REC Oh Happy Holidays!
We feel the spirit of the season! I caught myself yesterday taking a deep breath in the car and having a mindfulness moment to just soak it all in. This time of year is so easy to run from one thing to the next, and I was doing just that. In fact, I was scheduled to lead a private tasting, when I got the call to go pick up sick kiddo from school. I glanced at my watch. Could I get it all done in time? Thankfully, a sitter could meet me at the house, then back to work... As I jumped into our loaner car (different story), I felt the panicked tightness creep up in my chest with all that I needed to get done - and then, I just consciously decided to pause... to take one extra minute for myself to reset. There's so much in the power of resetting. It's something our family practices constantly ...(especially after a handheld device has been denied our children! oh horrible parents that we are!) I caught myself thinking, "Everyone says to slow down and enjoy the holidays, but that's just impossible if you work in retail." The truth is, most specialty food retailers like us will do the majority of our business in November and December - hopefully enough to survive on the rest of the year. So it IS a big time of year for us to be on our game and committed to work. In fact, we had a record-breaking number of preorders before Thanksgiving, yesterday we made a record-breaking number of cheese trays, and we've broken all records on class ticket sales. And all of this record-breaking is very much needed after the dismal 2018 in our financial books. So maybe it's uncouth to talk about finances, but we like to be an open book. So to that end, thank you. Thanks for helping make this a record-breaking year. We need it to be. And it feels good. But with all this record-breaking comes some serious hustle and bustle. In the retail world, we love it. But it does make it a bit more difficult and challenging to take time to enjoy the season... but not impossible... sometimes, it just takes one minute to reset. One minute of gratitude. One minute of stillness. So here's to you and hoping that you will take the time to give yourself at least one minute - whenever needed - to just reset. And thank you all for making us part of your holiday festivities and supporting this little ole cheese shop that could. We appreciate you. Raclette What? ![]() Gift a Cheese Class Experience ![]() Sun 12/8 - Raclette Night - side room table Sun 12/29 - Prosciutto, Salami, and Cheese...Oh My! - JUST ADDED! ![]() 2020 Events: Cheese 101: The Seven Styles of Cheese Prosciutto, Salami, and Cheese...Oh My! Antonelli's Cheese Date Night Cheese & Chocolate Fondue Night Raclette Night Brunch, Bubbles, and (Baby) Goats at Bee Tree Farm Cheese-y Bus Tour to Pure Luck Farm & Treaty Oaks Distilling Cheese & Chocolate Pairing ...and so many more. (Hint: We've already listed many of our events for our 10th anniversary week in February!) Check out our full events schedule here. And remember, you can always view all our upcoming public classes or book your own private tasting. Cheese & Beer Pairing It's that time of the year for our annual benefit for Slow Food Austin! This will be our 9th consecutive year getting together at (512)Brewing. This experience is unlike many others. Not generally open to the public, we rent tables to line up and down the middle of the brewery, surrounded by tanks, while we enjoy 5 cheese and beer pairings. Abby Love is back with her delicious breads, Casero is jumping in on some charcuterie, and Confituras will be around. Only 20 seats left! Details here. In The Shop ![]() Shopping Guides Austin Dames - Holiday Gift Giving Guide Around The World For Food - Holiday Gift Guide The Austinot - Austin Gift Guide Eater Austin - How to Gift Austin's Best Culinary Experiences HOLIDAY TOOL KIT Classes I Trays I Events I Gifts I Cheese Club I Teambuilding I Shop Hours & Location Stay Cheese-y Austin, Kendall & John & The Most Amazing, Hardworking, Passionate Team of Good Food Advocates Around... |