A Boss Lineup & Kaaboo: Pozers

After Labor Day 2016, Kate & I were done working Sundays & Mondays.  We had regular Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday set up spots & could pretty much pick & choose where we wanted to be at Friday & Saturdays.  

It felt like we were finally in charge of our work lives.  Like we were the boss...

Every Thursday, Audrey decorated the board at Ballast Point Home Brew Mart with a cool advertisement.  

The next week, my intramural volleyball season ended & the Chicago Bears football season began.  Our social & work life balance was right on point.  We even saved up enough to take off an entire weekend in September to go to the Kaaboo Music & Arts Festival in Del Mar.

There was a whole group of Kaabooers that crashed at our friend, Jax's, place about a mile walk from the entrance gates.  We spent that weekend living the festival life, figuring out showtime conflicts, traversing food, drink & bathroom lines & keeping cool on the hot pavement.

To see Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith & Cypress Hill at the same venue, within the same three days was worth the ticket price alone.  But, that was only the tip of the iceberg.  

One night, Kate & I discovered some hip-hop themed egg roll booth.  They fried up these giant egg rolls that were stuffed with Macaroni & Cheese, Sausage & Peppers, & Philly Cheese Steak respectively.  The names were, "The Biggie Smalls," "The 2Pac Shakur," & "The Jay-Z."    I don't remember which was which.  Our minds were blown by the concept.

"Think of how fast they can crank those out with the deep fryer," Kate said.  "You'd just roll up a ton of them ahead of time."

"Yeah, & look.  There's only two people back there working the booth," I said.  "We should totally do something like that."

And, we did.  About five years later, "Pozers," first appeared on our shop's menu.