Travels and Adventure

After a full week of baking cookies for happy customers in the Long Beach and Orange County are and two encouraging visits to It's a Grind Locations in Long Beach I hit the road. My son, Daniel is moving to Maui to work on an organic farm. I came up to Sacramento to spend the weekend with him before he flies out. In addition to having a great time enjoying his company and hanging out with the other half of his family, I got to make a couple of marketing calls to gourmet markets up there. It has been a very nice trip this way, with people very open to the idea of a healthy cookie that tastes great. I think one of the most encouraging things about this is just how nice everyone I have met has been. Willing to share their time and give the cookies to try. I'm at my last marketing stop for the day. I started at Google this morning. The company culture there seems likely to support Smarter Cookies' presence, so why not try drop off some cookies. After that I stopped at an It's a Grind in Cupertino and got to spend some time with my college buddy Carlos before meeting with the very nice owner. Now I'm sitting in Barefoot Coffee in Santa Clara. This place is rockin', there has been a line of 3-6 people at the register since I got here an hour ago. I'm waiting for things to quiet down so I can talk with the manager for a minute. Sure smells great in here. I'm at a long table lined with custom-painted chairs. It is a very groovy place, and just like all of the other great places I got to visit over the weekend, I hope I will get to come back and see Smarter Cookies on the counter here. Tomorrow I'll be heading back do to report to the boss.