From Culture to Catering to a Concert

One Friday night while we were setup at Culture, a couple who lived in OB, was so taken by their Katers Taters that they wanted all of their close friends to try it.

"Do you guys cater?" he asked.

Garrett & his girlfriend were throwing a welcome home party for their close friend returning home from Naval deployment.  "We're gonna need to feed about 60-70 people & your grilled cheese would be perfect," he said.  

"That's definitely doable.  When is it?" I asked.

"Next Saturday," he said. "I know it's kinda short notice & you guys may be too busy, but-"

"Oh, not at all.  We'll do it," Kate said.  "What's your email?  That way I can send you a quote & we'll go from there," Kate said.

We were pretty busy that week.  Well, James Gang Company was anyway, printing out our brand new banner, T-shirts & business cards.

Now that we'd adopted a new logo & had it digitized with our friend Darren's help, it was time to put it in play.  We decided to give our money to OB's local t-shirt printing shop & the day before the catering gig, Kate grabbed a box full of these new, full-color T-shirts.

She had reached out on Facebook ahead of time to see who else wanted one of these beauties.  Our friends & family had been calling dibs on shirts for a long time.  I think we sold them for $20 a piece.

But that first Saturday of June, 2015 was the debut of the new threads & banner at Garrett's Party, up the hill in OB.

Our setup & shirts were so fresh & so were the Cheezers.  It was a warm crowd on a warm afternoon & our food was a hit with the parents & many of the kids out in his back yard.  There was a great air about the event & Garrett gave us a generous tip on top of everything else.

"You guys go have a fun night at your concert," he said as we finished loading up my truck.

Kate & I dropped off my truck at home, threw a couple bags & a cooler into Kate's SUV & headed to a Best Western in Chula Vista.  We had tickets to see Brad Paisley at the amphitheater down there, some 20 miles from our house & wanted to enjoy our night.  

Also, the Blackhawks were putting the finishing touches on the Lightning in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals.  We watched the end of it in our nice 2nd floor room that I used points for & made a toast to a great day/week.

"Cheers, babe.  Not bad for a Saturday," Kate said.

"Yep, we've come a long way from Golden Hill market," I said.