HARD HATZ

134 – Thursday, May 14, 2009

I went on an excursion to the Home Depot today to acquire some materials I need for a couple of projects that I have committed to build for family. I arose before the rest of my household was awake, donned my ‘home project’ wardrobe and made a beeline northward on Little Road toward my “Orange Box” destination. Always famished at day’s onset, I made a slight detour in the direction of ‘Hard Hatz’, a local café whose proprietor we befriended a year ago or more. It is an unusual occasion, these days, that I dine out since we are on a mandatory austerity program in an effort to stretch our funds as far as possible. I wanted to patronize our friend, however, out of extreme respect for the entrepreneurial spirit in Bob that has inspired him to enter a ‘new business’ venture in the face of insurmountable probability of his business’s survival, especially during these days of near economic melt-down. But I am confident that ‘Hard Hatz’ will make it to the goal of being a true establishment by withstanding the test of time. What arouses this positivistic view in my observation? – Simply that Bob employs all the necessary elements in his business approach – he offers a sufficient fare portion, charging a fair price for amount, and serves it up in a clean and friendly atmosphere, boasting wall hangings of logo-emblazoned t-shirts and matching hard hats from local area businesses, many furnished by the patrons of his restaurant. My favorite part of his décor is the canary yellow chair rail which encircles the entire seating arena bearing repetitive lettering declaring every inch to be a CONSTRUCTION ZONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE What Bob is building in that zone is a tribute to the pioneer spirit that made this country into a great nation from its fledgling origins. When you come visit us, we will go have some breakfast with our friend, Bob, and you can see what I mean for yourself. When shall I expect you? This blog is also posted on: http://rlarrison.blogspot.com/ and http://myspace.com/rlarrison