Facts & Fictitious Business

The Chicago Bears lost a nail-biter to the Oakland Raiders, but several of us at Sunshine Company in OB weren't ready to call it a day.  I ended up helping Kate carry a beer-pong table down Saratoga Avenue to her apartment next to the beach.  We were on a roll & I ended up spending the night at her place.

The next morning, she dropped me off at my apartment on West Pt. Loma Blvd.  She was headed to work at a plant nursery in Miramar & I was hopping on my beach cruiser to ride downtown to the County Building to file Mad Munch's Fictitious Business Name.  It was step one in making my grilled cheese business into a reality.  

For $30, I filled out Form 231, they gave me a receipt & a list of eligible newspapers to publish a statement that would make this fictitious name a fact.  I stuffed the papers in my backpack, & rode on home to take a nap before my night shift at the Inn began later.  

At work, I selected the cheapest newspaper in which to publish a statement saying that "Mad Munch," was indeed my business.  If you look in the classified section of most newspapers, you'll find a plethora of Fictitious Business Statements.

Kate didn't make it into work that day.  She turned around after she dropped me off, called into work & went back home.  I only know because she texted me about it later after we exchanged numbers & I gave her shit about it.  

She also told me days later that she would do "anything" to help me start my grilled cheese business.  I didn't believe her, but she wasn't joking.  I can also say that ever since we started doing Mad Munch together (Spring 2013) she has never once called out of work.