there the next. via Blogger http://ift.tt/2f2GSD6