‘the chopping block’

It was a busy weekend working at The Chopping Block.  We are in full season holiday mode, and Saturday was our Taste of Thanksgiving.  We had FOURTEEN dishes for everyone to sample, we had Chef demos going on and complimentary wine tastings.  Sadly, I was on wine sampling and I didn’t actually help cook any of the food, but it smelled amazing by the time...

What a whirlwind weekend I had!  I worked both Saturday and Sunday, so it was a blessing in disguise that my meet up with a friend after work on Friday fell through last minute.  When I first got my schedule and said that I was working the retain floor at Lincoln Square on Saturday, I didn’t exactly know what that meant.  They had asked me...

Jacob had some minor oral surgery on Wednesday.  His Mom took the day off to go with him and Hannah and while I was at work, they came home and Val made all of Jacob’s favorite foods that she used to make him when he was younger.  Chicken mole, ramen noodle salad, brownies and chicken noodle soup.  Jacob prefers small shells in his chicken noodle...

I had to smile at yesterday’s TimeHop – Heather and Karli, can you believe this was three years ago already?  I recapped my day at The Chopping Block on this post back in October of 2013.   I never in a million years would have thought three years later I’d be working there! I was happy that my schedule allowed me to take the train to...