Saturday, May 31, 2008

Holy crap. Except for Denver ( haven’t received Austin), every bar did horribly last night! Crap. What the fuck. I hate that.

posted by Liliana @ 11:26 AM

Hot damn. Jackson was definitely the MVP tonight. He played so great. We eeked out a win at 10-9. I thought Jackson’s dad was going to have a coronary. I am a very proud Momma tonight.
Jackson has a friend over tonight. This is not a very good friend but they play Ben 10 together. This particular boy is very affectionate with Jackson. But I am getting a weird vibe from this kid. I can even see Jackson’s body language is stand offish. I love my son whatever he chooses in his life is alright with me but I can’t lie I just keep thinking ” please let nothing happen on my watch”. Please!!

posted by Liliana @ 12:13 AM

Friday, May 30, 2008

“The Vatican announced Thursday in a general decree that it will excommunicate anyone who would attempt to ordain a woman as a priest and the woman herself.” This is just one more reason I am happy not to be a Catholic anymore.
It’s disgraceful to think that women are still being subjugated to inequality in the 21 century. If I remember my history correctly , the reason male priests are not allowed to marry is about not allowing heirs to the of the catholic church. All about money, the world hasn’t changed that much in the last 2000 years.
I took Jackson to a Zephyers game last night. The Zephyers are a AAA baseball team for the Mets located in New Orleans. We got to watch the game from a section that has a pool and a hot tub. Pretty cool.
Another day!

posted by Liliana @ 11:21 AM

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Charlotte bar is still open at the old location. We did not close down. We decided not to move forward with the location at the IVY’s. It was made very clear to us that regardless of how Coyote Ugly conducted themselves we would be harrassed. I am not putting myself or my investors in a situation that is so hostile. I really love the city of Charlotte, it’s too bad that they don’t want us to be successful there. Come down to see us at 521 N College St.
I like my men “big” as you can see in the memphis anniversary pictures. But don’t be fooled by the tattoos, the harley, or the sinister looks. ( His favorite song is ” No Air” By Jordan sparks and a damn good dancer too) The jinx is in!
I have a headache today from work and I have only been at my computer for an hour!!

posted by Liliana @ 11:19 AM

Monday, May 26, 2008

OK I just booked my tickets for Fanfare and Rot Rally. A lot of traveling this month. I need to go back to Dr. Ky. I need my chi focused.
Numbers for this weekend were good but I think this economy is really effecting traveling.I was shocked at how empty Beale St was this past weekend. May is the premiere month for Memphis. At least we are doing alright. It cost me over $100 to fill up my car. Ridiculous. I read the other day that a group of scientists figured out a way to create biodeisels without using food sources. This would eliminate escalating food prices. The new biodeisels are made from weeds. When I read this I was very pleased that there could be a logical resolution both environmentally and economically. But, as per usual, there is opposition to this. How much damage do we have to do to this planet?
Those are my thoughts today.

posted by Liliana @ 9:32 PM

Sunday, May 25, 2008

I am officially cutting myself off. Two very drunk nights at the memphis bar. The anniversary was incredible. I will go on record saying it was the best anniversary party that Coyote has ever had. The theme was 20s . They whole staff participated in doing different numbers consistent to the theme. They sang , they danced, all the male staff serenaded me and I danced with them. It was incredible. The male staff also made their own BMF calendar. Awesome. I will try and get the files from someone so I can showcase it on the website. Even Judith sang a number, all by herself. Really incredible party. Kudos to Caitlin for helping everyone get into character. I had the best time. ( Unfortunaely I don’t remember the tail end) They got me my own personal Bitch as they referred to him. Well he was like a personal waiter. I had more drinks lined up for me in an hour because of his diligence. I told Judith, please no more personal waiter. I got way too drunk.
Really incredible time.
Speedweek in Charlotte. From the reports from Daniel, everything has gone wrong that can go wrong. Urgh

posted by Liliana @ 3:55 PM

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

We have to travel for work. I am so sick of all the excuses. There are only two people in the company who don’t bitch about the travel and those people are Daniel and Jeff M. Thank you Daniel and Jeff M .
In regular corporate jobs people don’t get to just simply pick and choose when they want to work.
I am pissed off. I am sick of people taking advantage of me. Just work

posted by Liliana @ 9:30 PM

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I have received a lot of nice emails lately. I think the true nature of most people is to be charitable toward others even when their circumstances are compromised. Thank you. I am not ashamed or worried about what has transpired in the last few months. Everything happens for a reason and I will know at some point in time why my life has unfolded in the way it has. I would not go back one day. I believe that when we triumph over hardship we really experience pride, selfworth, and jubilation. So bring it on. I can take it. And I am damn proud to be where I am at today.
I have learned today that I can not arm fart, leg fart, or real fart on command. But my son is able to do all those things!!! He is victorious. My son gets kisses and hugs and adulation all the time but I do not let him win if we are playing a game. WE always play fair and square. Sorry but I am not one of those parents who pretends to lose at checkers or card games. And jackson has legitimately beaten me many times playing certain games. Tonight was arm farting tournament. And I am just unable to do that. I tried I just can’t do it . ” Can’t never did anything” That’s all I’ve got!!!

posted by Liliana @ 10:17 PM

Monday, May 19, 2008

Hot Damn Austin and denver rocked yesterday!!!! I love that. Awesome!!!! Very slow today. I am not sure why. I am excited to go to Memphis on Thursday. Chris B band is playing as well as Jenn the Fiddler. Should be a lot of fun. They opened a new Westin in Memphis. I am glad I am not staying at the peabody. It’s a beautiful hotel but those damn ducks are a pain in the ass. They bring these ducks down to the lobby to swim in the lobby fountain. By doing this they close down one elevator to the public so it always takes a long time to get up to your room. And this might sound odd but I always feel mild allergies there. Maybe I am allergic to those freaking ducks.

posted by Liliana @ 1:36 PM

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Jackson and I just went to see Ironman. It was awesome! I love that my son is a little older and we can enjoy movies together!

posted by Liliana @ 8:30 PM

Friday, May 16, 2008

We went to Charlotte for a meeting with the tenants association and the Charlotte Center City Partners. I actually think the meeting went well. I just think there will be some tenants who won’t want us to succeed regardless of what we do. Let’s see how this plays out.
For those of you who are planning on attending Speed Street in Charlotte please download our membership application so you can enter the Charlotte bar. In Charlotte if you do not have a full kitchen you have a liquor license that requires you to be a private club. In the guidelines you need to apply for membership 72 hours before you actually enter the bar. So apply now!!!!

posted by Liliana @ 6:40 PM

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I had a breakdown like I have never had tonight. I think everything just hit me. How much can on person take? Death, betrayal, divorce. It’s been a bad year. I sat in front of my house tonight crying in a way I don’t think I’ve cried since I was a kid.

posted by Liliana @ 12:32 AM

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

What a day. Started out with someone quiting with no notice. Chantel just wrote me a little while ago and said ” I think he may come back” as the old saying goes ” once shame on you twice shame on me.” Sometimes you have to just let them go. Tomorrow there is an audit at one of the bars. Friday I have to meet residents , church officials, and workers from a day care center to try and explain who I am and what Coyote is. Blah blah blah
The great part of today was waking up with my son. I took him to starbucks and we talked about Ben10 and the powers we would pick if we were aliens. And in the afternoon he played a parakeet in a play which was all in french . I could not understand one word of the play but my son was perfect. He was so animated. A star!!!
I will take the bad cause the good is just incredible!!! I am blessed!

posted by Liliana @ 10:38 PM

Jackson has a play today . He plays a speaking parakeet in a french fable. Very exciting. It’s almost the end of the school year and he is completely done. Everyday he begs me to let him go in late. 3 weeks left. Wow I have a busy schedule coming up. I need to get my shit together.

posted by Liliana @ 10:49 AM

Monday, May 12, 2008

I have never had more happy mother’s day wishes from people. Thank you everyone! I had a great weekend. Jackson’s team won 5-3 on Friday night. Jackson didn’t play well the first period but he definitely stepped it up the rest of the game.
My son is getting older. He is starting not to kiss me in front of his friends. It breaks my little heart.
Friday I am meeting with the tenants association in Charlotte. I really hope this gets straightened out.
Booking my tickets for Fanfare and Rot Rally.
Feeling strong today!!!

posted by Liliana @ 6:04 PM

Friday, May 09, 2008

” The Coyotes have a new myspace page http://www.myspace.com/singingcoyotes. I have ” Later then you think” embedded in my brain. What a beautiful song. I am trying to get Jeff m and Chris B on board for doing a remake of a Metallica song. It would be awesome.
Busy busy. I am having a kick ass work day. Sometimes you need to get riled up to refocus one’s mind. Well I certainly have been riled up for a few weeks and now I am kicking some ass. Another thing I realized is that there are jobs in my company that I don’t do that would be fun to be involved in. It’s time to have some fun.
I just learned some new southern lingo. .I heard yesterday “Mercedes is very proud of their cars.” My reply was “I am sure they are proud because they are such incredible cars.” ” Yes Lil they are very very Proud” It took me a full minute to understand what he was talking about. I said ” Do you mean expensive.” ” Lil we don’t use that word here we just think that high priced items are put out in a very proud way by companies. Then he followed it up by saying ” Look at your bag. Chanel is a very proud company.” Well you can’t fight with that.
Big soccer game tonight!!!

posted by Liliana @ 3:30 PM

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Why the fuck is it so hard to find a song to record that is not country? Freaking Jeff m is pissing me off with this!! ” Can’t never did anything!” I just heard that saying the other day. I have a feeling I will be using it all the time.
Memphis rocked this weekend!!!!

posted by Liliana @ 1:57 PM

Monday, May 05, 2008

My son wrote me a mother’s day song that goes to the tune of “baby got back”
” I love my mom’s butt and I can not lie
My other friends can’t deny
When they walk in with a smiling face
with their pearly white teeth in her face
They think Fun You pull up and get spanked
You know that hula chair i
it’s supposed to make your butt look like a twig
instead it looks like a pig
Look at the jeans she’s wearing
I just can’t stop staring
Oh mama I want to get with ya and take your picture
My best friend tries to warn me
but that butt you got makes me so dreamy
oh rumplesmooth skin
you sat you want to get in her benz
Use it
use it
case you ain’t got an average booty
I see her prancing
Ding with romancing
Wet sweat see her runni with the vet tired of old twiggy things
and seeing pancakes off the griddle and your is not so little
you got the io pat that lower back
So fellas ya fellas
I see rhis butt everyday
shake it shake it
shake that nasty butt
momma’s got butt!

Yes that was my mother’s day card. I have to get a videotape of him performing it. Quite funny
Our entertainment lawyer told me that he ran a half marathon yesterday and realized that for half the race he had been humming our new song ” later then you think” in his head. I love that. It’s such a pretty song.
Chris B created a very small commercial to air during reruns of our show. Lee is in this commercial. I am barely even speaking with him. I can’t believe he got into the commercial. I didn’t see the knife he used to stab me in the back in the commercial.

posted by Liliana @ 9:14 PM

Friday, May 02, 2008

I am so excited. The Coyotes first song “Later Than You Think” is up for sale on the site. So exciting!!!! I am so proud of Jeff M, Chris b, and the girls. They all did such a good job. Can’t wait for jacqui to start some choreography for them. So exciting!!!!
Awesome!!!!
I went with Trey to work out yesterday. ( Just to give you an idea about him they call him at the gym, Stone cold Steve Austin. He’s a big mother fucker) We worked biceps and a bunch of back muscles. Some kid at the gym said to Trey ” so now you are going to start bringing GI Jane up in this joint” That made my day. I thought I was so cool doing all these exercises. Well I was Miss Cool yesterday and today I am Miss in pain . My arms even hurt using the computer today!!!

posted by Liliana @ 10:13 AM

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Austin is rocking !!!!! I love that
Travis, gm New Olreans, got the girls a free saran wrap to lose inches off your body. I laughed so hard when Chantel told me that the girls were wrapped in saran wrap and proceeded to drink beers and shots. Kind of defeats the purpose. Lala lost 1 1/2 inches off her waist. Perhaps I will try that.

posted by Liliana @ 11:59 AM

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Yes I did plunge the toilet at the Nashville bar on Monday night. I have worked hard all my life if the toilet needs plunging then I will plunge it. It’s been a long week already. A great night in Nashville on monday night. The Nashville bar has a punching machine that scores your power after you hit the punching bag. All the guys were getting 800s. I got a 400. If I lived there I would be practicing everyday on that game.
There was a clip on a local Charlotte tv station that was completely false. The clip on this station makes it appear that we are partners with our new landlord in the new location. That is completely false. He is simply the owner of the building and we will have to rent from him. The landlord owned a few clubs around the city and I think one of the clubs has had a few issues. On this clip they showed a clip of his club during some hostile night and the voice over work implies that this was Coyote Ugly. Totally false. He is not our partner. I don’t even know what clubs he runs. The clip also says that they tried to contact corporate. that is a fucking lie. Noone called us. Ridiculous

posted by Liliana @ 9:37 AM

Friday, April 25, 2008

“Future Coyotes listen up!!! The New York bar has a bunch of openings. Go in and ask for Jacqui or Tony” Ridiculous how much time off the girls want. I always talk about the NY work ethic being better then the south but according to Jacqui she is disgusted by the lack of work ethic with the girls as of late!! Go apply at the Original Coyote Ugly!! Don’t call just walk in !!!
Also we need a few more bouncers. Go apply but just remember Jacqui likes her guys to be lookers!!
Failed a big fire inspection in Charlotte!! Crap. Couldn’t sleep all night thinking about it.
Monday meeting the Toronto folks in Nashville. That should be interesting since they have all my information for the last million years. I was grilled for 7 years by my former husband for all my shoe purchases. How funny if one of them starts grilling me about the prada shoes I bought last year or the chanel purse I bought a couple of year ago. Just like when I was married! Or what about my employment record. ” Miss Lovell you worked at Anacondas in NY. Why did you leave that job? “
It has been a crazy few months.
Jackson is on spring break right now so we have been away with another mom and her son
. So funny. Her son is a few years older and he has been raised with siblings that are much older then him. Yesterday I asked him if he wanted to go to the beach? His reply ” Hell Yes!” Last night we saw a bat swoop down very close to us and he said ” Oh shit!” The kid is a really good kid. He has just been exposed to older teenagers when he was growing up and thinks it’s funny. I can see his mother cringe when he says these things but I just laugh. I told her if jackson comes home cursing, she’ll probably be getting a call from Jackson’s dad LOL. Right now Jackson’s worst words are “freaking” and “crap”. I am hoping this little trip doesn’t increase his vulgar vocabulary.

posted by Liliana @ 7:16 AM

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Wow I feel a huge sense of calm and excitement today. I have some big plans and I am so happy.

posted by Liliana @ 10:38 PM

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

All day with Lee battling about our website. Just freaking do it. “I’ll try my best.” ” yeah well I’ll try my best when its bonus time” Just do it.
Kevin told me that I have left him with a bad taste in his mouth. Well there is not enough Listerine in the world to remove the taste in my mouth. Again don’t “try your best” Just do it.
I am listening to Jackson and his 10 year old friend. his friend has grown up with much older siblings and I can’t help but laugh when he says certain things. We got scared outside last night hearing some weird noise. This kid’s first phrase ” Oh shit” I laughed . Having siblings in their late teens and twenties he hears these words all the time.
My son is love and joy. I wish I could tell everyone that you could always trust everyone but its just not true. Watch your back or a knife goes right in it.
The beautiful side of all of this craziness is that I have identified the people I really depend on. That makes me beam with pride.

posted by Liliana @ 8:15 PM

Monday, April 21, 2008

And the fun continues. Can’t stand liars.

posted by Liliana @ 5:25 AM

Sunday, April 20, 2008

I fucked up. Chastity did not quit it was a girl named Kristy. Good luck Kristy.

posted by Liliana @ 8:04 PM

Holy shit I did not know that last night was Chastity’s last night. this is one of the Nashville girls. I love her. that makes me so sad. I always loved watching her , and talking to her. Goodbye Chastity. I wish you the very best in life. Please keep in touch.
The bars rocked last night. Nashville and san antonio kicked ass but the other bars rocked too!!!
As the expression goes ” I had a fire lit under my ass” and let me tell you I will start rocking and rolling soon. About a month ago I said to myself that I needed to take meditation classes, calm down. well I am glad that went to the weighside because my sheer rage will fuel me. Don’t fuck with me or I will roll right over you!!!
A friend of mine ( a girl) wrote me an email saying she was just dumped by another girl. This girl who dumped her was a former army person, has no job , sleeps on her parents sofa, and she has just been diagnosed with a disease. I said to my friend ” I don’t mean to be harsh but you need to work on your game if a jobless, homeless, cancer victim is dumping you.”

posted by Liliana @ 6:21 PM

Saturday, April 19, 2008

“Lil there are so many mosquitos down here they should name them the Louisiana State Bird.” So fucking funny. My friend is a former marine. Played arena football. And is a biker. He has such a strong southern accent I feel like I need a translator sometime. “Lil I watched a few episodes of Sienfeld can you understand me now?”
I love sitting around people who are so colorful when they tell stories. He was telling me about boot camp for the marines. He told me that they called people who were overweight FAT BODIES. These people had to wear certain stripes on their shirt so they got humilitiated at the mess hall. He told me they used to make these guys run and then the sergeants would ask the marine ” what’s your name?” ” Smith Sir” ” No that’s not your name. Your name is Fat , nasty, out of shape motherfucker.”
I love these stories!!!

posted by Liliana @ 1:30 PM

Friday, April 18, 2008

Peace and tranquility. Peace and tranquility.
I have so much to say but yet I am too flabberghasted to say anything.
I want to regroup and focus all positive energy to the new Charlotte location. I have a meeting with some Toronto people in Nashville next week. Positive positive positive.
Still working on touching up the tracks we did with our band. So fun.
Next week I am taking Jackson away for his spring break. I am hoping that I can recharge my batteries.

posted by Liliana @ 2:01 PM

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Hot damn things are moving in Charlotte. The place is huge so we are going to need a lot more employees.
Congrats to Kevin and Lee they are opening their own bar. I don’t know the name of it and I just found out about it yesterday. I’ve heard the grand opening is on Saturday but my invitation must of been lost in the mail. They still work for me and supposedly have no managerial involvement in this new bar but who knows? I called up Chantel and asked her if she received an invitation to their opening. Her response ” what opening? I didn’t even know they were opening a bar.” At least I know they didn’t invite any of corporate not just me.

posted by Liliana @ 9:49 AM

Monday, April 14, 2008

This weekend was French Quarterfest in New orleans. I showed up at the bar on saturday thinking I would say hello to everyone and then bring Jackson to see the bands across the street by the river where the event takes place. I ended up bartending for most of the day. We had two great bands in the bar on Saturday starting with Mason Dixon. I was having fun bartending, drinking shots with people and generally getting into my bartending groove. When low and behold a face I recognize greets me hello while I am on top of the bar. It was a French parent from jackson’s class. Urgh ( In french accent very sarcastic) ” Lil if I had known you were entertaining today I would of brought the whole class of parents oui oui”. Ok laugh it up frenchie but I still need to earn a living. Today when I dropped jackson off at school another parent said to me ” so when are your shifts so we can come and visit?” Feel free to come and visit whenever you want just make sure to bring your wallets!

posted by Liliana @ 1:35 PM

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Two days ago I get a call from one of the managers , ” Lil I just put in my notice.” ” What? Is there anything that happened? Can I do something to help you stay?” ” No Lil in fact I already have another job lined up. ” I will say that this threw me for a loop. This particular manager had such a strong career path with us. On a personal note ” you couldn’t of called me earlier and spoken with me about it?” Disappointed in the way he handled this. Oh well.
Things are moving forward quickly with our new Charlotte location. No jinx cross my fingers but I am very excited. I will be out there in about a week.

posted by Liliana @ 4:21 PM

Thursday, April 03, 2008

I have one foot with a broken sesamoid bone. It’s been broken for a long time with no possibility of healing. This week my foot has been swelling a bit so I decided to go to a new doctor. This doctor was referred to me. He is a chiropractor/accupressurist. Very east meets west philosophy. The doctor greeted me kindly and asked about my foot issue. He did a 2 minute exam and said ( in a broken english similar to Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid) ” your problem not foot your problem mind. It is time to Heal with your heart not your head.” I was wowed by this. He then put his hands on my back and asked me why I didn’t write down that I had been in the hospital for a kidney infection? I then told him that my right kidney had hurt last year and I was in the hospital. He quickly corrected me and said ” not one kidney but both”. I totally love this guy now. I feel like I found my own personal shaman. On leaving the office this wise man stopped me to say one last profound thing ” Need to go to the bathroom everyday! ” LOL

posted by Liliana @ 12:42 PM

Monday, March 31, 2008

So nice to see the veteran girls from the show. I had asked them last time I saw them to get into better shape. Oh my god they all look gorgeous. Crista has been doing power 90X for the last 4 weeks. Holy crap she looks hot. Chantel just started it this week. Perhaps I will start it next week. My broken bone in my foot has been giving me trouble so I will let it heal for a week before I start. Things are heating up at the bars which is nice. I stayed at a really nice hotel in Nashville on saturday night. It was called Union Station. Very beautiful.
The girls recorded some really great songs. Nathalie and Crista actually wrote one of the songs. Crista plays the piano on this track. It was so beautiful that most of us had tears in our eyes when we listened to it. I am very proud of the girls.
Sunday when I landed I went straight to Jackson’s school for a blood drive. There is a little girl in his school who was diagnosed with stage 5 cancer ( I think the name is Wilhelms tumors but I am not sure). During her treatment she is given a series of transfusions , so everyone came out to donate blood. I was screened but I scored a 37 on my iron test and I needed a 38 to qualify for giving blood. I will eat a lot of red meat this week and try again.
Pay it forward

posted by Liliana @ 9:12 PM

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Hot damn. The ” Coyotes” our singing group is in the studio recording songs this week. So exciting. I love it. There are two particular songs that are fabulous. I think they will really sell.
Had fun in Denver last night. The girls looked beautiful.
I want to tell all the bars something about anniversaries; it’s your one day a year you can go out of concept. Bring in a band. Have the girls do something different. Everyday is Coyote , I think the anniversaries should be special. I wish the bars did stuff that was unusual for us ” coyote ugly”.
Just a thought!

posted by Liliana @ 10:51 PM

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I have no idea why its so difficult to get things notarized in New orleans, but it is a fucking bitch. Louisiana has what is called the Napoleanic legal system. I am not clear exactly what that means but to the regular citizen it means that everything in the legal world is very expensive and a pain in the ass.
Chris B, Jeff M and I are picking out songs for our new record involving the ” Coyotes”. Tempers are definitely flairing ( sp).” Start your own band if you don’t like my taste! ” But Chris already has a band, so that statement is moot. My nerves are frayed today.

posted by Liliana @ 4:05 PM

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Nice to hear some positive words about the show.
Jackson has told me that I had the first 8 years of his life but it’s his dad’s turn. All because his dad plays more computer games with him. But I was told that I am a much better cuddler.
I have eaten more Crawfish in the last 3 days. In Ny, the Easter holidays meant you ate turkey. Not here. I am stuffed. But man it was delicious.I learned how to play Bacci ball today. See life is not all work!
I am heading to Denver’s anniversary party in a couple of days. Always a good time in Denver.
Right now I am watching The Big Lebowski. Awesome movie. It’s one of the few movies I really like John Goodman in. John Tuturro is also so funny. Just relaxing after a huge meal.
New day tomorrow

posted by Liliana @ 10:22 PM

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Good day today. I am feeling strong. San Antonio kicking some butt!!
In Nashville Chris B, Jeff M, and myself had some meetings. At night we hung out with Irv, George Strait’s manager. What a fun guy. I loved just sitting around listening to stories. The topper of the night was meeting the song writer of ” Friends in Low places”. Let’s just say that I have no doubt he will not remember meeting me or probably meeting anyone in the last ten years. How funny to be that person who gets labeled like that. ” That’s the guy who wrote ” Friends in Low places” ” That’s the guy who wrote the catch phrase for Dunkin Donuts” ” That’s the guy who penned “Mikey likes it” on the cereal commercials. This would be what people said about me ” hey that’s the girl who sold liquor out of her boot and became famous.” Funny
OK Back to work

posted by Liliana @ 12:01 PM

Monday, March 17, 2008

The bars did great this weekend. I am very pleased. Nashville coming out on top. Nice showing for Austin as well.
Have a few meetings in Nashville tomorrow. I can’t promise that I will go to the bar because I have a quick turnaround. Jackson asked why there was an Easter bunny and eggs as well because rabbits do not lay eggs? I was a bit stumped because other then the religious backround for Easter I actually don’t know the history of the Easter bunny.
Jeff is hounding me for the Toronto stuff. I wish I could just snap my fingers and have it all just come together.

posted by Liliana @ 2:22 PM

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Last week Chantel and I decided to get away for a couple of days and went to the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi. It was quite nice. On Thursday night we went to the casino bar and watched a cover band called ” Michael Anthony and the groove.” I loved this band. They played everything under the sun. Chantel and I were laughing so hard because they went from playing Creedence to 50 cent. Hysterical. I told her we have to hire them for an event at the New Orleans bar.
Well I can’t lie, I could not possibly feel any worse. I know, I will get over it. It’s almost comical that I am feeling so bad , looking even worse and one of my friends keeps on making sure to rib me on my age. ” How old are you now? You know one of my girlfriends is half your age!” I was actually laughing about it until I received an email explaining to me how fat I look on the show and asking “if I have a bun in the oven?” LOL
At least my son loves me , although he also said I looked fat on the show.
If I did not have all these responsibilities I would pack a bag and go somewhere far far away. I just want to drop off the face of the planet today.

posted by Liliana @ 7:16 PM

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Holy Crap this Toronto Inquiry is becoming a nightmare. I had to supply all my bank statements, credit card statements for 5 years. Now today I am supposed to list all my jobs from college on. Freaking long time ago. For the life of me I don’t know the dates of these jobs. Then I recalled a 3 month stint ( I was probably 20) where I was broke and had to move in with my parents. I cringe at that thought. I got a job where they lived in Connecticutt. I worked doubles every day for 3 months. I did everything at this restaurant. I was a waitress in the day time. At night I would switch from service bartender, food runner, and cocktail waitress. I remember the general manager hated me. Now I think back and think, what a dumbass he was. I worked all the time. I never called in sick. I did any job I could get. My present day managers would beg for an employee like me. Well regardless, I couldn’t get out of my parents house quick enough. Thanks toronto for making me remember these days.

posted by Liliana @ 3:15 PM

Monday, March 10, 2008

Austin did 204 bodyshots on Saturday. That is insane! Some guy left a huge tip on his credit card. Good for them. They work hard they deserve it.
3 weeks of barely sleeping and last night I slept 10 hours. I never do that!
We are working on the girls first album. Very exciting stuff. It is nice to have some fun stuff to work on!

posted by Liliana @ 6:18 PM

Sunday, March 09, 2008

A lot of negative emails about the format change for the show. All I can say is that CMT did not want to continue with the old format. They felt the auditions were boring and they wanted to change the final to something more specific, like the girl’s group. I am actually pleased this season. The girls who audition don’t care about being a ” Coyote” they only want to be on TV. People still ask me what happened to Cassie from the first season. She got fired. She never cared about working at the Nashville bar. She just wanted to be famous.
The viewers also don’t understand how hard it is to really portray a good Coyote Ugly bartender. Sometimes salesmanship and charisma don’t carry over on tv. This year it is more straight forward. For those who think this is a copout, I don’t really understand. The bars run 365 days a year. We hire girls we train girls every day. That’s real life . By the way, how hot is malley the singing coach on the show. So cute and so nice. Sorry girls he has a very serious girlfriend.

posted by Liliana @ 10:13 PM

Friday, March 07, 2008

I forgot. Tonight is the Season 3 premiere on CMT. I’m such a loser , I don’t even know what time it is on. I would say either 8 or 9.

posted by Liliana @ 9:04 PM

Went to the NY anniversary this week. Jacqui ordered White Castle hamburgers for the party. I think I may have eaten 20 of them. Now I realize that twenty white castles only equals about 5 regular hamburgers.
I met a lot of the new girls. Very cute. Jacqui has hired some very good looking bouncers. Maybe we will do a playgirl shoot around the NY bouncers. Them boys are ” lookers”. One of the bouncers is going to school for film ( I think). The catch is that he is not officially enrolled. He goes to class does the homework but has never paid tuition or truely applied at that University. But he still gets his grades and works hard with the professors. I love that. So funny.
Going home today. Tomorrow is my son’s school fair. I found out through another parent that they put me on garbage duty because I did not fill in some sheet, I did not know about. For god sakes, I supply all the beer. Now I get punished and have to do garbage! Bullshit!

posted by Liliana @ 10:39 AM

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Today was the first normal day I have had in a while.
Jackson had a soccer game. He scored 3 goals!!! Jackson’s team won 10-2. It could of been 30-0 but as assistant coach I was trying to play some of the weaker players so they got more play time then normal. Chantel came to watch and we were laughing so hard because Jackson’s dad called a break at the end of the first quarter . We never break until half time. He said ” Lil, the other team only has 5 players and 2 of them have asthma.” I know it is not funny but Chantel and I were laughing so hard.
As a mother, not the assistant coach, I am so proud of Jackson. He is the fastest kid on the team. He really looks handsome with his hair blowing in the wind.
I looked in the mirror this morning and I noticed that I have a ton of gray. Even a friend noticed. Why does stress change your hair color? Why so quickly? And also why is it not just gray at the roots? How in one week can it be gray 3 inches?
Life can be very hard. But today I felt good again.
The bars are starting to take a swing upwards. I can’t wait to start really getting back to work.

posted by Liliana @ 7:16 PM

Thursday, February 28, 2008

As the cycle of grief rotates, today is anger. I am mad at Kevin B. I asked him to come to my house over the weekend and his response ” I have strep throat. I am on antibiotics.” Part of me has to laugh that he is that insensitive and consumed with himself ( his health insurance card gets used the way most people use their blockbuster card). Regardless, some of my anger is focused on him.
Today, I received a beautiful sympathy card from shawna’s ( GM San Antonio) mother. When I first received it I felt very grateful. And I did and still feel really moved that she wrote me personally. But I read the letter and I realized I don’t feel any of the things she wrote about. She wrote that Tuesday’s will never be the same for me. I want to preface this by saying, Shawna’s mom is so kind and nice but I can’t lie, I feel fine with Tuesdays. Then I started thinking ” is something wrong with me that I am fine with Tuesdays?” So now I am angry with myself .
Now the most anger I feel is toward a person that called himself Jacob’s friend. I always hated this guy. He was a big thorn between Jacob and myself. I also can’t stand his girlfriend/wife/cousin. I am pissed that Jacob spent so much time with him.
I could go on but to recap my day ” I am pissed off”
On the business front I will be in Ny next week for the anniversary party.
By the way thanks everyone on Sunday for paying your respects to Jacob and coming to the 6 year anniversary party in New Orleans. The girls looked gorgeous.

posted by Liliana @ 6:20 PM

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Thank you Lee for making me laugh. I just noticed that the new website is up. For the record I had absolutely no imput into the new site, at all. It was Lee and Amelie’s creation. What made me laugh is to see how many picture’s of Lee are on the home page! Lee’s the new Coyote Ugly Male model. Lol
Today I am going to try and get back to work. I need to get back to some normalcy. I understand now more then ever, ” Life goes on.”
Jackson scored 2 goals in his soccer game on saturday. He is quite a star.

posted by Liliana @ 10:13 AM

Saturday, February 23, 2008

I went to Jacob’s apartment and I found an old journal of poetry. I found this one poem and I recognized the story. It was a time when Jacob was very young. He said it was when he was still growing and he was really small. When he left his apartment which was in a rough neighborhood he got jumped. Here’s the poem

Let Me In Or I’ll Ride On The Hood

I roll everynight, It’s the quickest way
This is perfectly safe, I know it’s ok
Goin out dancing, dressed to the nines
Enjoyed my life, paid all my fines
Not a care in my head, ‘cept how my hair looks
In darkness caught slippin, by posted up crooks

Three villans roll up, as I pass on the right
I nod my wazzup, stars explode in the night
I start backin up, somehow still on my feet
All by myself, a long way from the street
Sucker punch to the face, left dazed and confused
A question of ” what?”, as my burning blood spews

I’m blacking out now, as my lifes blood pools
My ” What?” isn’t answered, what’d I do to these fools
My eyes aren’t workin, I can hardly see
What did I do, this can’t be happening to me
The silence is deafening, got to hear myself talk
I try ” what?:” again, it’s gettin harder to walk

“Where ya gonna run?” , from blurry thug on the right
“What?” I’m confused, probably won’t live through this night
“Give us ya money”, its punk number two
A light in the haze, it’s finally come through
I’m being mugged, where do I go
There are three of them, I’m too fucked up to throw

Stalling for time, wanting one more sun
Eyes full of blood, nowhere to run
“Don’t have any money!” gotta sell my lie
Pull myself together, don’t wanna die
” Where ya gonna run?” now survival begins

I run and jump, a sewage ditch in sight
Sink to my chest, ignore the smell in my fright
Shouting at darkness, my sanity’s fled
Blood flows freely, my god it’s so red
They’re comin again, dear lord this is it
I emerge from the quagmire, covered in shit

I run as they circle, hoping to flee
Screamin my head off, world hear my plea
Then up ahead, salvation in sight
Most beautiful of miricals, two pontiac headlights
I run up the road, as fast as I can
Jump in front of the car, scare the hell out of the man

The tires squeal in protest, he breaks just in time
A blood spattered apparition, covered in slime
Hands held up as I plead , He shakes his head no
I beg for a ride, he begs let me go
I grimmace in pain, knowin my words are no good
Let me in the damn car, or I’ll ride on the hood

Jacob was probably only 18 when he wrote this.

posted by Liliana @ 1:17 PM

Thursday, February 21, 2008

What a fucked up few days. I know that everyone wants me to tell the details, but I just don’t want to. Jacob’s death this week has brought on so many emotions, I don’t think words can describe them. I have heard a lot of rumors going around and I just want all of us to stop and say ” rest in peace.” If there is a negative thought about him or what happened, stop yourself and say ” goodbye Jacob, hope you are happy.” I am the only human in the world who knows exactly what happened and how. And even though I will probably spend years in therapy, I still want everyone to remember the funny times because it’s just not right to think about anything negative when it comes to Jacob. So I will leave you off with a story I remembered last night:
A few years ago Jacob and I were in my car driving from store to store furniture shopping. He always drank a ton of juice and milk so we stopped at a gas station and picked up a bottle of orange juice for the ride. As I was driving he poked me and started motioning that he was going to throw up . I pulled over right away and he threw up on the side of the road. It ended up that the juice we bought went bad and it actually had chunks of fermented juice in it. Now this may seem odd to some that I would bring this story up but we laughed so hard all day because of that. In fact when we came home and picked Jackson up from school, jacob told him the story and we laughed all night. Jackson thought this was the funniest thing.
For as many tears that have been shed there were many more laughs that had been had between us.
Love you always Jacob

posted by Liliana @ 11:03 AM

Monday, February 18, 2008

My first email of the day was a cc’d message from Daniel to one of the managers. Let’s just say it was a very stern message. Reading it I could actually hear him yelling. I love having regional managers because they absorb the first shock wave of bullshit from the bars. Following that first wave, I then get a watered down version from the regional managers so that I don’t have a coronary, since I am advancing in age. Memphis , San Antonio, and Austin having killer nights last night.
I will be honest, I barely ever check my Lil Spill email. It just got too overwhelming. Today I decided to check it and see what was going on. I received a letter from an irate person who has emailed me a lot in the last year ( a lot). This person thinks I put a “trojan” on her computer. This person is a bit obsessed with me and Coyote Ugly. ” Miss, if you knew anything about me you would know that there are two trojans I know of . One is in mythology and the other is in a plastic wrapper you buy at the drug store.” Part of me is awed by the kind of power my company has. I am shocked how many people read my Lil Spill. But the other part of me finds it scary that people say such horrible scary things. The price we pay for doing a good job.
After 5 years I got new headshots done last week. Lee and Julie ( president of production company for the show) have been hounding me to get some new pictures for years. I hate getting my picture taken. It’s so unnerving to me. I told Romney the photographer. ” I have one look. I can either look serious in this one look or do a partial smile. If you are anticipating a million different poses and looks then you will be sorely disappointed.” Regardless, I actually like my headshot. I don’t look horrible.

posted by Liliana @ 7:57 PM

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Jackson wrote this to me for Valentine’s day:

beat of roudolph the red nose reindeer

mommy and cheeto and bonnie too_____ I just want to let you know I love you`
and most of all I just want you to have fun at the mall
mommy I really love you
yes you know I really do
hope you have a happy day
and like my vibrating poo
as you know today is a verry special day
It is when you get love and wash the flea’s away
Now I am really hiper
And broke your chair for good
Hope you forgive me later
And don’t yell at me now
And don’t yell at me now

Love,
Jackson

posted by Liliana @ 8:29 AM

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

From Tony, new AM in NYC
Lil,
On another note, I just wanted to tell you that after adding it all up, your Coyote crew, both women and men, raised over $10,000 for charity in the past year. Thanks mostly to the organizational skills of my predecessor, Kim Hale. The girls raised money and did a cancer walk. Both guys and girls raised money and did a bike ride for MS. Then there was the ‘Afternoon of Musical Theatre’ that the whole staff performed after weeks, months, of one day a week rehearsals. I just thought I’d let you know what kind of people you have working for you up here in NYC.
Sincerely,
Tony

That warms my heart!!!

posted by Liliana @ 11:23 AM

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Forget mother Theresa let’s talk about how freaking fat I look on the season 3 segments. Who the fuck am I telling these girls they need to lose weight when I am a good ten pounds too heavy. For god sakes, the producers always worry about my hair and makeup. Give me a scale and a personal trainer then let’s worry about my face!!
My son posed a question to me today, ” Mom if you had diarrhea and when it came out of your butt it froze and became a hard line of diarrhea from your butt to the floor and it wouldn’t go away . In fact where ever you walked it went with you, what would you do? ” Well Jackson that is a difficult question. My only answer is that I would make it my life goal to get rid of it . Pray that I could cover it with a dress. And hope it did not smell because it was frozen.” I get these questions pretty much every day. The life of having a son!

posted by Liliana @ 9:12 PM

Austin had a kickass night last night!!! Awesome. After reading the san antonio manager’s log, I offered the manager advice. Why not let the bouncers bartend? They would of made more money, tried harder, and whine a lot less.
My mother has sent me some articles about letters written by Mother Theresa to her clerical mentor. The letters show a human being questioning the existence of god. Wanting answers. Feeling so alone and lonely. I am obsessed with these articles . A woman of such pure heart feeling human. It just makes you admire her even more.

posted by Liliana @ 12:14 PM

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Always something! I get a letter from the AM of NY, Tony. This girl threw a drink in her dates face and hit him over the head with a beer bottle. He said that it was over in about 10 seconds and she took off immediately cathcing a cab down the block before the bouncers could stop her. Our barback got the license number of the cab so hopefully this girl will get caught. I have seen a lot of things in the bar business but I never understood the violence some people have inside of them. I have never hit somebody with a beer bottle. I can only theorize that I would break a beer bottle over someones head if my life was in danger or the life of someone I love. Girls are the worst because there is no defense. The bouncers have to be super cautious about ejecting them . Most long time bouncers will tell you stories about girls punching them in the face, digging their nails into them, kicking them and they just have to keep themselves under control and eject the woman without any physicality from them. My son has a soccer game this morning. His dad is the coach of the team. Yesterday his dad told me that he had signed me up as assistant coach. I don’t know anything about soccer. ” Don’t worry about it. The kids don’t really listen anyway.” I had a nightmare last night about Jackson’s school fair ” fete” . In real life the chairman of the beverage committee had signed me up as co chair without asking me. This particular woman dropped out and I was then asked if I was going to stay as chairman. I said no. I will donate the beer and wine and work the booth but I did not want to be the actual chairman. Well in my dream, the donators of water and orangina dropped out and I was scrambling to get more donations. This dream is just a representation of what stress i put on myself!

posted by Liliana @ 8:53 AM

Friday, February 08, 2008

Awesome night at the Austin anniversary party. So fun! The girls looked beautiful. Their theme was animal prints. Sexy tarzan and jane outfits. The San Antonio crew came down . They are always crazy and fun.
It always suprises me how many employees who were let go still come out for these things. In the first 5 minutes I ran into 3 former managers. Good Luck to all of them.
The austin bar is one of my favorite layouts of all the bars. I love the patio. Great vibe in that bar. Daniel decorated the private party room upstairs. I was shocked at how bad it looked. They painted the walls red/pink and white strips, like a candy cane. The furniture reminded me of the broke frat house guy furniture. I told Kellor , top priority to change that second floor. Please dont ask Daniel for any decorating tips.
Regardless, I had a ton of fun last night.

posted by Liliana @ 8:25 PM

Sunday, February 03, 2008

I love watching my son sleep. He looks so precious. Last night he finally came to the resolution that he is going to grow up and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Another funny tid bit. He asked me why I never eat bread. I said that I was looking after my figure. He said I needed to gain more weight in my midsection for protection. I said my butt is big enough to protect my whole body.
Memphis, finally coming alive. Great night! I got a few texts from Judith. She let one of the girls go and ended up bartending. ” It’s good for you Judith to get in the trenches once in a while”.
San Antonio and Nashville having great nights.
I received messages from Travis and Chantel. One of the memphis girls who came down to work in New Orleans over Mardi Gras fainted and split her chin opened. Usually that stuff doesn’t happen until the end of Mardi Gras. I am so curious about the numbers from Last night!! Cross my fingers!!!

posted by Liliana @ 7:53 AM

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Last night Chantel and I went out to dinner and wound up at the New orleans bar drinkinging with the New Orleans and Nashville girls. a lot of fun. This morning I had to do some voiceover work for the show. Wow I sucked. ” Lil can you give us more energy.” ” Not when I can feel my head throbbing harder everytime I speak into the microphone!”
the price of having fun.

posted by Liliana @ 3:07 PM

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

It seems that Jeff W is a bit annoyed with me. You can’t expect to try and throw people under the bus and not get called on it! We both have different view points on who screwed up what this week! On a good note, I slept a full 7 hours last night. It’s amazing how much calmer and happier I am when I sleep well.
Haven’t looked at the numbers last night, I don’t know if that’s for the best or not.
Excited about next week’s anniversary party in Austin. Perhaps Jeff and I will be speaking by then considering we have several meetings.
I can’t wait until one day I am out of operations completely!

posted by Liliana @ 12:30 PM

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

As reported earlier, one of the GM’s has really fucked up and today I have sent more emails that use the word “Fuck” then any other word. IE Fuck, Fucking idiot, MotherFucker, I don’t give a Fuck.
Some of the corporate members have been cc’d on a few of these emails and I wanted to share a response that Chris B sent to me that had me hysterically laughing:
So here is my uplift crap for the shoddy day…..i just happened to have
Wayne Dyer’s book on my desk and I opened to these two pages…
“No one can create anger or stress within you, Only you can do that by
virtue of how you process your world…Learn to find the blessing in
pain…observe the pain rather than owning it.” _observation: he is a pain
in the ass and I am blessed to know that already! i will not let the
fucking asshole cause me stress….i can hold his paychecks!

Always trying to create a serene environment!!!

posted by Liliana @ 3:49 PM

Monday, January 28, 2008

Oh my god I missed all of the real anniversaries. The New Orleans,New York , and austin anniversaries. I used to always go out on the 27th to celebrate the Ny one even when we did not have the anniversary on that date. By the way the NY anniversary will be in early march. We are trying to create a day where we can have the staff perform ” INTO THE WOODS” directed by Jacqui at the theatre next door and then follow that up with the party at the bar. It will be so awesome. New Orleans is scheduled for the Feb. 24 and Austin is on Feb 7th.
Ok now I feel guilty

posted by Liliana @ 8:53 PM

My god this year has started off really poorly. No more stress please!
I am so pissed off at one of the GMs I could spit, as the expression goes. Well I made a decision today which I know will make the bars run smoother and my life more manageable. I won’t let these managers beat me down.
On a good note, I received my Hula chair. Jeff Myers is coming over in the next hour to assemble it. The Skymall magazine sucked me in again. In one month I should have an incredible body! It was a hard choice between the Lovehandler and the Hula chair but the Hula chair seemed to have more reviews on the internet.
Only positive no negative.
To the Memphis staff ” I hope my brother in law behaved last night. Thanks Crystal”

posted by Liliana @ 4:12 PM

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Thank you to Charlotte, Nashville, and Denver for keeping my hopes and dreams alive. Austin and ft. Lauderdale dismal check averages. San Antonio and Memphis mediocre numbers. I received a scathing letter about the NY bar and I have yet to hear about New Orleans. Urgh!
Last night one of the New orleans bouncers called and asked if I could babysit his infant son. I haven’t been around an infant for 7 years . Well I said yes because I remember how hard it is to have some alone time with your significant other when you have a baby.
I can’t lie I was a little afraid. I said to Jackson ” ok you have to help mommy keep this little one entertained.” Jackson was great. He kept the baby smiling. The only time Jackson got a little upset is when we put the baby to sleep in between us in my bed. Then Jackson said to me ” who’s going to cuddle with me?” Jackson doesn’t even like the dogs sleeping next to me. He’ll tell them ” Noone gets inbetween my mommy and me” Regardless , the baby left here in one piece and happy. Thank god. ” Don’t worry jackson I have no intentions of having another baby.!”
Big day of Mardi Gras parades today. I am taking Jackson to a parade called “Barkus” A million dogs dressed up in outfits. a lot of fun.

posted by Liliana @ 10:00 AM

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Liliana,
Liked your Spill and what you said about presents. I guess you noticed
I did a little something different this year – I made a donation in
your name to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital. They were supposed
to send you an acknowledgement card telling you. I have raised money
for St. Jude all of my life – since I was six anyway. One of my
dearest friends was diagnosed with Leukemia in 1962 and St. Jude had
just opened then to treat children with cancer. He outlived their
predictions by 10 years. It’s close to my heart. We did a fundraiser
here for a little boy named Dakota who has a type of Lymphoma. He
loves Bree and the movie and the CMT show. He is nine and precious.
His family is from Alabama and very, very poor. They bring him here
for treatments and he always wants to come to the bar and spend time
with me and the girls. We raised 2000.00 for him for his Christmas
this year with people paying a 1.00 and guessing how many bras were
behind the bar. We partnered with the country radio station, Budweiser
and Cowboy Corner and it was a great success. They were so grateful to
ALL of us. We all loved it! It’s a nice feeling to give back to
somebody in need ya know?
Anyway – when Christmas rolled around, I thought it would be something
meaningful to give you. I hope you understand and feel the same way.

Attached is a picture of Dakota!

Love,
Judith

“Coyote Ugly Saloon” the most famous bar on the planet!

posted by Liliana @ 10:45 AM

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

I want to say thank you to San Antonio for sending jackson and myself Christmas presents. Jackson loved his presents . and my personal favorite thing is the perfume cause I have been having a hard time finding Burberry Weekend and it’s my favorite.
Now Please take this nicely, but this is to all the bars ” please stop with the extravagant presnts.” It’s too much. My favorite things are memories. Send me a collage or take a random picture of me with the staff and send it to me. Those things mean so much to me and don’t cost so much. Thanks

posted by Liliana @ 5:19 PM

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

So stressed out over money today. Between the personal finances and some of the bars finances I am about to go ballistic. I just got a very defensive note from Daniel because I had sent a company memo out about cutting costs. ” For god sakes don’t you know after so many years of working for me that I need to vent and then I calm down?” Noone did anything wrong but all the traveling and expenditures start to add up. Hopefully I will feel at ease in the next month. I swear to god I would make more money as a consultant then as the owner of this company. They structure taxes so that owning something is so costly.
I am getting all worked up. I need to calm down.

posted by Liliana @ 9:41 PM

Saturday, January 19, 2008

I was just informed by Jackson’s friend , whom is a tad overweight, that he is not allowed to eat shrimp because it is high in cholesterol. It’s funny but when I said that we were having smores after dinner, he was not concerned about the cholesterol content! It’s nice being home.

posted by Liliana @ 11:39 PM

I feel so much better now that I am home!!
The last week was rough but the wrap party was awesome! We had so much fun. I get really emotional at the finals because I feel bad about picking the winner so it was nice to have such a fun party afterwards with the crew. When I get some pictures from scott the line producer I will post them. I think this season is going to be the best yet. I was definitely more calm this year which translated to a much happier experience. I want to give a special shout out to the Denver staff for being so wonderful during the filming, I know it can be a pain in the ass.
The final week one of the girls won a makeover that included eyelash extensions. I said to the producer ” what am I chopped liver? You can’t get me eyelash extensions?” Ask and you shall receive. Christy Malles came to my hotel and did a beautiful job on my eyelashes. Thank you!!!

posted by Liliana @ 7:42 PM

Thursday, January 17, 2008

I am done! I feel bad because I know today I have been real moody on the set. But I AM DONE! Today one of the crew snapped at the girls after the girls asked me a question. (Crew member ( Rebecca)) I just about flipped out. I ask very little. Once in a while I ask for a coffee but that is it. I try to say hello to everyone because in my mind who the fuck am I? I’ m no better then anyone else. But today I was at the end of my rope and I knew that I was snapping at the crew. Just stay out of my way . We have one more day. This happens every year. I know myself . When it comes to the finals, eliminating people and picking the winner I get very introspective and I just want everyone to back off. So if the crew reads this spill, back the fuck off!!!

posted by Liliana @ 2:35 AM

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

I am at the end of my rope on this trip. I was with the veteran girls last night. We were deciding on clothes for the finale and we all started bitching about the same things. We are tired. We are sore. We don’t sleep well when we are in hotels . And the biggest complaint is; we don’t go to the bathroom enough when we are away. That is the worst cause you just feel bloated and gross. I have officially become my grandmother, may she rest in peace.
OK another day!

posted by Liliana @ 9:37 AM

Sunday, January 13, 2008

This year the producers of the show asked me to be more upscale on camera with regards to my outfits. I have spent so much money buying clothes it is scarey. Today I have been really stressed over it. But damn I bought some really nice stuff. I love that this year I get to wear more dresses and higher end clothes. When I get back home I need to give some money to a few charities. I can’t buy so much for myself and not give to others who are in greater need.
Chris W is killing me. He has been very sick the last few days. Someone actually told him that he had been on creatine too long and that it was unhealthy so this week he stopped taking the creatine. Perhaps he is going through a hard detox or maybe he has a bad stomach virus, noone knows! But man if he whines anymore I may have to suspend him until he’s better. Last night he came to work as the Manager on Duty. ” Chris go home, you’re too sick to be here.” ” No I need to stay even though I have been throwing up for 2 days.” URGH. ” Chris has it occured to you that if this is a stomach virus you will get the staff sick?” What I really wanted to say was ” if you fucking get me sick I will kill you!” What is the genetic formula in men that makes them so miserable to be around when they are sick?
Denver girls were medicocre last night. I was a bit dissappointed. I think they are burnt out from being at the bar so much during the filming of the show.

posted by Liliana @ 8:19 PM

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Denver girls are so cute. Missy, one of the Denver Coyotes, works at a plastic surgeons office. All the girls keep on asking me to go with them and get Laser liposuction. I never knew that a bonding moment could revolve around liposuction. I don’t think I have the guts to do it.
Big night tonight on the show. I get to cut one of the TV contestants at the bar.
I spoke with Jackson earlier. I miss him so much.

posted by Liliana @ 12:09 PM

Friday, January 11, 2008

Always something. The production company sent the PAs out to distribute some flyers so the bar would be really busy for tonights TV challenge. ” Would it be possible for you to tell your PAs not to go down to the local methadone clinic and give out flyers?!!!!” I walked in and looked at Chris W and said ” what the fuck?” Chris ( gm) was already pissed off at the production company.
On the bright side, I got quite a few date offers. ” Where will you be taking me, to the half way house for dinner?”
URGH!!!

posted by Liliana @ 1:27 AM

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Sometimes you feel good about yourself, well today is the day. I am wearing, for tonights tv filming, a skin tight dress. I love it!!! Hello Denver

posted by Liliana @ 9:14 PM

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Congrats new orleans. Highest numbers of all the bars yesterday!
I haven’t had a freaking starch since Christmas day. After I finish taping this show, I am going directly out for Sushi!
I hate leaving Jackson so long. It breaks my heart! He stills likes to sit in my lap and cuddle. I love that. He is doing great at school. He now plays soccer and is doing well with that. I love that kid so much! Jackson’s dad said something so funny to me yesterday ” I want us to really push soccer for him because he looks so handsome running down the field with his hair waving.” I laughed so hard. I said ” he’s 8″ I know what was going through his dad’s head ” imagine when he is 18 and looking good playing soccer, he’ll be getting all the hot girls” LOL

posted by Liliana @ 3:01 PM

Saturday, January 05, 2008

The anniversary party in Lauderdale was a lot of fun. Wow the girls looked beautiful! Freaking michael made the theme a beach party. He had all this sand shipped into the bar. I spent most of the night trying not to fall with my 5 inch heels. When I got outside I actually had to dump sand out of them. Prada makes a damn good shoe!
My professional life has been filled with wearing jeans so the new rule of anniversary parties is that they have to be a party that incorporates dressing up.I want to wear dresses!
It was funny because it rained for about 10 minutes during the late afternoon. I texted Michael saying that we could do mud wrestling if the rain kept falling.
The staff made all of us specially engraved rings. So thoughtful. Really nice. Also I want to say how proud I am of the security in Lauderdale. They have really turned themselves around. So nice to see the Miami staff fitting in so well.
I only have a few days to get my shit together and continue filming the 3rd season of the show. I went on line bought myself some very sexy clothes and I am ready to go.
A few months ago a few New orleans girls did something that really upset me. I have stayed my distance so that I would calm down. It’s a new year. I am going to start going in the bar more and embracing the spirit of the family there.

posted by Liliana @ 5:44 PM

Sunday, December 30, 2007

I woke up thinking about a story my brother in law told me. My brother in law own a company called Stay On Line. The company has changed over the years and now he says he has accepted that he is known as ” the powercord guy” because the bulk of his business is selling powercords to big companies as well as individuals. We were swapping war stories and he told me about this woman calling him on the phone. He asked her what her order was and her response was ” I need a new powercord” Ok he asked what kind? ” I don’t know the kind that fits the George forman Grill” He of course was respectful and told her to contact the George Forman Grill company. This woman kept on being persistent. Calling three to four times a day. Finally he had to find out what kind of cord the George Forman Grill used and set up the order.
I thought that was humorous.
It has snowed over a foot since we have been here. I am excited to ski today.

posted by Liliana @ 12:40 PM

Friday, December 28, 2007

Holy crap its cold. Jackson, my sister’s family and myself are at Steamboat Springs in Colorado. Last night was -19 degrees. I felt bad leaving Jackson at ski school today when it was 0 degrees out but I dressed him up with a million layers. He kept on saying ” Mom stop!”
Usually we go to Deer Valley Utah, this year we decided to switch it up and came here. It is very beautiful but the ski resort is so disorganized. Yesterday 6 of us rented skis and 3 of us had to return the skis because of improper bindings and they forgot to wax the skis. I was trying to be very peaceful, finally I said I had had enough and that they better fix everything. This morning the ski school was so disorganized I was a bit scared to leave Jackson and my nephew philip there. But I got them in the same class so I feel better about them being together.
Today will be a leisurely day. At 0 degrees I don’t plan on skiing all day.
Yesterday I went skiing with Jackson. He likes to go down the blue trails ( intermediate). His whole goal when he goes down the mountain is speed and spotting jumps he can go off of. Unfortunately for me I have to keep up with him in case something happens. I am in a constant state of terror. Everytime we would get to the top of another steep slope jackson would turn and say to me ” Mom Good Luck” and then he would bolt down the hill. Even his older cousin said to me ” Aunt Liliana I can’t keep up with Jackson ” Well Either can I but I have to. I do love seeing how much fun he has.

posted by Liliana @ 1:10 PM

Sunday, December 23, 2007

I am just plain stupid. Why do I wait till the last minute to buy Christmas presents. The real stressor is that my mom’s birthday is Christmas Eve and it is a sin against her and god if we don’t make that day special. ( You know how most families celebrate Christmas eve? It was not Christmas eve at my house it was my moms birthday.) In fact she would always give specific instructions that we were not allowed to combine a Christmas and birthday gift. They had to be two separate gifts . Thank god I am not the good daughter cause she doesn’t expect much from me. The pressure.
All the bars sucked last night so at least no one particular bar stood out!

posted by Liliana @ 5:02 PM

Saturday, December 22, 2007

I don’t know how this freaking dog keeps getting out? I chicken wired around the fence. When we see a hole we block it. Finally today I had the ” invisible fence” put in. It cost $1500. For that money they install the fence and they come for 3 training sessions with the dogs. Well they came today. Bonnie got shocked every time she got close to the fence. (I am not going to lie but I didn’t feel at all bad. ) So today finally I felt confident to leave the house and have Cheeto and Bonnie stay in the yard. An hour later I get a call from the neighbors” we have bonnie”. She went through the fucking electric fence! I am so sick of this. Every day if I don’t watch her every second she gets out. Then if I leave her in the house she pees everywhere and chews all my extention cords. URGH!!! The other night I went out with Judy and Jeff M. When I got back she was gone and there was a message from another neighbor saying that they would just let her sleep over and bring her over in the morning. Dumb as dirt in every way, in fact she doesn’t even know her name yet she is a genius at escaping! I love her but man she is a handfull. Now of course I keep hearing ” oh beagles are such trouble.” I never heard that before. I feel bad because cheeto’s life is being effected.
OK enough ranting and raving.

posted by Liliana @ 7:57 PM

Friday, December 21, 2007

I am much calmer then I have been in a while. I feel more positive today which is good for me and everyone else. Daniel sent me a realy nice Christmas card. It almost made me cry but then I thought ” what if someone slipped a mickey into his drink right before he wrote it?”
I want to congradualate ( that can’t be right sp) Kellor from Austin. She has done such a good job as GM and she is heading to break our goal revenue for 2007. So proud!
I don’t know if I wrote about the bouncers in Denver but they are really great. They are doing such a good job out there. ” Well done guys!”
I love Christmas

posted by Liliana @ 2:32 PM

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Oh my lord! I have been writing letters to Sherri the GM of Charlotte , or so I thought. By accident , I emailed the letters intended for Sherri to a woman who reads my Lil Spill. I am half embarrassed and half hysterically laughing.

posted by Liliana @ 1:56 PM

There is no excuse for a bounced check! If you can balance your own check book you can balance the bar checkbook. In 15 years at the NY bar I have bounced 2 checks. The first check was when the bar was 8 years old and a check I had written over a year earlier got deposited and the second was ADT making a mistake on payroll. I understand when things are slow. All the bars have their upseasons and their down seasons so you adjust accordingly. What I don’t understand is bouncing a check. You should know what is going through the checking account at all times. You should be aware of being short on cash at least a week earlier . A company would rather you call and say that the payment will be a few days late then deposit a check and have it bounce. I am pissed off right now. Looks like today is not a day off either. Merry Christmas

posted by Liliana @ 1:03 PM

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I was able to come home yesterday from filming in Denver. I am bone tired. Right now jackson and I are watching ” Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey” My son thinks I am insane I have been crying the whole movie. Poor Nestor.
What a day today was. Shit hit the fan from so many directions. Today was supposed to be my day off but my phone still rang off the hook with no repreave. I cheated a bit for Jackson’s school Christmas picnic. I was supposed to make some snacks but I saw all the beautifully decorated sugar cookies at the super market and I took the easy route and bought a bunch of them.
I am going to try again tomorrow for a day off. To all my employees just know that if you give me a whole day off I will probably be much more easy to work with. ONE DAY that’s all I ask.

posted by Liliana @ 10:58 PM

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Great party in Nashville. The nashville and memphis girls almost killed me. We had a lot of fun. Unbelievably cool present from the staff. They gave me a custom painted helmet. Really gorgeous. It has a picture of me and jackson on it. Also my full first name, which I love. But the coolest part of this gift was that they also enrolled me in ” The Richard Petty” race car driving school. How freaking cool is that. I am so excited.
I needed a great night at one of the bars. I was getting so down and now seeing how hard Denver is trying and going for a night and seeing how great the nashville staff is, makes it all worth it. Very proud. Congrats to the whole nashville staff! Happy Anniversary!

posted by Liliana @ 12:41 AM

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

I am like a princess this year on the show. The producer actually bought me new clothes! Noone ever buys me anything. It is so weird for me to get gifts. I’m always the one who pays for everything. Today I feel special. I am getting damn good at putting makeup on. Some might not think of this as a major accomplishment but I do. As tired as I am I am feeling pretty happy tonight.
Tomorrow my call time at the set is 7am. I have to work straight through till noon then I have to get to the airport and fly to Nashville. Big anniversary party! I am bone tired but damn someone bought me presents, that makes me so happy. Thanks Julie.

posted by Liliana @ 11:17 PM

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Freaking exhausted. I miss jackson terribly. I have spoken with him on the phone everyday but he is still very young for real phone conversations. It breaks my heart knowing that he would rather watch a movie then talk to his mom. Oh well.
I always forget how hard filming can be. I’m exhausted and its only the beginning. Usually in the first week someone in the crew gets fired by the owner of the production company. So I will sit waiting and watching. I have my money on this one guy who doesn’t seem to have any real purpose in the crew. To be perfectly frank there are so many people that seem like they’re sitting around doing nothing.
OK back to work. Makeup guy is here. ” please make some miracles happen!”

posted by Liliana @ 9:49 AM

Monday, December 10, 2007

I’m in Denver. We started filming the 3rd season of my reality show. Wow I’m tired. Last night we filmed inside the Denver bar. I want to give a huge amount of praise to the Denver staff. They brought their A game last night. They rocked. You have no idea how much anxiety I feel when the cameras are on or even if I have a meeting that is held at one of the bars. That secret worry that the girls will be off or something will go wrong. But last night , wow I was very impressed. Thanks denver for making me proud.
I can’t wait for the viewers to watch this new season because the veteran girls were amazing. Also on a personal note, they acted so humbly and so kind to each other, real professionals. Again they made me so proud.
On all the shows I have to dish out a lot of critisim to the girls. What is not seen on the show is the scrutiny I go through before we air. This year is the worst. The producer of the show actually made me try on various outfits to see if I had anything good for the show. She did not like anything I had so now I have to go out and buy some clothes tomorrow. This past month has been hard for me because of my health issues. To be perfectly frank I don’t feel like my body is as tight as it normally is. I went out and bought a bunch of fat girl shirts hoping that I could exentuate(sp) the breasts and draw attention away from my midsection. Well let’s just say that I don’t think the tv people are to happy about that. I definitely have a thick skin because I am listening to all of this crap and taking it with no hesitation. The worst is having to hear the annoying voice of the line producer ” the only way you’ll look good is if they put a cap on the camera.”‘ ” Oh so funny, Scott. Your so witty. ” Well Scott go back to the Hair Club for Men and tell them you need another 1000 hair grafts .” I need to give Scott some credit. He is on set all day long and sometimes into the night but yet he still has the time to go tanning. Priorities!

posted by Liliana @ 12:03 AM

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

I have been so sick for the last two weeks. Just when I thought I was getting better I woke up this morning nauseous. I have thrown up all day. This was what Jacqui said to me this morning ” a stomach virus. Your so lucky, you’ll lose weight for the show.”
By the way, nice numbers San Antonio!!!!

posted by Liliana @ 8:58 PM

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

I am getting ready to go film season 3 of the show. I leave on Friday. I will be away from Jackson for 12 days. That breaks my heart.
I have such a bad taste in my mouth from the veteran girls after last season that I am going to speak with this year’s veterans right off the bat. It tortures me to pick some girls over others knowing that there are so many great Coyotes in the system. But this year, I will not tolerate the big heads and the mean spiritedness. I will tell all the GMs not to allow these girls to think they are better then the team cause noone is bigger then the team. There is only one girl from last year that didn’t stab myself or their managers /coworkers in the back after last year’s show.
In the spirit of the book ” The Secret” I am throwing out in the universe that I am grateful for all that I have and that this year’s show will be a joy.
New Year’s Eve I plan on starting a new path. One that interests me and makes me happy.
2 things made me laugh this morning
1. Jacob and I went to CVS to buy some shampoo etc. I bought the men’s MACH3 razor I like how it shaves my legs. As I am looking over I see Jacob buying the Venus Women’s razor. He always prides himself on being such a big manly man. I started laughing. ” Lil look how beautiful my face is! I love this razor.” ” I might shave with a woman’s razor but don’t forget that I still carried your christmas tree in by myself.”
2. Now the other thing that made me laugh was that I found out an old live in boyfriend of mine got engaged to an old employee of mine. I had to laugh because I had seen him a couple of years ago with his pregnant wife and she was talking about how often this old employee was over their house ( they work together) . In my mind I was thinking he was having an affair with her. Apparently I was right.
You can’t change a tiger’s stripes!
I love Christmas. Jackson and I put our tree up. It is so much fun watching Christmas shows with him. That little boy keeps me sane!

posted by Liliana @ 12:48 PM

Sunday, December 02, 2007

We offered as many Miami employees jobs in Lauderdale as we could. On the good side, Miami had a really great staff and the girls were very very good.
Now the negative: The lauderdale girls are all upset with the new management and how things are changing. The Miami girls are bitching about how different it is from Miami so they are unhappy.
This is all I have to say: ” I am very pleased with current management. I think the lauderdale staff needed some real structure cause the previous manager was too laxed. And as far as the Miami staff; I am sorry we had to close the Miami bar down but this is the only opportunity we can give you which is more then most companies would do. To the entire staff ” Shape up or ship out:” sick of the complaining.
Thank God for Jackson. He is my light. I have been down a bit lately but whenever we are together I am always happy.
I met a business person from Aruba. Interesting hearing his side of the Natalie Hollaway case. He said that most of the people on the island feel that there was no foul play. He said that the concensious is that she was left on the beach. She was drunk, tried to swim and drowned.
Who knows?

posted by Liliana @ 2:13 PM

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

I was given a book by CMT that supposedly lists songs with special clearances for our show. I went through the book and picked 6 songs. Well I was told last week that some of those songs couldn’t get cleared. I then sent my own list of old songs that I thought would be easy to clear but was responded to in a harsh manner. Now I am getting a new person telling me to look through the same book I looked through before. Well at first I was a bit angry now I am laughing. ” Just look through the book!” ” well buddy have you ever looked through the book?” I only recognize about 10% of the songs from this book which means I have to go online and listen to the 90% of the songs I don’t recognize.
Good Grief

posted by Liliana @ 8:06 PM

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Holy crap. The only bar that did semi well last night was San Antonio.
I start filming the TV show in two weeks. A week ago I told myself ,” Lil get your shit together and cut out starches.” This week I said to myself ” Find a pair of spanx that are full body and don’t worry about it”
Between Thanksgiving and christmas it is an eating frenzy. I love holiday eating.
Jeff Myers is really getting under my skin. I will admit that for the last month I have been very grumpy. But every since Chris B read the secret Jeff M seems to be jumping on the band wagon . ” Lil you need to be happy like me and Chris and read the ” Secret” ” Jeff, I read the secret” ” Yeah But Chris and I are living it!” ” Yeah right jeff, that’s why you have been miserable the last few months.”
I will admit that I let negative wear me down. I have already decided to try and change that about myself. But don’t talk to me like your attitude and life is great, bullshit !
I wish I was a man going through a midlife crisis. All I would have to do was screw a few young women and buy myself a car.
I have been at the doctors a bunch in the last week. I am wondering if my declining health ( I’ll be fine) is subconciously effecting my mood? It’s the only thing I can think of for why I can’t get myself back up and on top of my game.
I just found an ” energy body worker on line” . We all know I love to give these quacks a try so that is what I will do. Peace and love to everyone.
Today Lee and Jeff were supposed to meet with the Chief of the Seminoles for opportunities at some of their locations. I was watching CNN yesterday and I called Lee ” hey the chief is being accused of skimming money. I’m watching it on tv.” Within 1 hour Lee emails me ” The chief canceled because of all this press”. I wish the chief all the best . I hope he is not guilty, but I had to laugh at the whole thing.

posted by Liliana @ 1:40 PM

Monday, November 26, 2007

Wow the bars did pitifully this weekend. I have a lot going on this week and man I am in a surely mood. I started thinking that maybe my energy is effecting the bars so since I’m down the bars are down.
I wish I could write about a funny story but there are none right now that come to mind.
Jackson is a love so that’s great.

posted by Liliana @ 3:56 PM

Sunday, November 25, 2007

We are getting panned in the Toronto papers. They are calling us ” an almost strip club”. I personally take offense to that. Is a girl wearing jeans and a cut off shirt ” Half Naked” as they imply? I don’t think so. I am just disgusted. My bar is women bartenders who dance sing and sell. How is that a strip club? There are clubs in that area that are unbelievably risque and I am the one getting shit. I am so sick of defending my brand. Go into any of my bars that I own and tell me what you truely think. Such a crock of shit.
I need some spiritual healing. I want to move in a different direction for a little while so I can get my energy back.

posted by Liliana @ 10:00 AM

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

I am going to take a few days off to recharge.

posted by Liliana @ 11:02 AM

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Today is a day I knew would come eventually but I was always hoping that my hard work would push it away. I am sitting in the Miami bar and I just told the staff that today is the Miami’s bar’s last day of existence. I feel horrible but it just is not working and it was becoming too hard to turn around. I cried in front of the staff cause I feel so bad but I had to make a decision and the decision was to close down. All the girls were crying too. All the coyote bars up to this date that had closed down were run by franchisees. I took pride in the fact that my bars thrived.ButnowI can only blame myself that I went into a bad deal and as hard as we tried to move forward we always were pushed backwards.
I am so sorry Miami staff so sorry! I love you guys.

posted by Liliana @ 1:17 PM

Friday, November 16, 2007

Spent Wednesday night at the Denver bar. In the years that bar has been opened the security staff never seemed too happy. It was so nice to see them dancing and having fun. I forgot what a great singer Brazell is. The girls started the night off a bit low energy but they picked it up. Eddie George the former running back for the Tennessee Titans came in, what a nice guy. I thought Chris W ( GM) was going to have a coronary. He is from Nashville and Eddie George was his idol. I had to pull Chris over ” Chris this guy is going to leave if you don’t stop gushing over him.” I went back to my hotel happy and excited. I spent a lot of time speaking with the security staff that night and it was a very positive evening. The next day I get a text from Chris W asking if I had reprimanded a specific girl? I said my only interaction with that girl was :” hi can I have a club soda”. Well she said something else. OK don’t bring me into the delusional drama of this girl. There is a lot of medication for people like that.
I heard that the Memphis girls feel I lied to them because I relocated Nick from Memphis to Denver. ” I gave Nick the option of staying in memphis or moving to Denver. HE chose Denver because it is a better career move for him” Instead of feeling bad, feel glad for him. I sent Chantel to Memphis. I spoke with Judith. We are trying to come up with a solution that really works for Memphis.
On the other hand, and I have said this before, When did employees get so whiney? I simply don’t get it. People work because they have to pay for their lives. You work your jobs and you go home. You don’t constantly whine. When I was young I worked . I didn’t always like the owners or the managers but I did my job and I paid my bills. And truly liking the owners was not an issue making money was the issue. It’s a different world today. I call these girls ” girls” but they are mid 20s women. In the world today some of them still live financially off their parents and don’t have that pressure of paying bills. I did not have one friend in my 20s that lived at home. Everyone had an apartment and tons of bills so you worked and in fact most of the time you had 2 jobs. Whatever. Just don’t bring me into these little dramas.

posted by Liliana @ 10:48 AM

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I am in Denver doing some pre work for the show. Ah you know they love you when they put you up in a hotel equivalent to The Best Western. The Hotel I am at actually has cartoon characters as themes to their floors. The theme on my floor is ” Madge Simpson”. This place is so cheap that instead of Chocalates on your pillow they leave a plastiv bag of Jelly Beans. Classic. Thanks Scott the new line producer! ” What you couldn’t find a Motel 6 or I guess I’m not worth it.
I remember 6 years ago when I first started the big expansion I always wanted to save the company money. Now I travel so mush that I need 2 things 1. a direct flight. I don’t usually go first class unless I can upgrade but man I need the flight to be as short as possible. ( By the way, Scott look at a map. Thanks for routing me yesterday from New Orleans through Minneapolis then to Denver. Perhaps Geography wasn’t his best subject seems funny to send me 1000 miles out of the way.)
I’m having a lot of fun today with Chris W and Nick. They are characters. Knock on wood!! Cross my fingers I finally feel secure about Denver!

posted by Liliana @ 5:33 PM

Monday, November 12, 2007

Jackson and I went to the Laspca and found Cheeto a new sister. I fell in love with all of them. So we brought Cheeto there and had him decide. Bonnie won. She is so adorable. She is a beagle mix. She is 3 years old ( supposedly) She tested Heartworm positive but we’ll fix that. So cute. They ran around the house all day. When I say “they” I mean Cheeto, Jackson, and Bonnie. Before we picked her up from the pound we went to petco and bought bags and bags of pig ears and regular dog treats to donate. This particular dog shelter was one of the nicest I have seen. They really love the animals . They do a very good job of publicizing the pictures of the dogs and cats and finding them homes. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for animals. So many animals need good homes. If anyone reads this and lives in Louisiana, there was a 3 year old german shepherd named Tiger. He was such a nice dog. His big downfall was he did not mix well with other dogs. He would be an awesome pet for someone who just wants one dog. So beautiful and kind.
OK back to work!

posted by Liliana @ 10:44 AM

Thursday, November 08, 2007

I just received this email
“I just had to let whomever runs this site know that I absolutely love
watching the Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search. Thanks to my addiction to
it (haha) my daughter was born Sept. 16, 2007, named Liliana Grace.
I just love Lil’s name. It is beautiful and I hope my daughter has as
much attitude as Lil’ and myself!”
That’s very nice. I will try and be a better person today and everyday for baby Liliana Grace. What an honor!

posted by Liliana @ 4:18 PM

I hate everyone today except for Jackson! I am going on webkinz and playing tournament Goobers Lab so I can win a trophy and kick the 6 year old butts. I swear I may have a true coronary today

posted by Liliana @ 3:44 PM

What a fucking disaster. I have spent the morning cursing Lee out. ” Why the fuck did we have the calendar shot early and the layout done early to not have the calendars in the stores till November” They were supposed to be in the bars in late September. So fucking sick of everyone today I could spit. Lee then tells me it is up on the website. ” Why isn’t there a pop up saying that the calendar is being sold on the website?” Just like Travis last week obviously Lee and Amelie think our psychic clientele can just feel that we are selling our 2008 calendar. Another day when I would have to say to people ” don’t call me unless there is an emergency cause I am pissed off”
Please universe I am trying to be positive and happy. I am grateful for all the positive things in my life. If the universe is listening make all my bars successful and make the girls who can sing dance as well for the show!! ( who the fuck knew it would be so hard to get girls who can sing and dance?)

posted by Liliana @ 1:22 PM

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

My god it’s been a stressful day. I would say that today is not a good day to call me cause I am neck deep in crap. Some big decisions were made today that will end up being painful to others. But sometimes I have to make hard calls.
The second thing on my agenda this week is that I am trying to pick the 5 coyotes that will act as mentors for the show. This process is always stressful. I have 10 strong girls and I have to cut down to 5. I have 3 girls who are definites but the last 2 are the tough picks. If I haven’t decided by Friday then I swear I will just pick out of a hat.
I must be in a bad mood because my smut magazines didn’t even cheer me up. I dont even recognize half the people in the newer issues. Today at Jackson’s school one of the parents told me that she is paying $200 per ticket to go see Miley Cirus ( Hannah Montana) Are you fucking kidding me? I saw on CNN that her tickets were going for $2000 a person from scalpers. OK for $2000 I expect to see Led Zepplin followed by a Lalapalloza line up and ending with Sting wining and Dining me in a private room.

posted by Liliana @ 4:48 PM

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Nashville high gross last night! Miami another good night. No jinx!
I am actually excited about the new season now. We have decided to make this a year where we find regular people and through hard work we turn them into empowered women and star coyotes.
There are open auditions. Look on the site to find out where and when.
It’s a great feeling inside to know you were able to help someone come out of their shells and be more confident as a person and a woman.
Don’t worry it is still in Coyote Ugly style so Jacqui will still work them to near death! That’s always a crowd pleaser.

I have been religiously taking all my vitamins and supplements from the naturapath. I can’t lie I feel like crap. She told me that I would because part of the job of the supplements was to create a detoxification process concentrating on eliminating the heavy metals in my body. I seem to constantly have a dull headache. But I also have that feeling of taking a vitamin without eating even though I did eat. Yuck.

posted by Liliana @ 1:16 PM

Friday, November 02, 2007

Lil’s thought for the day:
” If you are going to fraternize with the staff and risk losing your job, do it with someone who’s at least good looking!”

posted by Liliana @ 11:08 AM

Thursday, November 01, 2007

I also forgot to mention that in New orleans some houses have portable bars outside so on one side the kids are given candy and on the other side the parents are made drinks. The kids scream ” trick or treat” the parents scream ” trick or drink” . Man this is a crazy city.

posted by Liliana @ 1:27 PM

A very successful halloween for Jackson. What a life this kid leads! About a month ago I asked Jackson what he wanted to be for halloween and he said a dragon ghost. After venturing into 3 costume stores I realized that dragon ghosts are not a commonly made costume for halloween. So Jackson and I went to Jacob and asked him to make this costume. Wow he did an incredible job. I can honestly say that Jackson had the coolest halloween costume. Even when we went trick or treating all the parents were saying it was the best costume. So cool. Jacob also spent the last 3 weeks decorating the front of our house. We had fog machines, dry ice, a graveyard, a man getting electrocuted and also a special halloween doorbell. Pretty cool. In Jackson’s mind we had the best decorated house last night but there was one house I saw on State St. that was a bit better. But in our defense, these people hire a company to decorate their house. If Jacob had a bigger budget and some other guys helping I would have no doubt that he could do a better job then that company.
Miami and Ft. lauderdale Awesome night!!!!!

posted by Liliana @ 11:46 AM

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

When it rains it pours. I feel like I am insane today. Mike new gm in Miami is in the hospital for an ear infection. I feel bad cause I said to Chantel ” why does someone have to go into the hospital for an ear infection ? You’re fucking kidding me!” Daniel called me and said that Michael is in really bad shape , infact one side of his face is all swollen. ” Sorry Michael, I’m an asshole I hope you get better.”
So much drama at these bars. I got a doosie of a letter today from a lawyer. I can’t lie, I started laughing outloud when I read it.
I walked into the New Orleans bar today and asked Travis if there was a Halloween party? ” Yes Lil” ” So Travis are customers supposed to figure this out with their psychic abilities since there is not one sign or flyer in the bar promoting this event?”
Good grief.
Denver rocking!! I am so pleased!!

posted by Liliana @ 4:08 PM

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Went to the Miami bar last night. It was slow but I will tell you Yazzy and Meghan were awesome. They really care and were never low energy because it was slow. I Love that. Mike is the new GM of Miami good luck. And thanks Nathalie and Alex for helping so much.
I have to bake for Jackson tonight. Baking is not my thing. It will taste good but I have never been good at the presentation. Of course Jacob tells me ” you need to create haloween cookies” Back off Mr Artist. My son will like my cookies even though they don’t look cool!!!
I know what’s going to happen I will make 4 batches tonight and then go out and buy some!

posted by Liliana @ 6:23 PM

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I am finally feeling better today. I think I finally have my car situation taken car of. Hopefully my car will be fixed by next week. A lot of craziness going on at the bars.
Forgot to mention that the Charlotte bar rocked last weekend when I went to Charlotte. Those girls are always on point. Same with the bouncers. I felt bad that I was not fun that night but I was doing a lot of traveling and I was tired. I am hoping to go to Denver in the next few weeks. The bar is doing so well and I think I should show my face there.
Jackson is turning 8 this weekend. My god time flies. My little boy is growing up. This week is my 6 year anniversary living in New Orleans. When I fly into NY and take a cab from the airport into the city I still have that feeling of being home even though I haven’t lived there for 6 years. But I lived in Manhattan for so long I’m sure I will always feel that for NYC.
Making a surprise trip to one of the bars today!

posted by Liliana @ 10:26 AM

Monday, October 22, 2007

Again Denver rocking!!!!
I have been told that CMT wants to renew the tv series for season 3 but they want to make big changes. Let me guess ? They want a mix between ” Celebrity Fit Club” meets ” Survivorman”. Actually now that I think about it I might watch that show. Picture this , pre Jenny Craig Kirstie Ally, is dropped off in the outback and she has to flair, dance, and sing her way to civilization where she then becomes a real Coyote.
That would be hysterical!!

posted by Liliana @ 8:15 PM

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Denver Rocks!!! I am so pleased!!!!
Let me tell you my last 24 hours. My car key was lost. (No spare because that was lost 2 months ago. ) Looked for it all afternoon. My car was infront of Jacob’s house. I called mercedes tele-aid which is supposedly like On Star. Well it’s not as good as On Star so they don’t have the ability to turn the car on from a remote location.I had to leave the car at Jacob’s house thinking I would get it towed to Mercedes on Monday to rekey the ignition. This morning jacob’s roomate calls and says ” I guess you found the key?” No. ” Well the car is gone” I had to keep my cool because Jackson had his little friend sleep over and I did not want them to see me upset. I call the cops. ” My car was stolen” I gave them the details. The woman on the phone said she would give me a police report number. ” Aren’t you going to send a policeman by to get details and look for clues about the car?” ” No we don’t usually do that” After throwing a fit a policeman shows up at my house.” Long story short. They find my car in front of someones house. The cop calls me and tells me the location of my car. ” Are you going to questions the people in the house? Did you find who stole it?” The cop’s response was ” I found your car, my responsibilty is over” ” Sir are you going to just leave my car there?” His response ” Yes” ” Can you please wait ten minutes until I can get someone there?” I then send Jacob there. When Jacob gets there he asks the ploiceman if he was going to interview any of the residents to try and find the theif. ” NO” I could not believe it. I had to get the car towed just to make sure it was safe. What a fucking day!!! I am happy that my car was recovered but I am so pissed off I can’t seem to calm down. Jackson’s little friend was worried that the bad guys were going to come to our house. What a day!!!
Thanks Denver!!!

posted by Liliana @ 4:36 PM

Friday, October 19, 2007

What a week. I flew to Raleigh with Jackson to visit my family. Saturday I went to nascar in charlotte . Sunday I went back to Raleigh to get Jackson. Monday we flew home. Tuesday I had to drive 3 hours to meet the naturapath. And the Wednesday I had to go to Toronto. I just got back today. I am beat!
I’ll write more tomorrow

posted by Liliana @ 11:06 PM

Friday, October 12, 2007

Most of the bars did great last night. I am very pleased. I am off to Charlotte. I will be at Nascar tomorrow night. I’ll be in Toronto next week. I need to attend a community board meeting. I was asked last week exactly how are the community board meetings? Basically a group of residents yell at you for a couple of hours and you have to sit there and take it.
I have never been to Toronto. I’m excited about visiting. I heard it is a beautiful city

posted by Liliana @ 8:27 AM

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Denver is rocking!
This weekend Jackson had a birthday party at a roller skating rink. This was his first time ever rollerskating. I helped him out a little at the beginning and then he was intent to keep trying to go round and round the rink no matter if he fell or not. His little friends would fall and exit the rink to their parents. Not Jackson. He just kept on getting up and trying to get better. He never stopped picking himself up and trying some more. He didn’t need me or any friends to accompany him in the rink. In one moment I watched him and realized that my son was going to be successful in life. I can’t explain it but I felt a sense of calm knowing that his character will drive him forward .
We ended up going skating the next day as well. I think my butt still hurts from a huge fall I took.
Things are good today. I am feeling calm.
2008 calendars should be arriving at the bars I can’t wait to see one.

posted by Liliana @ 10:33 AM

Monday, October 08, 2007

HA HA! I knew someone would finally say that something was wrong with me. I took a few tests for a naturapath last week. Today my hair test results came in and they indicated that my body is not metabolizing calcium properly and I also have a very high percentage of metals in my blood. HAHA I can’t wait to tell my general physician because he always said that I was fine physically but perhaps a psychiatrist might have a different conclusion. ( He was joking of course, or was he?)
Hot damn Nashville and San Antonio did great yesterday. A big shout out to Denver. They have been showing some really great numbers. ( cross my fingers. No jinx)
That’s all I got.

posted by Liliana @ 3:57 PM

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Levitate. yes my small brain is just a tad smaller today. Must of lost a few brain cells with the colonic.

posted by Liliana @ 1:23 AM

Friday, October 05, 2007

What a beautiful day. Nashville, Denver , San Antonio, and Austin did very well last night.
San Antonio wrote in their manager’s log about a guy who calls himself ” the gravitating cowboy” . Supposedly he really did gravitate. I can’t wait to hear what Shawna , GM, sees when she reviews the security tape from last night.
Lee and I are off for colonics.

posted by Liliana @ 11:03 AM

Thursday, October 04, 2007

I am so happy to hear that Judith’s daughter is so much better. So scary. Kisses from all of us to Judith and Trisha.
I just heard that Shawna from Memphis gave notice. I am so sad about that. She is an incredible Coyote. ” Shawna I wish you all the success in the world. Please stay!”
Chris W is in Denver to take over the GM spot. I know the Charlotte girls are so upset over losing him. ” I hope you guys see the passion and drive he has. He really inspires people. You’ll love him” And Charlotte ” Sherri is phenomenal. You will all be alright.”

posted by Liliana @ 5:20 PM

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Thank you San Antonio and nashville for having good nights. The Florida bars are doing horribly right now.
I want to give a special thanks to Big E, Jelvis, Caitlin and the Memphis staff. Judith’s ( GM) daughter had a very bad accident so she has been at the hospital pretty much from sun up to sun down. The staff has really stepped up and helped the bar out. Thank you so much. I am happy to say that Judith’s daughter is doing so much better. Prayers really do help.
I would also like to tell people that we are accepting applications for GM for a few locations. I would love some new resumes. Do not send them if you don’t have previous management experience.

posted by Liliana @ 10:24 AM

Monday, October 01, 2007

Just heard about a few New orleans girls bitching to Marshall and Daniel about the New orleans manager and the bar in general. Daniel was concerned a bit about our head bartender, Brooke, because she said a few very negative things and claimed she was being overworked. Funny how she forgot to tell Daniel that she received a $2,000 bonus a few weeks ago. And the other things she said happened to be things I addressed with the GM already.
Respect is everything to me. If there is a problem have the respect to go to the source and in turn we will respect you. I think what pisses me off the most is that the same night one of the Austin girls, Esther, was in the New orleans bar and pulled a stunt meant to humiliate Tara, one of the New orleans girls. I backed Tara up. I felt Esther was completely out of line going into someone else’s house and trying to disrespect them. But I guess Tara did not mention that we have always tried to back her up.
Things should not be this hard. I am very proud that you can work at one of my bars and in their own ways they are like little families. What is upsetting is that the girls use this familial atmosphere to bitch. It is family but it is a job. You have a problem at work then speak to the manager. If you have a problem with the manager then speak to his/her boss.
First Denver, then Memphis now New Orleans. ( Not forgetting the fucking bullshit that is going on in the San Antonio bar) Well these girls have a way of really bringing you back down to earth. The sad part of all of this is that Saturday they were so nice to me just to start shit .
For the right price all of this can be yours! At that point I will invest as a silent investor in other projects. Just send me a check every month and someone else can hear all the bullshit!

posted by Liliana @ 4:13 PM

This weekend I went to Katie’s( AM Austin) wedding. As luck would have it she held her wedding in New orleans. She looked beautiful.
Then we all went to the New orleans bar where they gave me a customized pool cue. It is so beautiful. Such a thoughtful gift.
A lot more happened but I don’t have the energy to write about it.
Thank you San antonio for having a descent night last night. Nashville sucked last night. I always open nashville’s log last thinking it will be the highest hence making me feel good. lately San antonio has been beating nashville. Also the Nashville check average was horrendous so they are definitely doing something wrong.

posted by Liliana @ 9:44 AM

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Denver, Austin, Nashville, and San Antonio did great last night. Very pleased.
I would like to issue a word of praise to Daniel. Since he moved into corporate he has had to put out a lot of fires. Since we let go of the GM in Denver he has been working a ton of doubles. Thanks Daniel
I know Daniel does not believe in any of my superstitious shit but ” Please sage the office ” With the track record we have regarding GMs in Denver, why chance it?”
A lot going on this week. Be positive throw away negative!

posted by Liliana @ 10:25 AM

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

I heard today from two different sources a rumor that is going around about the NY bar. It seems that the girls in the other bars feel bad that the NY girls make more. ( I doublt they make as much as the Vegas girls) I do not want to come off pretentious because I know that a lot of people under my employ do not travel, but each city is different. Now whether you get this or not the NY bar is in the most expensive market in the states. The drinks are close to double in price to some of the other bars, yet still cheap for NY. So statistically the tips are higher in accordance to the higher sale price. Again I do not want to offend people but the NY customer is a very tip savy patron. They probably tip better then in most of the cities. All of that being said let’s talk about what it takes to live in NY. Most of the girls pay close to $2000 in rent. They can’t afford cars and live in apartments that are around 500 sq. feet.
Now let’s dig a little deeper and this will definitely offend some but it is the god damn truth. Let’s talk about work ethic! I have 3 bars where I will say the girls have incredible work ethics, NY, Austin, and Charlotte ( in that order). Why is this? Cultural? Education? I can’t tell you exactly but I will tell you this. At the NY bar in the last 15 years I would put 90 % of my girls having at least a 4 year college education. I have only had 1 girl that was married under the age of 23. I have only had 1 girl who had a child. The girls put their careers first. They pay their bills first. They choose not to marry until they are in their late 20s or 30s. And they do not have babies until their 30s. What does that make them? The answer is : AGGRESSIVE and FOCUSED
I wouldn’t trade some of my southern girls for the world cause they make me laugh and I have seen some depth of emotion in the south that I never experienced up north. I also can say that some of my best coyotes work at the southern bars. But for those girls who are consumed with the NY girls all I can say is; Take a good look and then make your judgements.
I want to apologize to my girls for such depressing Lil Spills. Blame the Memphis girls cause they are really upseting me this week.

posted by Liliana @ 5:27 PM

Monday, September 24, 2007

Holy crap I’ve received a lot of emails about depression. ” Thanks everyone. I will get over it.” I had put myself on a budget last week but in light of my doom and gloom I spent $1500 on line yesterday buying shoes. Of course after I got Jackson to school I went on line to read the managers’ logs. All the bars did mediocre.
A couple of the memphis girls really pissed me off this weekend. They think that while they are on shift they can sell their own clothes for profit. They also think that it is acceptable to play bar games that only profit themselves. Are you fucking kidding me? Am I that old that my idea of bartending is to provide good service hence getting good tips. ” If you want to sell your clothes then open your own retail store and sell your clothes.” Judith, the memphis GM, told me that their response was to say that the company makes millions so they should be able to do what they want. That’s not how it works. This is a job and you have to respect the company and then the company will respect you. I’m sending Chantel to Memphis this week. My fuse is very short on this issue. On a good note about Memphis, I have been getting so many compliments about Bre. Good going Bre, I’m so happy you’re doing so well.
Today Jackson has a spelling test in french. I wrote out all the words on index cards so we could review . When I tried to test him all he did was correct my pronounciation. ” Mom how do you expect me to spell these words correctly if you are not pronouncing them right?” Good grief.

posted by Liliana @ 10:45 AM

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Depression sucks. I don’t know what the hell my problem is but I have been very down for the last month. The nights Jackson stays at his dad’s I have been going down to the New Orleans bar and getting drunk. I figure I have two choices 1. get my shit together and get out of this funk or 2. find a place to drink where I don’t have to run into my employees. The new ones must think I am a complete lush. Sorry. I am staring at 40 like I would be staring at the barrel of a shotgun pointed directly at my face. What the hell happened? When did I get old? When did I start caring about aging? My assistant Judy told me this ” when you age you do lose somethings but you gain so much more” I am trying to believe that. I need to find me an Ashton Kutcher. He seems to have perked Demi up.

posted by Liliana @ 2:31 PM

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Absolutely beautiful day in New orleans. Jackson and I danced this morning to two songs that got us pumped up for the day, ” Bubbly” and “Stronger”. So fun. Things are feeling really good today. Even when I dropped Jackson off at school the teacher gave me a very positive report about him. Finally.
Off to a meeting about a possible site in Aruba

posted by Liliana @ 10:59 AM

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

What a fucking day yesterday was. There was an accident at one of the licensed bars. The woman who was hurt hired a lawyer to sue the bar and sue me. Well according to the license aggreements I am endemified by the owners of the licensed bars. Well regardless of that her lawyer is trying to come after me as well so I had to appear at a mediation for this case. Let me explain in lay man’s terms what this means; I licensed the name Coyote Ugly to a group. As part of the agreement they run their own bar hopefully staying as close to the ethos of Coyote Ugly as possible but I am not the operating manager of their bars so I do not orchestrate what happens within the walls of their establiment. That being said, this woman’s lawyer starts out by claiming he did research about me and the things I do. He referred to three things: 1. a supposed dance that Jacqui and I created and taught 2. A video at a bar he claims to be mine. Showing an image that in his mind represents an unsafe practice at my bars. and 3. referring to an incident at the Las Vegas bar which he claims I taught.
OK 1. The dance he refered to does not even exist. Jacqui and I were laughing over this because he could not be further from the truth. ( He actually referred to a specific song. I had to call Lee afterward to ask if he knew the song since I had never heard of it before). 2. The video he showed is from a bar in Europe that is infringing on my trademark. When he spoke about this Jeff W said we are actually sueing these people for infringement. They have nothing to do with us. and 3. When the Las Vegas bar opened they did not want to use me as a consultant and therefore I have never been a part of their establishment.
All of that being said this woman, her husband, and their lawyer want me to cough up money for her settlement. NO WAY. I said to her ” I didn’t even run that bar how is it my fault” ” Well it’s your fault for creating Coyote Ugly” What a crock of shit. The husband actually said that I had never issued an apology. ” I DID NOT OWN THAT BAR. I WAS NOT THERE . MY EMPLOYEES WERE NOT THERE . I DID NOT EVEN HEAR ABOUT THE INCIDENT UNTIL I WAS GETTING SUED. OF COURSE I DO NOT WISH HARM ON ANYONE BUT I CERTAINLY WON’T ISSUE AN APOLOGY AFTER I AM BEING SUED FOR SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EVEN RELATE TO ME.
What made this mediation even better was the bar owners trying to blame me by lieing. So fucking stupid. Their insurance company is trying to scare them. When we walked in I saw how nervous the licensees were and I said immediately to Jeff W. ” they are going to lie and try to blame this on us.” Oh what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive.
Personal I am enraged by this whole thing on so manay levels. 1. this woman who was hurt will receive compensation from their insurance company. But that is not good enough for her and her lawyers. She is thinking wow maybe I can go after the big fish and get a lot more. As a human being, I would feel sorry for anyone who was hurt, in or out of my bars. But when they use the incident to try and extort money from me I lose my compassion for her. 2. To The owners of the bar. “We all know that this has nothing to do with me. Get some fucking balls and let your insurance company settlle this. That is why you have insurance. I will tell you right now if you keep trying to involve me, I will go after you. We have a 4 year relationship. I would be very careful if I was you”
That’s all I have to say.

posted by Liliana @ 10:21 AM

Sunday, September 16, 2007

What a fucking disaster. Had to fire the GM of Denver. This week I knew we were firing him and I didn’t care. He was given an opportunity he simply blew it. Today I find out that he left the office in shambles. He was going to a neighboring bar during his shift to get drinks because he was not allowed to drink at the Coyote. Again what a disaster.
A couple years ago I saw him out on the town with some of my managers and bouncers. I turned to my former GM of Austin and said ” is he on something?” ” No Lil he has a condition that makes him appear that way.” Well he did have a condition but regardless of that I think I was still right all those years ago. ( Only speculation on my part) Every time I don’t go with my instinct and let others convince me it ends up biting me in the ass. Crap another GM of Denver down the tubes. On a good note the new GM of Denver who will start in a few weeks is fucking awesome. One of those people who is so postive and passionate it just inspires people.
There was another time that I let my gut instinct get overriden by other people’s enthusiasm and that was with an assistant manager of Memphis. Right off the bat I said ” she’s very immature. Something sneaky is going on with her.” ” Chantel and Jeff M kept telling me ” she is great. she is ready for this.” What a fucking mistake that was. This girl lied about everything. She kept telling everyone that she had been accepted to law school. To this day she keeps saying this. I don’t buy that for one minute. In fact I will go one step further, I don’t believe she ever finished college. I remember Judith calling me up about a situation that was happeneing with this girl. I said to Judith I think she’s lieing. ” No Lil I think this time it’s the truth” One week later Judith called me ” I think your right. The things she is saying don’t add up.” The Liars manual. If you are going to lie make them small lies big lies are too easy to catch.
It’s a fucking beautiful day in New Orleans and I am all riled up about this Denver situation. I am going to take Cheeto out for a 5 mile walk and try and snap out of this. By the way Denver staff ” I am so sorry I sent him there. Don’t give up on us we will try our hardest to resolve this. By the way great night last night!!!”

posted by Liliana @ 9:57 AM

Friday, September 14, 2007

Hot damn. Today has been a good day. I got a lot accomplished at work which is always satisfying. But I went to the DMV to replace my drivers license and the woman behind the counter recognized me so I didn’t need ID. For two days I have been worrying about not having the right secondary ID. Hot Damn I feel lucky. I am going to play powerball!!
Just a side note. The DMV people don’t let you look at the picture they took so you have no chance to take another picture if it is bad. I am fine with that. Lee told me that he will tell them he lost his card as manay times as it takes to get a decent picture.

posted by Liliana @ 6:41 PM

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Last week Cheeto had to have an operation to remove a lump I found. Today the biopsy results came back and it tested positive for a tumor but it was benign. I am so happy about this!!! Unfortunately I found another growth but the doctor said it will most probably be benign as well. Cross my fingers.
The bars rebounding a bit this week. That makes me very happy.
Lost my drivers license in NY what a fucking headache not to have it on me.
The question of the day : If you are on the hot seat at work, do you fuck up and sleep through your shift?
Well one of my managers got the answer wrong. When I found out about this, I just started laughing hysterically. Like watching a train wreck!

posted by Liliana @ 3:41 PM

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Nashville has been doing horrendously. Thank god they rebounded last night! San Antonio awesome Monday and tuesday!! Thank you guys for giving me a reason to wake up in the morning!
Yesterday Travis and I bonded with a visit to get Colonics. I know it sounds gross but people swear that they feel so much healthier. As I layed in a room by myself on the custom made colonics chair while having 5 gallons of purified water administered into my *** all I could think of was ” what the hell has my life become?” But now I am obsessed with the idea that I have been feeding my body toxins ( processed food, alchohol, sleeping pills) for 30 some odd years and I can only imagine what is trapped in there? So I bought 3 more sessions. My journey to wellness has now begun.

posted by Liliana @ 2:45 PM

Monday, September 10, 2007

I have been sucked into the Britney Spears performance gossip. I watched it last night and it was a train wreck. I feel for her. She’ a little girl wrapped up in a world she can’t handle. People say she needs rehab but I think she should go to a beautiful place that can provide her some intense therapy. You would think with all the issues concerning custody of her children she would calm her personal life down? I believe that she is suffering from a mental breakdown and is not completely in control of her actions. I know she is not speaking with her parents right now but she really needs them. very sad.
Kevin B came to visit me. This should be a 2 day hang over. We had fun with the New Orleans staff

posted by Liliana @ 7:23 PM

Friday, September 07, 2007

Jackson and I were getting ready to watch ” The Big Idea Show” last night and I told him that mommy doesn’t think she did too well. His response was ” Too bad you can’t tell everyone in the world not to watch so they won’t see you be an idiot on TV.”
Then right after the show he said to me ” You can’t blame your eyes for your nose.” The loose translation of this is : don’t blame your vision if your nose truely is weird looking. Out of the mouths of babes.
I did watch the show and I don’t think I came off as bad as I was anticipating.
In defense of my nose: I have a pointy nose but its not big. On the show the angle they set the camera on definitely made my nose look bigger then it really is. This is why I don’t ever watch myself on tv.
90% of the time I am a confident self assured woman. But there is that 10% that my son and former boyfriends have seen ” Do I look fat?” ” Is my butt too big” and now it will be ” Is my nose ugly?” That 10% is a killer for people close to me.
By the way , the B roll they sliced together from the NY and New Orleans bars looked awseome. The girls looked great!!!

posted by Liliana @ 9:58 AM

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Crap. I have a feeling I screwed up “The Big Idea Show”. When I arrived there noone really knew who I was. I spent a total of one minute with Donny before he started the interview. The researchers did not know anything about my company or me. Right before we aired , he wasn’t even speaking to me, I said to him I have a reality show and I sent you guys merchandise that we sell in Walmart. His response was to yell at the producer cause he had no idea that the company had grown so much. (They didn’t even know that people call me Lil. ) When the interview started all he wanted to talk about was how I was a bartender who opened my own bar. I am very proud of myself for that but to be frank it was 15 years ago, I don’t have that much emotion about that part of my history anymore. I am more excited now about the future. Crap , I definitely blew the inspirational part. I am going to suck tonight. I’ll have Lee watch it and tell me how bad I was. Crap! On a funny note, as I said noone knew who I was. When I walked out of the studio after my interview a man was waiting outside, I think he was a tech for another show. He told me that he watched every episode of the show. I started to laugh at that point!

posted by Liliana @ 6:20 PM

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Just going over the NY numbers, man Tuesdays have been kicking ass! Knock on wood. No jinx.
The NY bouncers did a coyote tour last week. They went to quite a few of the bars. I would be interested in hearing what they thought about the various bars.
I have nothing to say today. I’m getting ready for filming the ” Big Idea Show” tomorrow. That’s all I’ve got

posted by Liliana @ 10:19 AM

Thursday, August 30, 2007

I just read a story about 4 pitbulls that were siezed and set to get euthanized because they killed a cat. I hope there is more to the story then that and believe me I feel for the owner of the cat. But am I going nuts by thinking that it is a natural instinct for dogs to go after cats? Do cats get euthanized for mauling mice? If I read the story correctly the cat went into the backyard where the dogs lived. The dogs were pitbulls and yes I have seen how dangerous it can be when a pitbull bites something or someone. And for that reason I will not have a pitbull with my son. But that does not mean that every pitbull is mean or horrible. The owner of the dogs broke into the animal shelter and rescued the dogs. But he was foolish and brought the dogs back to his house so he was arrested and the dogs were taken. Let me repeat, the story was not very decriptive so I do not know if the dogs had done other things. But from the snipet that was in the paper, it seems like the punishment far exceeds the crime.
The bars sucked last night. Thank god for Nashville and Memphis cause all the other bars had pitiful nights.

posted by Liliana @ 1:19 PM

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Yeah right Michael Vick found Jesus. He should be fried. I don’t understand the depravity in people that makes them torture animals. I am just disgusted.
My teeth are permanently blue. Jeff M and I polished off 3 bottles of red wine last night.
OK September 5th I will be taping the ” Big Idea” show. I am very excited because Kat kora from the Iron Chef will be on as well. The producer called me today and said ” Donny is going to ask you at some point to give advice to people at home. Do you think you can be inspirational?” Crap now I’m stressed out. Funny I can do. Serious I can do . But inspirational may be out of my range.

posted by Liliana @ 10:56 AM

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Brooke from New orleans told me a funny story about her son yesterday. She said that she waited for him in the parent’s area on the first day of school. When he came out, in front of all the parents he said ” mom let’s get out of here. It’s hot as balls.” She was mortified. I told her that I stopped getting upset by those comments cause I realize if I can’t stop saying certain things in front of jackson I certainly can not expect him not to say them. So “crap” and :freakin'” are an everyday part of his vocabulary. She also told me that her son said to her after the first day of school ” You better not think I’m going there every day.” Very funny.
I think Jackson’s first week of school went very well. He might not say the same thing but I have resolved myself to the fact that Jackson will be the kid who always complains about school. ” Mom, she’s pure evil. She works us so hard.” ” good” ” mom what do you mean “good”? Your son is being tortured.” ” Jackson it’s the really hard ones that you learn the most from. ” We were walking in the grocery store and he was telling me some stories about his teacher. I said ” Jackson, man, you need to learn to play the game. Raise your hand to answer a question every once in a while. Speak french without getting prodded every once in a while. If you do that you will keep her off your back. But if you keep trying to hide and not participate she is going to keep picking on you and I won’t feel sorry for you.” His dad keeps saying to me ” I wish he took after you in school.” I was the kid that got straight As without studying. I did quite well untill the end of high school and I attribute that fall to teen age angst and rebellion. (Although, I now feel I have some real evidence against the quality of my english education. I received high marks in those classes yet as the world can see I can’t spell or use proper grammer.) Yesterday jackson had ” etude” , which is a homework class. The teacher, Jackson affectionately calls the ” dark Lord”. Yesterday When I picked Jackson up from school he was still in etude. I walked in the classroom and jackson said ” mom I keep on forgetting one word.” his assignment was to memorize a french poem.” When we left Jackson told the teacher that he called him the Dark Lord. The teacher, who speaks very little english said , in his heavy french accent ” I like this”
The company work week.. I sent Lee, Kevin B, and an architect to Australia to get specs on a space we wanted to aquire. They fly all the way over there and the day before the meeting Lee gets a call saying the landlord has decided to rent to someone else. I was pissed off, that trip cost me a lot of money. So despite this Lee and Kevin have been busting their asses to find us a new space out there. I am crossing my fingers that they find something.
I haven’t looked at last night’s numbers but thursday night was pretty mediocre, the only bar that showed improvement was Miami. So I was pleased with them.
Two days ago Travis called me up and said that he went to City hall and paid our property tax bill. In New Orleans there is a tax you pay as a business that is on the estimated worth of your equipment. We have been debating our bill because the new Orleans bar is very small and the equipment is over 5 years old. I said to Travis ” great I am glad you straightened that out. But I also said ” are you sure it was the right tax?” Because I personally know how disorganized the New orleans system is and how easily it is to make a mistake. A half an hour later I get a call from Travis who is sitting at our accountants office. ” Lil I paid the wrong tax, it was actually a tax for the building not the bar.” Fucking great. That particular bill I did not want to pay yet because 1. it was huge and 2. the accountants told me to hold off untill they made sure that the city had factored in certain deductions etc. So I had to tell Travis to put a stop on the check but part of me is scared that they meaning ” the man” is going to be pissed off we stopped the check and add on penalties ect.
Nothing like a little stress to keep you on your toes.

posted by Liliana @ 9:03 AM

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Yesterday morning I get a call from one of the people at the ” Big Idea” show. She tells me that I have a 6:30 am flight out of New Orleans. I will be on the show as the 4th guest after the Sam Adams beer demonstration. Then I will head back to the airport at 2pm sit there all day until my 8 pm flight which is not direct on coach. She asked me if I could gather some video footage of one of my bars. I told her that she could call CMT for that.
Her: ” Why would CMT have footage?”
Me : ” Well we have done 2 seasons of a reality show with them”
Her: ” You have a reality show?”
Right then I realized that they had not done their research and after watching the ” Big Idea show” I was in the spot where you get bumped. I was very cordial but I declined. I just couldn’t face such a long day to get bumped by a Sam Adams rep.
Regardless of all that, they have been calling me to reschedual another appearance. Perhaps someone did a little homework this time. I am not sure when I will film. I will keep everyone informed. Very funny stuff!

posted by Liliana @ 11:27 AM

Monday, August 20, 2007

OK I found childcare and I am doing the show ” The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch. I spoke with the assistant producer tonight. ” oh Lil by the way we started a new format which is with a live audience.” Freaking Great. I then quickly added ” can I bring Jacqui and some of my New york girls?” God I hope they get them tickets so I have some back up in the audience.

posted by Liliana @ 9:44 PM

My baby started second grade today. I was very weepy yesterday about it. He was so cute today when I brought him to school and he showed everyone his new supercool pencil case.
I was asked today to be on the show ” The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch . They only gave me a two days heads up and I just don’t want to pull Jackson from his first week at school to fly to New Jersey. I went on line to check out the website and I saw interviews with Al Gore, Kathy Ireland, and many other famous people. So of course I am thinking ” how many people backed out before they hit the bottom of the barrel and asked me? It would of been fun. Maybe they will ask me again. Oh well

posted by Liliana @ 6:36 PM

Sunday, August 19, 2007

This is a letter I received this week from Wiggins my former employee:

Comments: Get a life! Do you teach your son the same dispicable behavior that you possess? There is no amount of money in this world that will repare your character. You are a mean, selfish, greedy, pathetic, and sad person. Some day someone will wrong your son and you money and power will not be able to fix things. I pray for you…you need it!

MY response:

Wiggins,

I remember taking you as a traveling Coyote. I remember picking you as one of my top 5 girls for the show. I remember asking Jacqui to choreograph a routine ,just for you, after the show. Why don’t you look deep inside yourself and assess who is truly at blame for this.
As far as my business and my son go, I will protect them with everything I have. I started this company with my own blood sweat and tears and I won’t allow a former employee to use the Coyote Ugly name without permission. Now as far as my son goes, don’t bring him into this because he is far out of your league. He has a heart as big as an ocean and we have a bond that is stronger then any humans can have.
Good Luck with your life. I will tell you now if I see you using my good name to solicit yourself or another club I will come after you. It’s time for you to make your own way without me or my company.
Lil

Last week someone found a flyer stating that Cassie ( 1st year’s show winner) and Wiggins were going to be performing at another bar. The flyer actually read as if CMT and Coyote Ugly sponsered this event. The flyer even suggested that they would show the crowd certain things specific to Coyote. So I called Jeff, he spoke with the CMT lawyers and we called our trademark lawyers. The promotor is a sleazy gut fully aware that he can not use these girls in a manner that has anything to do with Coyote Ugly. His claim is that Cassie and Wiggins found him and hired him to promote them. Regardless all the employees have to sign employment aggreements stating that they can never teach or use the name of coyote ugly outside our bars to soliciet themselves blah blah blah ( even after they are no longer employed by my company)
Both of these girls were fired. Cassie the first year’s winner, to be perfectly frank, was never very good. She only won because CMT would not allow the veteran girls to be involved in the first season. But if you put her against the veteran girls she was at the bottom of the barrel.
Now Wiggins was phenomenal. I always thought she was the best dancer in the system. But she came back from the show with such a chip on her shoulder that the GM from Ft. Lauderdale let her go. As the expression goes ” there is no i in team”. Even after Wiggins was fired I always wished her the best. But now after this letter and the threat to my son, that goodwill no longer exists. I hope she finds her own way instead of being a parasite off my company. Good riddance

posted by Liliana @ 11:54 AM

Thursday, August 16, 2007

What a great time at the Charlotte anniversary. That staff rocks!!! I can’t even begin to explain all the funny things that happened during the night. Before we went to the party some members of corporate took Chris W ( Charlotte GM) out for a great dinner at Capital Grill. He is not a big drinker so by his second glass of wine he became very animated. We heard how he was a kung fu master. We heard how he had become a makeup artist. Daniel made some joke and Chris said ” man I’ll grab your throat with the eagle’s claw and then I’ll do your make up Bro” I thought Daniel was going to fall of his chair laughing. WE really spent most of the dinner laughing. Kevin showed up with a horrible case of poison ivy so we laughed with him from a distance.
When we got to the bar the girls were awesome. Dwayne was told to be my body guard for the night , he is so great. The staff gave me a Fossil watch but they had it made to have the face read Coyote Ugly. It is gorgeous. I feel so bad because I was so flabbergasted by this wonderful gift that I forgot to give them my presents. I am a fucking idiot!
Let’s back track. The morning of the party I went down to the bar to speak with Chris and see Jacqui at dance practice. John one of the bouncers showed me that he had gotten the letters BMF tattooed on his arm. ( We call all of our bouncers BMFs because they are all Bad Mother Fuckers. This is a term that has become synonimous with honor, respect, and love). He then told me that the whole security staff had done this to honor the bar for its 3 year anniversary. I was unbelievably touched. So I turned around and looked at Kyle and said Let’s surprise the security tonight and get BMF tattoos. So John was sworn to secrecy and he took us to his local tattoo parlor and we got ourselves BMF tattoos. At night at the party I made an announcement revealing my tattoo along side Kyle. I think the staff was shocked. But it all made sense when one of the security guys came to me and said ” I always knew that we were a family here but I never realized how much you guys loved us.” Wow I almost cried. Very wonderful night.
” Sherri. I don’t understand why you don’t believe me when I tell you but I will say it for the world to read. You are an incredible person. You are an unbelievable employee. And we all recognise your dedication and loyalty. YOu have a big future with us.”

posted by Liliana @ 8:44 PM

Monday, August 13, 2007

Whatever they did to install the new ac has created a major flood in my bathroom. When I woke up this morning the leak was so bad that it was leaking through the ceiling of my office. I am in a very aggitated state today. My new ac doesn’t work. My rug in my office is completely ruined. The only positive thing to happen today is that my computer was not ruined.
I haven’t eaten potatoes in years. I went out and bought a bag of potatoes and made a potato salad which I ate all of. I will be wearing a moomoo to the Charlotte anniversary this week!

posted by Liliana @ 7:11 PM

Sunday, August 12, 2007

I would like to issue a blanket apology to anyone I annoyed yesterday. I was at the New orleans bar and drank way too much so I figure a straight generic ” I’m sorry” should suffice. Sometimes I can reach a level of annoyingness that is unsurpassed by others.
On a good note this 21 year old navy guy had ordered a drink from me. When I asked him if he wanted another beer he said, using his best ” sex look” ” what I want isn’t on the menu”. 21 That’s the same age Bengamin was in the movie ” the Graduate”. I still got it!

posted by Liliana @ 11:38 AM

Friday, August 10, 2007

Jackson’s school has not started and he has no camp so everyday his dad and I trade off watching him while the other one works. Today Jackson spent the day with me . We swam and played computer games. He has joined this online computer site called webkinz world. You have to physically buy a webkinz stuffed animal then register it online to be able to participate in this online site. There is a section of this site devoted to arcade games and there is one game that I am quite fond of called Goobers Lab. If you know the game bejeweled it is similar to that game. It definitely involves a math mind . To make a long story short , we found an area on webkinz world where you compete against other players around the world , playing your favorite arcade game. I decided to play Goober’s lab. It took me four tries but on the fourth try I won the tournament. At that moment Jackson and I were estatic that I won this game. But now I am feeling a bit bad because I probably beat out players under the age of 10. In my defense this particular game can be won by anyone. It’s all about how quickly your mind works with patterns and I have seen jackson and my nephew play this game on the same level as I do . But yes I feel rotten that I played on a child’s website and beat some kids. Although genius does not escalate or decline with age so I may have been playing against a 10 year old genuis who should of easily beat me since I am more of an idiot savante then a genuis. If I was in the movie ” Defending your life” This would be one of those moments played back that I would have to defend.
I want to talk about a book I read recently call ” Eat, Pray, Love”. this book was written by a former employee Liz gilbert. She wrote the article the” Muse of Coyote Ugly” that caught the eye of Disney and started the buzz for the movie ” Coyote ugly”. This book she wrote was a personal memoir about the year after her divorce. It was really a wonderful journey through sadness and depression to love. I remember running into Liz at the NY bar quite a few years ago and she told me that she was learning Italian so that must of been the start of her year’s memoirs. Her solution to her depression was spending 4 months in Italy, eating. 4 months in India praying. And the last 4 months in Indonesia loving. It’s interesting knowing her and reading about her personal resurrection. Jacqui and I speak all the time about some of the main topics in her book. She talked quite a bit about how hard it is for her to meditate and I have those issues currently. The book was really wonderful and after I finished it I called Jacqui and told her how in this book Liz was able to find a true inner peace and happiness unlike anything we have known. And both of us are always talking about trying to reach in ourselves and find this place of true peace. So I ended the conversation with Jacqui ” look if Liz can do it, so can I!” Unfortunately the 4 months in three places around the world won’t work for me so I figure I’ll watch the travel channel and go to more yoga classes.

posted by Liliana @ 9:22 PM

Thursday, August 09, 2007

90 degrees in my bedroom. Sicboy, Pump, and frank came over and put in a new system. thank god. i felt sorry for them because they were working in my attic with no fan. Sicboy told me that he used his laser sensor and it read 192 degrees in my attic. I definitely owe them.
Won a big lawsuit in denver today. I’m very pleased. This guy was so full of shit. Jeff W told me about this man’s history of lawsuits across the country in different establishments. Get a fucking job and become a useful person in your community. This is the second time this year that I felt that ” I won one against the MAN” I love that feeling. San Antonio kicking ass. Nashville and memphis running a close second and third.
Going to the new orleans bar tonight and have a few cocktails.

posted by Liliana @ 7:30 PM

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

A quote from Mike’s log last night ( Nashville) ” This ain’t Applebees Honey!” I had to laugh. Nashville kicking butt last night. On my way to meet Jeff M. He just returned from scouting Australia. Let’s see what he has to say.

posted by Liliana @ 9:52 AM

Monday, August 06, 2007

I just hung up the phone with Kyle and realized that I said ” later this week let’s plan a three way with you, me , and Chris B.” Three way call people. That’s what I meant. I am so happy to get back to work!!! I don’t feel relaxed after my vacation. Eating and drinking your way through the south of France takes its toll on you.
While I was on my vacation I received a hysterical email from Chantel.
“Lil,
Needless to say I covered for travis yesterday and of course the most
strange things happen when I work a night shift. Tara had to leave because
she slipped at her other job and busted her chin and possibly has a stress
line fracture in her jaw. At about midnight the cops show up with this
Arabic man to speak to Ray one of the bouncers. They step outside to talk.
The Arabic man threatens to cut his hands and feet off because Ray owes him
money. The cops tell the man to leave, they run Ray’s name and he is
cleared to go. So he stands back at the door. He tels me that he is going
to run to the bathroom. Well he ran alright, he ran out the back door down
the alley and left dust in the wind. Are you kidding me????”
LOL
New Orleans seems to beat out the other bars with the most insane employee stories.
By the way thank you Blaine. Blaine is a regular at the new orleans bar and he is always doing nice things for the staff and the bar itself. Blaine bought a flat screen TV for the bar so that he and his friends could sit in their favorite area and have a closer view of the games. Thanks!!

posted by Liliana @ 12:27 PM

Sunday, August 05, 2007

San Antonio with another stellar night. Outstanding.
I have not gone through my emails yet. I spent two hours yesterday deleting junk mail and still had over 800 emails waiting to be read.
So glad to be home even though my bedroom ac doesn’t work. In France there was no ac in the house that we rented in Bar sur Loup so I was prepared.
Judy my assistant stayed with Cheeto at my house. Holy crap the house is spic and span. In fact I would say that my house has never been this clean. She actually organized my bathroom things which kind of unnerved me a bit but it is nice to have all my products in little containers.
My trip was definitely magical but the last week both jackson and I got very home sick so I pushed up our return trip. I’ll post some pictures when I figure out how to download from my new camera. One of the funniest days was going to Monte carlo and gambling with my brother in law. I never play rouletterbut we played a few spins in honor of the Bond Films. I moved to craps after that but my third roll bounced off the table and hit an older woman in the face so I decided to play black Jack. That was a lot of fun. Talk about money. I have never seen so many people driving Ferraris in my life. It was crazy.
Jackson and I were walking on the boardwalk in Nice when an italian guy came over and was chatting ( hitting) on me. Like a New yorker I was trying to walk fast and get away from him After we were in the clear Jackson could not believe that this man liked me. Jackson said to me ” That guy was dumb didn’t he realize that you’re with me.” So cute. French women, tall and thin. I was shocked to see how they do not adhere to the new sunblock craze. They put oil on their skin and did not care at all about wrinkles. The pharmacies had more cellulite products then facial creams. I loved the fact that you could go in and just ask for a prescription medecine without a prescription. I ran out of Zyrtec ( prescription allergy medeicine) I went into a pharmacy and was able to get it over the counter. I also got sleeping pills over the counter.
I am now trying to decompress after the trip. I need to jump on my precor machine. Eating cheese everyday is definitely not good for my figure

posted by Liliana @ 9:18 AM

Friday, August 03, 2007

Jackson and I are back in Nice waiting to take our plane to NYC. What a beautiful country france is. On Monday I will be back at work and I will speak more about my trip.
A big congrats to San Antonio. At the Gm seminar I spoke to the San antonio management about not being second banana to Nashville. Well that got the managers, Daniel , and the staff going and July was the first month in quite a while that San Antonio topped the nashville numbers. Congrats!!! So proud of the whole staff.
I have not read my logs for the last few weeks so I need to catch up this week end. Merci

posted by Liliana @ 1:59 AM

Friday, July 20, 2007

C’est bonne!! Finally last night we received our bag. Thank god. Wearing the same clothes for three days is my limit. Today Jackson and I are going to a town called Villefranche sur Mer. It is a medieval port town. Supposedly it is very magical. We met a daughter and Mother traveling together . They are from Lebanon going through Italy and France shopping. They are Armenian by ethnicity and the mom knows 7 languages and the daughter knows 5. Very impressive. Man they can shop. She knows every price to every designer bag in every city. As americans you get your information from CNN, news paper, etc. Beirut, their home, is only featured as a horrible, violent city. What the mom told me was that the city is not what it used to be and their is definitely a lot of danger but she also told me about another side to the city. Swimming , shopping, parties. The daughter is 15 wearing Burberry, carrying Louis vuitton, and wanting her fashion choices to imitate Hillary Duff. They are a cute team.
Finally Jackson spoke french yesterday. He has been very shy about speaking so I have had to summon my high school french lessons to communicate. I know this is not solid parenting but I got a bit annoyed yesterday ” Jackson you have gone to french school for 3 years ” speak french”. I am hoping he starts stepping up.
I have no idea what’s going on in the bars today.

posted by Liliana @ 4:03 AM

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

C’est magnifique. Jackson and I arrived in Nice, Fance this morning. Unbelievably beautiful. I am so thankful it is beautiful cause as tradition would have it the airline lost our luggage. It’s like a curse with me.
I had planned this vacation for many months. But like a consumate company man Jeff W made sure I had a few meetings while I’m here. I have to laugh cause this was the easiest way for the company not to have to pay for my trip. Thanks to starwood I got 5 nights free at a few gorgeous hotels cause I have so many points. I still have about $30,000 points left. Delta sucks. I have 100,000 points and they told me that I still could not upgrade. Airline points are such a rip off now adays.
I forgot to write about something funny that Travis wrote in a manager’s log. ” why can’t I hire any normal, balanced people?” ” I asked our new door guy why he had so many bruises on his body and his response was ” cause I have to crawl through the window to break into my house every night.” C’est la vie!
Thank god my i phone works cause as luck has it I can’t use my new camera. When I arrived here I realized that they never took the security packing off the memory stick. jackson and I have tried to beat this thing with a hammer and we still can’t get it open.
Please god let my luggage come tomorrow!!!

posted by Liliana @ 12:43 PM

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Denver and charlotte are rocking this week. It’s exciting to wake up in the morning and run to the computer in antiicipation of the numbers!! Great job.
Really great GM seminar. I have a lot of good people working in the company. I called jeff W today and told him that he would be so proud of all of corporate. I felt like everyone of the corporate employees really did an excellent job of teaching and describing what they do. Even as an owner I felt like I learned a lot. I wish that Jacqui and jeff W could of made it because it would of made everything complete.
The one downfall was that the ac broke so we spent 2 days in the corporate office just drenched in sweat. Jeff M and chantel called in our local ac guy. But he does favors for us and can only come when he is finished with his appointed rounds. I said to both of them ” don’t you think this was an important enough situation to call someone else in for an emergency fix?” On those lines too, ” could you pay someone a couple hundred bucks to clean the office from top to bottom?” You have to love both of them because the idea of paying anyone for anything doesn’t occur to them. I taught them well. Unfortunately I’m old and I need AC when it is 95 degrees outside, I also need to have a bathroom that is clean. Very sad state of affairs when I can say that the bar bathroom is 100 times cleaner then the corporate office bathrooms.
Fun notes ” The first night that the managers were in town, the New Orleans regulars threw an incredible bbq at the bar. I want to say thanks! The New Orleans regulars always do so much for everyone at the bar. They treat everyone with such respect and they went overboard with this bbq. I am so gratefull guys thank you. Blaine bought all these steaks and Gaslight marinated everything and made an incredible potato salad. Those are only two people but there are so many more that are part of our Coyote family.
After the BBQ everyone went back to my house and went swimming. I received this comment from daniel ” Lil you just earned so many points by playing chicken in the pool” I have never heard a word of praise from Daniel ever. I would of expected praise to come from my hard work but I will take it where I can get it and if playing chicken in the pool scores me some points , then great. Kellor from austin and Gabe from Denver were the drunkest. When I went to drive the whole lot home , Lee and Chris B could not get gabe to put on his pants and shirt ( swam in underwear) He wrapped a towel around himself and left in the car. I was a bit upset with him about his behavior but when I went outside the next day to clean the yard and pick up his stuff, I realized he had left all of his belongings in direct line of the sprinkers. So His clothes, phone, and passport were soaking wet. You reap what you sow.
Last night Travis outshined all the male managers by proving that he knew in entirety the dance “sugar” ( a choreogrphed dance) . It was quite funny and the female managers were laughing considering he probably did the dance better then some of the girls. All and all a very fun and educational seminar.

posted by Liliana @ 2:04 PM

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

We are throwing a GM seminar in New Orleans this week. It is nice to see all the GM’s together. It occurred to me last night how wonderful the people are who work for me. It is so nice to be around people who have such a love for their bars and the company. It makes me feel very good to be part of that. It’s funny how things work out. Yesterday we focused on bartender training and how important it is to train these girls on strict drink service. After all my meetings were over I stopped by the New Orleans bar, my home bar and Chantel’s home bar. Chantel is the supervising regional manager. That being said the girl who worked at the New Orleans bar was the worst trained girl I have ever seen. Chantel and Travis will be spoken to today.
When this is all over I can’t wait to take Jackson to the new Harry potter movie.

posted by Liliana @ 8:52 AM

Friday, July 06, 2007

The san Antonio girls looked so beautiful last night. So wonderful to see how proud they were on their 3 year anniversary party. Some of the Austin staff came down, which is always trouble. I think kellor was drunk and sick by 9:30. I don’t think the girls truly get how much I care for them, in all the bars. I take pride in watching their progress . I like hearing about what is going on in their lives. I spent time with Lyndsey’s baby. He is so beautiful and good. ( heavy) I forgot how much your arms hurt when they are that age. I am really proud of the staff there. They did a 180 from last year. I am so happy.

posted by Liliana @ 9:53 AM

Monday, July 02, 2007

I am exhausted. I had an appointment with the passport agency to renew jackson’s passport. 3 hours waiting in line. that sucked.
Jackson does not get how lucky he is. His old passport had stamps from all over the world. This teenage girl came with her father and was applying for her first passport. When she saw Jackson’s she seemed a little upset.
I just read the managers logs from last night. A new girl from Ft Lauderdale was working her first shift and asked to leave cause of period cramps. “Adrianna give her the boot. ” I hate that shit. ( although a girl who leaves in the middle of her first shift probably has no intentions of coming back)
I was reading Kyle’s manager’s log. ” Pisser and the crapper were clogged.” Sometimes you think things in your head. And in your head you use a very loose vernacular. But come on you don’t still have to use that style when you actually write it and send it to many people. How hard is it to change it to ” the urinal and the toilet were clogged.”? The brutal truth is that it made me laugh , so for that I am thankful.
Daniel called me a few days ago because I asked him to book my favorite hotel in San Antonio. He calls me back ” Lil they hate Coyote there” I love this particular hotel so I know it involves me checking in and tolerating the 5 minute lecture on how the SA bar sucks and then groveling ( with dignity) . We all know the san antonio bar is great but there was one time they sent hotel guests to the bar. One of the woman in the group got sprayed with water on her new dress . And the group was a bit appauled by the language the girls used on the microphone. Recently they can’t stand us because the girls bring flyers to the hotel. Again I love this particular hotel so I will listen to the complaints from the concierge , I will apologize and tell the San Antonio staff not to bother them.

posted by Liliana @ 1:18 PM

Friday, June 29, 2007

My flight was delayed 3 hours to Miami so I changed it for tomorrow. I’ll cross my fingers that I get there.
Lee is still at the cingular store. 7 hours he has been in line. When I left the airport I went to my local cingular store but there was a long line. I went home I ate dinner and then went back to the store. At that point there was no line. When I went in I was greeted with ” we ran out”. I simply ordered one through them and I will get it in about a week. I’m happy with that. Waiting 7 hours in a line is just not for me.

posted by Liliana @ 9:41 PM

Lee just called me . There is aalready a line down the block for the i phone at his local Vegas store. I laughed saying that I will just get it when things calm down. ” Lil it’s 102 degrees here. Now I have to go back home get a lawn chair and a cooler just to try and get the i phone.” I told him to take pictures. Lee probably has never waited on a line in his life to get into a concert but he will weather the grueling heat for the new i phone.

posted by Liliana @ 2:30 PM

Denver has been kicking ass lately. I am very pleased!! Also Memphis and SA coming in with real strong numbers.
I will be at the Miami bar tonight around 10:30. I know I gave no notice but I just wanted to come by and say hello. I hope the staff comes in to say hello.
The aerogarden rocks! I started last week and the plants are already growing quite substantially. It’s a miracle!
Jackson begs me everyday to keep him home from camp. Yesterday I told him that mommy had a rountine and if he stayed home he had to do whatever mommy did. I made him go to the coffee shop. I read him news from the NY times. When we got home I told him that he had to exercise. Instead of doing the elliptical machine like i normally do I put in a dvd ” shake your booty”. He was miserable. He did the whole dvd with me. ” mom this is for girls! Why are you trying to destroy me?” ( that’s his new phrase destroy me or he’ll destroy you. It’s not meant in a mean way. it’s theatrical like he is playing Hamlet) Then I said ” well Jackson you can go to camp or do what mommy does? your choice” Then I followed it up with some paper work. He was begging to go to his dads after yesterday morning. His dad is definitely stricter. ” You go to camp or you stay with your mom but I have to work during the day” Life’s so hard!

posted by Liliana @ 12:45 PM

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Is this what america is coming to that people actually give a shit about a rich girl going to jail for 23 days? For god sakes she wasn’t even with the general population. Read some books, exercise. For real working people it would be considered a vacation.
I know that everyone in their own way wishes they had wealth, fame, looks but this glamorization of wealth with no substance is such a disgrace. My niece is 14 and she knows every designer. I did not own a designer bag until I was in my late 20s. I just don’t get it. A person makes $400 a week and they save up for a $1000 bag. Why? Lee was telling me the other day about this new type of guy cruising the club scene in Vegas. This type of guy will drive a Ferrari but live in a studio in a bad part of town. What happened to building a foundation for your life? I don’t know these celebrities so it is not right for me to judge them personally but as consumers , what are we buying into? Is it a lifestyle where you don’t work? Is it about partying? What is it? I would not trade one day of my life for that. I am proud that I have always worked. I can say that I did everything on my own. I hope my son experiences the sense of pride you get from hard work and passion.
Way to go Memphis good night!
I am so freaking tired. For two nights my son has kicked me in the head all night. I have barely slept. And the kicker is that he hates camp so in the day time I barely work because he is home. there are a ton of fun bar stories but most of them I can’t tell because I’ll get in trouble.

posted by Liliana @ 10:07 AM

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Note to all people around the globe: don’t go 7 years without going to the dentist. I have spent the last two days in the dentist office. Yesterday I was told I have a mild form of TMJ and the begginings of periodontal ( sp) disease. So today I had to go for this horrible treatment that deep cleans under your gums. They numbed the lower jaw so much I couldn’t even feel my tongue. When she finished the lower jaw I told her not to numb the upper jaw I would just deal with the pain. She was very hesitant. ” Lil it’s going to hurt” I would rather it hurt then numb my mouth again. So I went without an anesthetic. It was fine. I don’t think it was that painful. Next time because unfortunately there has to be a next time, I will do it completely au natural. There was one positive thing that came out of today. The actual doctor examined me after the cleaning and said I had very white natural teeth. He felt there was no need for laser whitening. Nice to hear after two days of dental work at a cost of $1000. Now I have to go to the orthodontist. ” Lil did you ever have braces?” ” No” ” Well I guess you should of taken care of your wisdom teeth in your 20s cause now you’re going to get braces.” Crap is all I can say!
None of the bars did phenomenal yesterday in fact a few did really poorly. I need to go to bed and start over

posted by Liliana @ 8:53 PM

Monday, June 25, 2007

The first time I ever appreciated going to the dentist. I went to this high profile dentist in Mandeville, La and it was the most thorough exam I have ever gotten. Of course I have to go again tomorrow for a cleaning. His closing comments were ” please don’t wait another 7 years before you go to the dentist again.”
Kudos to New Orleans yesterday. They had an incredible sunday day.
A lot of crap going on.
This weekend a few of the NY girls really pissed me off.
So be it. I need a decompression time of about a week to feel better.
That’s it.
My son hates camp. I should of not been lazy and put him into a real camp. French school camp is not fun.

posted by Liliana @ 5:18 PM

Friday, June 22, 2007

I found out today that some of the girls who were on the show and still work for me had accepted an appearance date at another bar. Pissed off was an understatement to how I felt. One of the girls wrote me and said ” I feel like I have to give back to all my fans.” I read that and I just started laughing. What a load of crap.
I love my girls. I take some of them all over the place . This company offers things that no regular bar chain does. I was kind of stunned that it so easy to get stabbed in the back. Whatever. It is my job to promote these girls and I spend most of the time trying to talk up the girls and make them feel special. You know all the girls had to do was ask if I was cool with these appearances. Its just common courtesy. Other then the business reasons why I did not want to allow these appearances it just plain hurt my feelings that they did not even consider asking me how I would feel.
I had a BBQ yesterday. Daniel, Chantel, Lee and some of the New Orleans girls came. It’s fun to sit down and talk to the girls. The girls whispered to me ” That’s Daniel from Austin. After all the things we heard about him we weren’t expecting him to be so cute.” I told Daniel don’t worry all the girls say they think your cute but after a week of working for you the cutest fades.” LOL Sorry girls he has a steady girlfriend plus can you imagine ? HIGH Maintenance.
It was nice to spend time with Chris B and Daniel. Sometimes you just need to do some face to face talking.

posted by Liliana @ 5:47 PM

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

In short. Cheeto was attacked by raccoons last night in my back yard. He faired better then my old german shepards did. But virtually impossible to get someone to humanely relocate this family of raccoons.
Today I went and traded my Range Rover for a 2007 diesel mercedes SUV. I couldn’t believe that I got 26 g for my trade in. I felt like I had to take the deal and run since my RR was such a piece of shit. Last year it was in the shop more then it was out of the shop. Plus my son has stained the interior of the car. My new SUV is not quite as cool looking on the outside as my RR but man is it luxurious on the inside. So cool. My warranty on the RR expired in 2 weeks so I had to hustle and trade it in fast. Kevin told me that Mercedes makes the best diesel on the road. My old car got 14 miles to the gallon this one gets 25. I called him from the dealership to ask him questions because he is ” the car guy”. He said ” wow that is one of the best SUVs on the road.” Then he said to me ” Is Jackson with you?” ” Yes” ” Lil Look at the mercedes . Now look at your son.” ” Ok”. ” Now take another hard look at that beuatiful mercedes and again turn and look at your son. Now run to your local Toyota dealership and buy the cheapest SUV they have . Cause we all know Jackson is going to destroy this beautiful car.” I bought the SUV anyway. But part of me knows Kevin is right. Chris B and Lee saw my new car and the first thing they said was ” you need to put 22s on that car” I can honestly say that I really would not know the differnce between 19s 22s and 24s. Regardless I am pleased with my new car.
Corporate is in town this week to go over some things. Nice to not have to go somewhere else this week.

posted by Liliana @ 10:32 PM

Monday, June 18, 2007

Back to work today. My phone has been ringing off the hook. I finally got a housekepper in today. I hope she doesn’t quit I have a bad feeling the upstairs is a bit overwhelming to her.
I’m trying to think of anything interesting hapening but nothing comes to mind.
Jeff W had a health scare about a month back. He felt like he was having a heart attcak and went to the hospital. He received worrisome reports from tests of that day. But since then he has gone through an exhausting amount of tests just to be told that he is extremely healthy with no problems. The doctor’s guess for what happened the day of his heart pains was a combination of Buffalo Chicken wings and beer. I was shocked ” But Jeff that’s your life”. ” I know Lil I just have to be careful”. He has been eating chicken wings and drinking beer for the last 25 years. So sad.
Was referred to a new hairdresser last week. Right before I called for an appointment I found out that he had been murdered. My new assistant said ” someone really doesn’t want you to change your hair.”
Back to work

posted by Liliana @ 3:15 PM

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Yesterday was a great day. I will not be able to put into words how beautiful and emotionally fullfilling yesterday was.
Tonia is a 14 year old girl from Vancouver who has many medical problems, two of those being cerebral palsy and fetal alchohol syndrom. She was recently diagnosed with an immune deficiency. A teacher of hers contacted the Make a Wish Foundation and they wanted to grant Tonia a wish. Tonia’s wish was to come to a Coyote Ugly and meet me. Initially the Make a Wish Foundation was not supportive of her request to come to Coyote Ugly but Tonia’s parents told them how much she loves the show and how the show has changed her life, so they finally agreed. Mike, AM nashville, was their contact person and he did an incredible job making sure everything was perfect for this little girl. He and kyle even cooked chicken parm, speghetti and meatballs , and homemade Banana pudding. They decided to tell Tonia that she was coming to the bar but they wanted to surprise her that I came to meet her. When I walked out she was completely shocked, it was a beautiful moment. I want to thank the whole Nashville staff for being so wonderful to this little girl, especially jenn ( fiddler). This girl has been teaching herself how to fiddle and Jenn got on the bar with her and fiddled to her favorite band The Dixie chicks. jenn even taught Tonia a new song. She spoke about Jacqui constantly. She did not want to meet Jacqui in passing she wanted to dance for Jacqui and get critiqued. I told her that if she practices Jacqui will have to meet her and critique her. She just truly wants to be one of the girls. There was a moment when Tonia was on the bar that I glanced at her father and saw tears streaming down his face. At that point Chris B and I just lost it. A very emotional moment to see your daughter who came into the world with so many problems getting one of her ultimate wishes. The parents really moved me. They adopted Tonia when she was young and they foster other children, some of which have disabilities. They stopped drinking because they saw how alchohol fetal syndrome has effected Tonia’s life. The mom came up to me and told me how our TV show and the movie gets played all the time and especially during the times of escruciating pain for Tonia. It is an outlet for her. It focuses her past the pain. She told me ” Lil I would have a drink again if I knew that would bring you to meet Tonia” I said that she did not need to do that. We were happy and honored to meet her. Tonia was so cute. She told me that she knew all of my lines from the first season’s show. She also knew the lines of Chantel and Cyndi. Her mom told me that the show has opened up a whole new world for Tonia and she is now motivated to do more. In an episode from the first season I tell one of the girls that she can’t count and she was giving the girl the wrong change back. Tonia asked her teacher to teach her how to count properly so she could be a coyote. Her mom said that she has always had trouble walking but now she wants to dance to all the dance songs and practices all the time. Her mom said that now she wants to exercise because she wants to be fit like the Coyote Ugly girls. She even practices flair. This little show and my little world has effected this little girls life in such a positive way. I could of never dreamed that Coyote Ugly could impact someone so beautifully from such a distance. What an honor. We were all graced yesterday with the power of the universe. What is good is truly good and pure and I am awed to be in the presence of such goodness. ( Canada has not viewed the second season of the show I am going to try and get her a copy)
Other bonuses yesterday. I had a great meeting with John Rich from Big and Rich and I had dinner with Atonis one of the owners of the Detroit Red Wings and The Detroit Tigers.
I showed Tonia pictures of jackson. Days like yesterday I wish he was older and could really be feel the emotion that I felt. But his gift is bringing his mom back down to earth. ” Mom, you and dad have jobs. I want a career!” and the pleasant ” MOTHER how does it feel to have the biggest butt in the family?” ” Jackson, right now it feels pretty damn good!”

posted by Liliana @ 1:56 PM

Friday, June 15, 2007

Off to Nashville. Alot of meetings today.

posted by Liliana @ 7:04 AM

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Going back to Nashville tomorrow night. I am sick as a dog. We have a lot of cool stuff going on. Getting closer with the Macau project.
Just read an article about a new venue one of my licensees has opened . In the article it refers to her having opened the Las Vegas Coyote as well as the NY Coyote. That really pisses me off. Yes she is the licensee for Las Vegas but she NEVER has or was a partner in the NY bar. If I bring this up to her, I will hear ” I didn’t say that . The writer must of just assumed” ” Look if you are going to pretend you are an owner of the NY bar at least give the address of the bar so we can reap the bennefits from people going down there. “
The more enlightened me wishes her the best of luck with her new venue ” Spotlight Live”. Good Luck.
I’ve got enough problems without getting rapped up in stupid crap.
OK back too work

posted by Liliana @ 12:41 PM

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Holy crap what a weekend! I went to Raleigh to see my family. I left jackson there for one day so I could go to Nashville. I came back and promptly took Jackson back on a plane home. What a nightmare! There was a storm system above Charlotte, where we were scheduled to connect for our New Orleans bound flight. Of course that meant that we missed our flight to New Orleans. The airlines put us up at a hotel in the ghetto. We ended up watching Dirty jobs and mythbusters till midnight. I slept about 3 hours and woke up after having dreams of Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. ( don’t know why a man that works primarily with jobs that involve excrement is sexy but I think he is.) Now we are finally home but I feel sick as a dog.
I have a lot to catch up on!

posted by Liliana @ 1:47 PM

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Yesterday Nashville had the highest grossing day in the history of the company! congrats to the whole staff. Great job. I went to the Nashville bar yesterday and today. Knock on wood it ran very smoothly. The staff was tired after the long week of fanfare but overall great job. ( forgot to say that last week Austin did over 200 bodyshots in 1 day Kudos to you guys)
Kyle is a fucking riot. The girls told me that the sign when Kyle actually likes you is when he goes from calling you ” new girl” to ” Jackass”. A true sign of caring! ” Lil come and meet our new barback. His name is Creepy Little Bastard” ” Kyle please tell me you don’t really call him that” ” Of course I do. he really likes it” Oh my god.
” Lil I went to the doctor last week and he told me that my height weight ratio puts me in the category of morbidly obese. I said Doctor why am I such a fatass? He was then offended by my comment.” Very funny.
Today at the bar I went up to Zombi( head of security) and ridiculed him for the horrible choice in music he played. Kyle quickly jumped in ” hey why don’t we turn up the lights and kick everyone out since you seem to want to make them leave.” I guess you had to be there and know kyle, But he is quite funny. OK I’m tired I will write more later.

posted by Liliana @ 10:07 PM

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Does not end. Now the story is that Daniel did not take them out. Dock their pay and don’t ask them to go to another city.
Nashville with great numbers this week. On my way to Raleigh and then nashville on Saturday.

posted by Liliana @ 12:59 PM

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

I don’t know what to say. I have name calling in Nashville. I have name calling in austin and San Antonio. There are days where this stupid crap just simply wears me down. I am hoping I put an end to the crap in Nashville . In Austin the GM was upset with the SA security guys for showing up late for work. Today I am hearing that Daniel, a corporate employee took the whole security staff that worked at Rot Rally out drinking until 9 am . Hence SA guys were late for their shift. First thing I thought of was 1. He better not have put that on the company card! 2. At the end of the day they are grown men and if they were scheduled to work then they should of went home early and went to work on time. Now I see no reason for shawna to penalize them in SA if they have always been good employees. As far as Austin goes, if Michele is still upset dock them their day salary and don’t ask them back next year.
Nashville did pretty well yesterday. None of the other bars did anything special.
I made chantel feel a little guilty for never spending time with Jackson. So she called last night and took him to the movies today. SCORE. I may actually get to work a little today.

posted by Liliana @ 12:54 PM

Monday, June 04, 2007

There is a man named Martin Strel. He is 52 years old and he holds records for many long distance swims. He never enjoyed swimming competitively in pools because it gets boring. He tried swimming long distance in salt water but he says the salt takes a bad toll on his body. So he decided to swim long distances in fresh water. He has swam the Yangtze river, the Mississippi River, and just recently the Amazon river. He dedicates these long swims to world peace and a cleaner environment.
To complete the length of the river, it takes months of swimming everyday, 10 hours a day. But every day after his 10 hours of swimming he eats a big meal and drinks a full bottle of wine. His reasoning is that you have to be a little drunk to swim with the pirrahna and other dangerous creatures. But really what I think he is doing is living his life in the way he wants to. He loves swimming and loves the attention he receives from being the most famous person of his small country, Slovenia. But he also wants to enjoy his life and wine is part of how he enjoys his life. Good for him. 52 years old doing what he loves and living in a way that he enjoys. It’s not about the wine. It’s about not having to give up everything you love to dedicate yourself to something else!! Kudos to him.
Austin coming off an incredible weekend! Congrats to the whole staff. Thank you to the San Antonio staff for pitching in. There was an incident where 3 of the San Antonio guys did not show up for their shift on Sunday. ( We will deal with that this week). I don’t want to jinx anything but New York and Charlotte are doing quite well. It seems that since the show there are more people going to see the NY bar. Of course what that means is that I have been getting more complaints about the smell in the bar. ” Look it always smelled and it always will smell. You should feel lucky that you didn’t go there when NY still allowed smoking in bars cause it smells like a rose garden in comparison.”
Jackson said something very profound yesterday. We had watched Seabisquit, the movie, and Jeff Brifges gives a speech and says ” this is not the finish line. the future is the finish line” Jackson quickly turned around and said ” mom the future is infinite so there can never be a finish line.” I loved that. Of course 3 hours later we played a quiz game together and he picked Ontario as a state over florida. Maybe he simply has an intellect that can’t be gaged by simple book knowledge? Only kidding.
Kyle called me up last week about an incident with an employee. I told him to fire that employee. I received an email today from the employee saying that he thought Kyle was not fair and that I should have Kyle reconsider. ( he did not know that Kyle had spoken to me about it) I wrote him back. Kyle didn’t fire you, I did.!

posted by Liliana @ 5:04 PM

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Hot Damn Austin had an awesome night! They did about 20g better then what I expected. Excellent. Even though Daniel has moved to corporate it is still evident that he favors Austin, which is cool. It’s his home bar. I just received a text message from him saying ” that must be a company record.” I felt bad because it wasn’t. Nashville has had several nights higher then that. Which got me thinking why doesn’t San antonio ever have nights like that? San Antonio routinely beats all the bars numbers during the week. But they never seem to have a true blow out night. Now it will be my mission for San Antonio to have at least one insane night a year. Just to clarify cause I know people will misread this Lil Spill. San Antonio used to be my highest grossing bar. Now it is my second highest grossing ber to Nashville. I am very pleased with how San Antonio performs but every bar has some big event during the year where they just double or triple their numbers for the day. Nashville has fanfare. New Orleans has Mardi gras. Austin has Rot Rally. Charlotte has speed week. Lauderdale has spring break. Now san antonio has Fiesta but it it doesn’t double or triple the numbers. Ok now we have a goal. Shawna and Chris B get cracking!

posted by Liliana @ 12:33 PM

Friday, June 01, 2007

I am on a rampage the last two days. This is a word of warning to everyone , stay off my shitlist! Kevin and Lee are on the top of the list right now but I have a feeling that it will take minimal effort for someone to surpass them.
In this company most of the corporate members live in different cities. I do not hover over them micromanaging their days but I do ask for written progress reports. How fucking hard is it to write a one page progress report every week?
What a week. This is jackson’s last week of school and everyday there is a school function. Today when I dropped him off he said to me ” mom stay in school today” ” Jackson I was at your school for 3 hours yesterday. I kept you out late the other morning so that we could have special time together. Mommy has to work.” I decided about 3 weeks ago that I would no longer use a housekeeper once a week and that I would do it myself. What a freaking mistake. My house is a wreck. Everyday I do two loads of laundry but it keeps on piling up. Last night Jackson had a friend sleep over. This morning when I took Cheeto outside I saw all the pillows from my sofa by the pool. They had left them outside last night and now they are all wet and moldy smelling. I told both the boys that they are coming home from school today and cleaning the house. They have to help with vacuuming, mopping, and folding. It sounds good in theory but I know that nothing will get done and they will create a mess bigger then before.
Good news! I just got off the phone with jeff W and our merch is now in Walmart. How cool is that?
Austin rocked last night. Keep up the good work!

posted by Liliana @ 10:56 AM

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Travis used my computer for 2 seconds yesterday and completely fucked things up. I tried to log on today and it kept pulling up Travis’ account. ” Well Lil I told Amelie you had some problems” I had no problems. Everything was fine on my end. These freaking tech geeks always screwing things up! ” Yes Travis you are a tech geek. You know it and we know it” My question is: why do the tech geeks always take at least two tries to fix something? And why did Travis think he should take it upon himself to call the webdesigner with a problem for me when I did not even know there was a problem? Freaking kids!
The terminex guy came to my house today to spray the yard for mosquitos. I had to run a few errands so I left Cheeto inside and set the alarm when I left. I set the alarm to the wrong setting and shortly received a call from chantel saying that ADT had notified the police of an intruder in my living room. I called ADT because I realized that Cheeto set off the alarm. Unfortunately it was too late. The police were already at my house. I know this is cruel but I couldn’t stop laughing thinking of the cops grilling this poor terminex guy.
Charlotte did incredibly well during speedweek. I felt so sorry for Chris W ( GM). There was some water problem with the city so the bar had no water. A few regulars had to jerry rig the plumbing so that the toilets could flush. Nothing ever runs smoothly. The staff did a great job. In fact on Friday night that little charlotte bar beat all the other bars in the company! Saturday night Nashville slammed everyone. It was a killer weekend for the bars. Very unusual considering it was Memorial Day weekend. Usually the bars are slow. Let’s just say I am very pleased. Austin is heading into Rot Rally and nashville is heading into Fanfair. Huge events for the bars. I am heading up to Nashville because a little girl from the ” Make a Wish Foundation ” wants to see the bar and meet me. I am very excited to meet her and say hello to Nashville staff.
Jackson said to me yesterday ” how do you feel knowing that everyday you drop me off at school and I am tortured all day by my french teacher?” My reply ” pretty good actually. I had to go to school. Your dad had to go to school. Now you have to go to school. The torture of school is a rite of passage!” I was speaking to a couple yesterday whose daughter is in jackson’s class. They were concerned that their daughter wasn’t being challenged enough. They were telling me how quickly she reads and finishes all of her homework. I had to laugh because at night Jackson and I go through the same routine. ” Jackson we need to do your homework!” ” But Mom I work so hard all day. This is my home. It is a place of fun and love. I shouldn’t have to work when I am here” From what his grandmother tells me this is exactly how his dad was in school. When I was in grade school I was always in honors classes and I sailed through very easily. ( hard to imagine considering my poor spelling and grammer) Jackson is very bright he just views school as a chore. This year his grades went up enormously after December. The change came when he finally resigned himself to having to attend school. ” Mom the horror!” Jackson tells me that he wants to be a veterinarian one day, but there is a little voice in me that thinks he would be a great actor. Whatever he wants as long as he has passion, I’m all for it.

posted by Liliana @ 12:55 PM

Friday, May 25, 2007

The last few days I have been feeling very tired and I realized that I have done quite a bit within a 30 day period. I have gone to Hong Kong, Macau, Bahamas, Memphis, and Las Vegas all within that time. I’m getting old. I need at least 10 days to be at home.
I need to learn how to work this celebrity thing a bit more. I called to make an appointment to color my hair, I didn’t even warrant a call back.
I go to a place called Bamboo Apothecary for facials. I love them and they always make me feel at home. When I tell them that I can’t get an appointment for a haircut or something else they are always like ” Lil what do you mean? Tell them that you have to do the show this week.” That isn’t my style to use the celebrity card. They have actually called for me a few times and set up appointments at other places since I obviously can’t do it for myself. If it bennifitted the business I would have no problem walking in and saying ” I need this Now!” But for me personally I feel silly using that. But I will tell you this, I look like shit and wish my fucking hair was colored for Chantel’s second wedding reception tomorrow. Crap!
What a day today. I am trying to get a new mortgage on the New Orleans building. I keep reciting to myself ” how the fuck can my credit be this bad?” Peace and tranquility.
I have two hypocondriacs that work for me, Kevin and Daniel. Daniel is a bit freaked out by the prosepect of having to go to China. So I sent him a site that makes designer surgical masks. Today i received a call from him and he said ” I wouldn’t know if I had Avian flu symptoms?” I said ” Does it really matter cause you’ll die anyway!” I don’t know why I find that so funny but I do. ” Daniel I will buy you a gallon of purrell for your trip”
Today Jackson’s school had a pajama day . When I asked him this morning which pajamas he wanted to wear he said ” no I will wear my school uniform ( he actually calls his uniform his day to day school costume). I asked him Why? His response was ” I looked really good in my uniform” Ok you can’t argue with that.

posted by Liliana @ 3:01 PM

CHARLOTTE smoked everyone last night. AWESOME!!! I am so pleased. It’s speed week this week in Charlotte. Nice to see such big numbers.
The Las Vegas girls said that they were hurt that I never choose one of them as Coyote of the Month. I told them that I have requested nominations from the managers but the managers never write me back or communicate with me. I told them to write to me and nominate a girl they think deserves Coyote of the month. So far I only have one nomination. Come on it’s almost the end of the month, get your nominations in!!
Chantel and Daniel told me this week that Addrianna had to fire Wiggins from ft. Lauderdale. Daniel told me that he witnessed her telling customers how much better she was then the other girls. She even said that the show was rigged. Addrianna said that the other girls did not want to work with her anymore. She was so mean and big headed. It breaks my heart. I have so many girls who work for me but only a select few get to participate in the show or traveling. Instead of treating it like an honor she treated it with disrespect and arrogance. This is why she wasn’t the Ultimate Coyote because the Ultimate Coyote has to be a team player. Wiggins in my mind was the best freestyle dancer in the whole company. I had plans for her to travel to tradeshows, new bars , and other tv appearances. She really blew it. This could have been a great opportunity for her. On a good note Amanda still works at Coyote Ft. Lauderdale. I hope things work out for her.
One last thing about the show. I am sick of hearing about Maria being a favorite. Maria works at the New york bar with Jacqui. If she is close with Jacqui that has nothing to do with me. I have lived in New Orleans for 5 1/2 years. I am probably closer to the New Orleans girls because I see them more often. But that does not change my opinion about who is a great Coyote. Everyone gets treated equally. Maria won because when it came down to the two days of finals , she and her teammate were the most aggressive as a team. Wiggins on the second night was unmatched by anyone but it was a team competition and the overall score from the two nights were higher with Maria and Regan. Enough!
As an observer, I wonder why the viewers did not take to Maria and Regan like some of the other teams? Is it because the cross section of viewers of CMT are from middle america and do not like New Yorkers? Did they seem too hard? If they cried more would they seem more likeable? I’ll tell you this; every round of cuts I made Maria cried. It was very emotional for her. maybe the show did not capture that. I don’t know. Interesting though.
Regardless, for the third season I hope my girls don’t pull some of this shit. Good luck. A whole new slew of girls for you guys to like or bitch to me about!

posted by Liliana @ 11:05 AM

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Just got back from a convention in Vegas. Stopped by the Vegas bar and met the girls. Interesting to meet the girls who work at the franchised bars. It’s a totally different vibe there then at one of my bars. But the girls were really trying they just don’t have the same tools as my girls do. Their training is different. They even have different choreographed numbers. But I spoke with a few of them and it is so refreshing to hear how much they love their bar. So endearing to me to hear that. I will say this if there was a category for best bodies, the Vegas bar would definitely win. Tall girls and short girls but all with washboard flat stomachs. I know it’s hard for the franchise bars because they don’t get included in a lot of new things going on but I have to pick the girls I know and since I do not run the franchises I don’t get to know the Coyotes there. We’ll see what I can do to incorporate them a little more.
Back to work!!!

posted by Liliana @ 11:39 AM

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Finally the show is over! I want to say something to everyone and all my girls. I stand by my decision that Regan and Maria won the competition. The finals was over a period of two days. The first night Maria and Regan crushed everyone in overall performance. The second night I felt Wiggins and Amanda were the best. But when I scored the two nights together Maria and Regan came out ahead. I love all the girls Congrats to all of them. They all worked very hard.
Let’s talk about life outside the show. I just want to explain to everybody that this is a show and in real life there are alot of Coyotes that I consider incredible. For the show the girls I nominate have to have tangible, visual skills like dancing and singing. But in real life at the Coyotes there are unbelievably great girls that are not the best technical dancers . They can’t sing. But the crowd goes wild for them. They are great sellers and bartenders. They just have the gravity that draws people to them. These girls I can’t put on the show because the camera can’t capture their true spirit . There are some nights that I visit the bars where I watch one girl who exemplifies everything I expect in a Coyote and for that night I view them as the Ultimate Coyote. I’ve walked in the Austin bar and been mesmerized by Esther, she’s incredible and the customers love her. But she can’t dance and sing so it would be difficult for her to compete on the show. The grand Opening night of Miami, one of my traveling Coyotes from Charlotte, Sherry, rang in $3500 + $4000 service bar. That’s $7500! She did all of this while entertaining people. For that night she was the Ultimate Coyote. I could go on all night. The show is about competing in events that are visual like dancing and singing so some of my best girls are unable to compete in that arena. It does not mean they are not great. It just means that their greatness is hard to quantify without being able to watch them in person.
Memphis 1 year anniversary. What a great time! They gave me an incredibe present!!! They gave me an original painting done by Johnny Cash. It is unbelievable. Wow what an incredibly well thought out gift. It made me cry. That is a great bar. Such warm people. A true family. Congrats Memphis I love you guys!

posted by Liliana @ 11:07 AM

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Am I taking crazy pills? I just read about the little 4 year old british girl who was abducted from her hotel room in a portugese resort while vacationing with her parents. Quite a few celebrities have come out making pleas for the girls safe return to her parents. I have just read two articles that both state that the parents left this 4 year old and their twin 2 year olds by themselves in the hotel room while they went out to a restaurant for dinner. Am I insane or should social services come in and arrest the parents? Of course I hope this girl is safe. But I have not read one article in reference to the fact that the parents were negligent. I am outraged by this. That poor little girl.
The world can be a very bad place.
Nashville sucked last night. There is a new assistant manager there, Jim. I wrote him today cause it’s obvious that he is a jinx.
Charlotte has been doing really well. I laughed when I read todays log. There has been a bowlers convention there and Chris w commented ” who knew that bowlers drank so much!” You’ve got to love the bowlers.
I’ll be in Memphis on thursady for the Memphis anniversary. I will probably drive but I’m already scared of driving back home on Friday with a bad hang over. I read the book ” The Secret” and it tells you to wake up everyday and be grateful for things in your life. I’m grateful for a lot of things . I want to include today that I am grateful for Bre, a Memphis Coyote, cause she always sends me cute text messages . One of the nicest things about these messages is she always ends them with ” Love you.” I think that is so sweet. And it makes me realize how important all the little families of the various Coyotes are. “Love you to Bre ” and all the rest of the staffs, barbacks, porters, bouncers and managers!!
This saturday Lala from new orleans is graduating from Tulane University. She invited me to her graduation. She has been on the CMT tv show. She was in last years calendar. And has traveled with me to other cities for Coyote yet her dad does not know she works at Coyote. If I go to the graduation I can assure you that he will know she works with us. My little girl is growing up.

posted by Liliana @ 10:16 AM

Monday, May 14, 2007

It’s interesting how the human mind works. I receive a ton of e-mails, most of them very positive but there are a few that are negative. Why , like most humans am I absorbed with the negative ones?
Ok someone wrote me today and told me to speak less about my son and more about the girls.
The girls: You want the truth, I’ll give you the truth. When we open these bars we start with various amounts according to the size of the bar. Nashville is huge I think we hired 50 at the girl search but Austin was smaller we may have hired 25 or 30. When I hire these girls I look for different attributes in each girl. There is only 1 girl in a 100 who will be able to bartend, dance, sing, and be a hard worker. That said I look for an individual talent that can be used at our coyotes. Now after I hire them I make sure that I have hired around 10 extra because I know once they get to Jacqui and realize this is hard work at least 10 will drop ( usually a combination of the them get fired or quit). So now our staff is smaller. Out of these girls only a few truly get it. The few that get it understand that all of this translates into sales. But some don’t. Some come to me and can’t bartend and within months are fast bartenders. Some come to me and never improve. Some come to me timid and leave confident women. Some come to me strong and leave with a sense of community. Some come to me with a chip on their shoulders and leave with the same chip. Some change their whole lives. Some work for me for years and some work one shift. I have had girls who try so hard and I have had girls who barely try. I have had girls who quit because of boyfriend issues and I have had girls who leave their boyfriends if they have issue with Coyote. I have had calls in the middle of the night because of accidents, happiness, rage. I have had heartbreak over girls who turn in a wrong direction and get into trouble. I have had extreme jubilation over girls that got their lives together and made a righteous path for themselves. You want to know truth? After filming the show , Kat from Charlotte was let go. Why ? Because she put herself over the wellbeing of the other employees of the Charlotte bar. Being on the show was an honor not a right to make others feel bad. No person is bigger then everyone else and that is why all my bars become little families.
Now let’s talk about how I spend my day. We will use today as an example. I got to work and worried about a huge tax bill the new orleans bar was given. Then I received an e-mail about a law suit ( ridiculous) against the denver bar. Then I spoke about the financial issues with the Miami bar. Then I spoke to daniel about getting some maintenance problems fixed in Ft. Lauderdale. Then I started getting the P and L statements from the accountants on all the bars. Then I tried to pin down some paperwork from the NY bar. Then I tried to book a flight next week to Vegas for meetings. Then I looked on line for calendar examples so we could finish the 2008 calendar. Now I am trying to complete a menu for a bar we haven’t opened yet so Kevin can create a kitchen budget. And lastly, I am trying to find someone to temporarily help San Antonio while they are looking for a third manager.
Now I have to get all this done before Jackson gets home.

posted by Liliana @ 5:01 PM

I am about to explode today. What the fuck? Yesterday was mother’s day. Jackson was an angel all day until the late afternoon. We had invited over one of his friends and her parents. We were having a nice time and all of a sudden Jackson got very pouty. ” Mom I don’t like that she gets in and out of the pool all the time. I want her to leave cause I won’t let her torture me for the rest of the day” He was so rude that her parents left. I am so embarrassed. He didn’t have a fit, it wasn’t like that. But he was so cold and pouty that he made everyone uncomfortable. Only child syndrome.
What else? I was sent two samples for the 2008 calendar. I liked the first and did not like the second. Of course Lee does not like the first so this should be an all day rant from Lee about the artistic reasons why he does not like the first. I am in no mood to deal with that. I just bought new insurance and I had to take a few health tests. Everything seemed ok but when I got on the scale I was horrified. The doctor knew me and had done my last exam. She laughed and said ” you’re eating too much sushi.” So I called Chantel ” sorry but we can no longer go out for sushi. Getting old sucks. I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted to, that is no longer a reality.
On a good note, Charlotte is doing so well. I am so pleased. For the most part, the bars are on an upward swing!!!
Last year the Denver bar was robbed at gun point. We just found out that they arrested the guy last week. It’s nice to know that the police did not let it drop and the robber was apprehended!
The e-mails about the show are so volumous, I can’t keep up. Let me sum up for everyone with questions regarding the show and cuts. I did what I thought was right according to the effort and results of the girls. That’s it. If you don’t agree, sorry but I am perfectly content with my choices.

posted by Liliana @ 1:37 PM

Thursday, May 10, 2007

The beauty about the show is that noone elses opinion matters but mine. So bitch all you want. Now on the other side of this, I love all the veteran girls. It was very hard for me to cut them but it is a competition and it is for the best team. Someone stopped me today at a store and asked when the show was on? I said that I thought it was on Fridays but I had no idea what time. She said to me ” how don’t you know what time your own show is on?” I guess that is pathetic but I don’t watch the show for no other reason then sheer vanity. I don’t want to see myself on TV and start microanalysizing every flaw about myself.
It is very interesting how many mom’s write to me and tell me that their sons love to watch the show. It’s only my son who has absolutely no interest in the show. He has never seen even one episode. His friends, who watch the show, all think that bartending can only be done by girls and part of bartending is dancing and signing. Jackson will say ” why do you need someone to pour you a drink?” My response ” Don’t say that to anyone cause that’s how mommy makes her living and we don’t want people to stop coming to mommy’s bars”
I found about 15 coyote ugly wrist watches. I think we had them on the site for sale about 6 years ago. Only 1 person ever bought one. I just gave one to my new assistant, you could see the look on her face as she said “oh thanks, but I have a watch already” ” Judy, I know it’s ugly but who knows it may be a collectors item one day.” She hasn’t been here in a couple of weeks because of all my trips. She’s in knee deep with paper work.
Charlotte and Denver Awesome numbers!! Very pleased.

posted by Liliana @ 3:04 PM

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

I just read my e-mail from my lil spill account. Alot of anger over kat getting cut from the show. Just to clarify she got cut because of sheer immaturity. I haven’t seen the show so I don’t know how much they show versus how much gets left on the editing floor but her immaturity created a huge rift between her and her team mate. It was inevitable.
I know I am insane but for mother’s day I really want that planter that grows plants inside. I will have to search the internet for the name but I thought it would be a nice project for Jackson and I with a more optimal outcome versus just regular planting. I don’t know why it sounds so appealing to me but it does. How great will it be for jackson and I to grow tomotoes with minimal effort and less of a failure rate!!

posted by Liliana @ 4:56 PM

I just got off the phone with Kyle. We were going through a few war stories but he had a great quote ” I have forgotten more then I remember.” I am in a very good mood today. I’m really not sure why considering all the shit going on in the various bars. One of the managers always complains that he/she works so many hours. I don’t consider you goofing around on ” myspace” working. Myspace can be a great marketing tool for bars/clubs but if you think I am buying that you need to spend 5 hours a day on it , you’ve got another thing coming. I love that I can do a lot of research on the computer. Chris B and I were speaking this morning about how much we google. But the internet also creates so many problems. A while back we found one of our managers coming in early for work just to look at gay porn. ” Do what ever you want at home when you are not at work. You want to go on myspace on your day off, Go for it. When you go home from work and want to watch amputee porn, good for you. But when you are at work you are expected to work. Don’t waste your work time with this shit!” Another day.
Very pleases with Denver’s improvement. The staff is really coming around. Nashville, holy shit!!! I read last night manager’s log and I thought I had made a mistake and it was saturday. Great night! There is a franchise I want to mention that is starting to really pick up and that is Panama City. Good job.
Another moment that made me laugh. Addrianna ( GM of Ft. Lauderdale) called me the other day and said ” Lil what the fuck? Every time I turn on the tv show there are my girls ( Amanda and Wiggins) crying. My mom even called me and said ‘ why are your girls so weepy all the time?” I can hear regular people saying ” there are those Ft. lauderdale girls crying again.” I laughed so hard. Addrianna has a sense of humor like me sometimes. I remember her telling me about one of the bouncers weeping about his girlfriend breaking up with him. She said something to the effect of ” of course she broke up with you, you act like a crying little girl” then I chimed in with ” if your going to cry get on your Harley, cry as much as you want, and when you get off you can blame it on the wind” Those are the fun little moments we share.

posted by Liliana @ 12:01 PM

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Chantel’s wedding weekend at Atlantis in the Bahamas
The positives:
1. The wedding was beautiful. We all witnessed two people very much in love that have an incredible friendship and an incredible depth of love for each other.
2. Got to lay out in the sun
3. Went swimming
4. Walked in a shark tank with sharks swimming all around me. ( pretty cool)
5. Saw my friends and had fun with them
Negatives:
1. My bag did not show up when I did.
2. I had no clothes so I had to spend money on toiletries, clothes etc ( very expensive there)
3. They told me to wait til after midnight because some bags come in on last flight. ( no bag) I called the front desk two times for a toothbrush and toothpaste. Let’s just say I am still waiting
4. Bag shows up. Look through it and low and behold my white Chanel bag and new Luois Vuitton bag are missing along with my blavk coyote Ugly bikini. ( I about lost my mind, I was so pissed)
5. We were invited to a party at the new Pure management club. We got there and I was forced to put my credit card down. They tried to charge Over $1200 even though the party was already paid for. ( Very pissed off but trying to play it cool so Chantel doesn’t know I’m upset)
6. Wore high heels to wedding went to bed with a completely swollen foot

It really was a beautiful wedding. Chantel looked gorgeous and I cried when she recited her vows to her new husband. It was a very emotional moment.
Unfortunately, I just could not seem to get passed my bags being stolen. The Atlantis is a resort that I would describe as Sea World meets a Waterpark meets Atlantic City. The resort is sub divided into areas, Beach Towers, Coral Towers, Royal Towers, and the Cove. Beach Towers being the cheapest and moving into ascending order finishing at the Cove which is the most expensive. Except For Chantel and her new husband , they stayed at The Cove, we all stayed at the Coral Towers. You could really see the change in service and luxury according to the area which you stayed. Unfortunately, I stayed at the second cheapest so I was given no help locating my bag and generally lack luster service in all areas. I went to Chantels room to put on her makeup for the wedding, and it was a totally different level of comfort and service, everything top notch. A great resort for kids. They have so many options plus the whole resort is surrounded by lagoon style aquariums where sharks, stingrays and other fish swim. So visually it is a childs greatest dream.
If you are looking for the peaceful, romantic, caribbean experience this is not the place for you. But if you are looking for a resort that offers a lot of activities like water slides, lazy river, shark feedings , and gambling then this is the place. Once your there it is pretty expensive so if you are on a tight budget you should make sure you bring everything you need.
That’s it.
Memphis GREAT WEEKEND!!!

posted by Liliana @ 10:50 AM

Thursday, May 03, 2007

What a day. Jackson and I woke up this morning with his hand completely swollen. Yesterday he had gotten biten by one of these furry caterpillars that are so common in New Orleans. I really did not think much of it because he is constantly picking them up and occassionally gets bitten. So off we were in the morning to wait at the doctors office for a consultation. When we arrived it was exactly what I expected. An allergic reaction from the bite treated with benadryl. Very routine. When we got home I was rushing to pack my bags and I decided to steam my dresses in the spare bathroom. When I turned the knob of the shower , the whole dial came off because the inner plastic piece had split in half. The scene in my house was straight out of a movie ” jackson run down and get me some tools?” 5 minutes later ” I couldn’t find any tools” Which in turn means I have to run downstairs myself to find the tools, which are in the same drawer they have always been in. ” ok Jackson I am going to try to use this tool if it doesn’t work pass me the next device.” 3 screwdrivers and two wrenches later and we are still at the same point with the shower running continuously. Finally a small scissor was able to turn the shower to the off position. Twenty minutes it took for us to turn this shower off. Handy I am not. The backround noise ” mom I bet you daddy or jacob could of fixed it in a second”
Ok so I finally get packed . I bring Jackson late for school and drop Cheeto off to get boarded. Now I am trying to race to the airport. I get to the airport about 45 minutes before the flight was taking off. ” sorry because your final destination is considered international you can’t get on.” crap. So I had to pay $400 extra to take tomorrows flight. The positives that came from this: I got to watch Wednesday’s episode of “Lost”. I was able to get a pedicure. And I had dinner with Jeff M.
On a side note, jackson and I watched an epsidode of ” Dirty Jobs” last night. Freaking hysterical. I know I should not laugh at the expense of others but when the host gets bitten by a snake multiple times I was drooling I was laughing so hard. and Jackson was gaffawing everytime the snakes peed and pooed on him. I decided to dvr that show because we thoroughly enjoyed it. By the way, I think there must be more viewers this year for my little show because I am definitely getting recognized more outside of one of the bars then I ever did before. weird.

posted by Liliana @ 8:51 PM

Austin is kicking butt!!!! I am so pleased.
I took Jackson’s friend with us out to dinner yesterday. The kids actually said they wanted sushi. Jackson’s friend is an eater. He eats everything. I said to them “do you want to try some new stuff?” ” Yeah great” Well I ordered them a roll with eel. They both ate one piece and pretended to hate it . I told them they hate to eat one more piece ( without eel top) if they wanted to go for ice cream afterwards. Well jackson’s friend thought it would be funny if he made himself actually throw up right there at the sushi bar. I was so fucking pissed and embarrassed. I left the waiter $100 cause it was so gross. I told Jackson ” thank god you were good. But know you better never pull a stunt like that.” There were a group of two mothers next to us. You could tell they were laughing at us and sympathisizing with me all at the same time. As I handed over the tip I made sure to say ” I am so sorry. He isn’t my kid.” Yesterday was just a crappy day. But today I feel a change coming. Off to Chantel’s wedding.

posted by Liliana @ 8:01 AM

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

I am so weepy pathetic tonight. I got a flat tire today. So I called the road side assistance from Progressive my insurance company. The operator told me she could not find my policy, even though I had the card right in my hand and read her the policy number. She told me that she would send the truck but I would have to pay. I said” I can show him my copy of insurance” Her response: “no it has to show up on the computer so you will have to pay” What fucking crap. So I told her no and I called AAA. they came right away which was great but like an idiot my spare tire was flat from last year’s flat tire incident. So he filled it enough for me to get home and go to the Firestone shop. Well of course Firestone does not carry a tire that fits the Range Rover. I called 4 other places none of which carry a tire that fits the Range Rover. So it has to be specially ordered. Kevin told me to get rid of this car before it hits 50,000 miles. Shit i am at about 48,000. DON’T BUY RANGE ROVER!! As an added bonus a bunch of warning lights are on in my car. Great. Considering my car was just in the shop for 1 full month. What a piece of shit!!!
The good news. i ordered a pair a red high heels on line for chantels wedding. i am not supposed to wear heels but i figured if I sit down I can put them on and at least look good while seated. Low and behold they have a metarsial pad build into the foot pad!!! Thank you god for making one dream come true.
My son said so many funny things tonight. We were talking about what would happen if we made a ton of money ( $1000). He said ” mom I don’t need that much money I am only a human being who will eventually die. I would never need that much money”

posted by Liliana @ 9:30 PM

Sunday, April 29, 2007

I just realized I have fallen way behind in picking the coyote of the month and the employee of the month. I think I am going to start creating polls for the Coyote of the month. And I just have to remember to do the employee of the month.
Crap.
TV viewers, everyone thinks that Regan is the only non coyote contestant from the show that works at the bars but amanda works in the Lauderdale bar as well.
I have nothing to say. Jackson had a sleepover last night and I am exhausted. They really keep you on your toes. When I was young on weekends you went to your friends houses , you played outside or you just bummed around your own house ( we lived in an apartment). Jackson has no siblings but even when a friend comes over they are asking ever ten minutes if i can play with them. I have a pool and last night Jacob threw them in the water for over two hours. Today I went in the pool with them and I was quite clear.” Women are different, we do not play in the water. We go in. Get ourselves wet and cool . Then we get back out.” Of course on special occassions I may stay in longer but that is not the common trend.
Chantel’s wedding is in about a week in the caribbean. I still can’t wear high heels because of my broken sesamoid bone. I went to the doctor and I said ” I need to be able to wear high heels” His response ” Noone needs to wear high heels” ” I am short I wear heels to work and I am on tv” ” So wear lower heels” Not really the response or sympathy I was looking for. I start physical therapy this week. I keep looking on line for a shoe that is high but without the steep decline to the ball of the foot. I have found nothing. I’m wearing high heels to chantels wedding even if I have to wear sneakers from my room to the ceremony and switch into the high heels. Pretty painful but sneakers don’t match a fancy dress and I do not own any cool low heels. Crap.

posted by Liliana @ 8:09 PM

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Two things.

1. I came home from China with over 2700 e-mails. I started trying to sort through them but I just can’t so I deleted everything off the Lil spill account. Sorry but it was very overwhelming.
2. I just opened up a piece of mail, surprise surprise A warrant for my arrest. All because of an expired break tag. Well now I have to show them that I have a new break tag. Also that I am fully insured. And lastly that I have a current inspection sticker.

This may sound odd but there is a guardian angel looking out for me. I was pulled over yesterday for running a red light. The woman released me with a warning. Had she pulled this up on her computer I might be waking up this morning in New orleans finest correctional facility.
Obviously I have to do something nice for someone else today to repay the universe.

posted by Liliana @ 12:00 PM

I have been getting hundreds of e-mails. Everyone’s a critic! It’s funny the people who come out of the woodwork when you become a little famous. I received an e-mail from a student of an old boyfriend. I dated this particular guy when I was about 19 and he was 30. At that time he was not a teacher but a UPS delivery man. ( 4 months later he lost his job because he did not report an accident he had in his UPS truck) He was very smart and very funny but he was the worst guy I ever dated. He was always drunk or high. He cheated constantly. He even went home with one of my college roommates. He ended up marrying a girl who was actually younger then me. He told me that he wanted her because she was a drug addict and that created an obvious connection between the two of them. That was when I was in the ” I’ll help you change phase.” Thank god I’m over that. This student wrote me that this guy had been clean for about 15 years and he is now teaching history. They always get it together after we finish dating. I dated another guy who was a constructure worker. We only dated about 6 months. 6 years later he walks into the NY bar with his new wife, Kaity Tong. If you don’t know Kaity Tong, she is a famous newsreporter in NY. Well in those 6 years he had become a male model and was creating a portfolio for himself as a photographer . The other fact when referencing my ex boyfriends is that they all end up marrying the girl they date right after me. Now Everytime jacob and I get in a fight, I say ” hey don’t worry about it your next girlfriend will be your new wife.” ” for the woman that will be Jacob’s wife. His hair is really long, he’s very cute and he gives the best foot rubs. ( plus he’s big and scares others. That can be a perk sometimes)
This is all I have to talk about today, my excell is down on my computer and my cell phone doesn’t work.

posted by Liliana @ 10:21 AM

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Austin rocked last night!! Also Charlotte did really great for a Tuesday!
What a world we live in. Yesterday Lee and I were discussing the differences between dating ten years ago and today. When you had a significant other ten years ago things were different and you had to rely more on trust. If I said to a boyfriend ” honey i am going out with my friends” there was no issue and they had to wait till I got home to hear how the evening went. In today’s world, there are constant calls on your cell phone. Lee is only a few years younger then me but if we go out for dinner his phone is always going off with texts. If you told people you were going out wth your friend, your boss, whoever, don’t you think they should have the respect of not texting all night? I don’t think he minds it but it really bugs me. I dated someone about 3 years ago that used to call all the time. One night I was holding an employee meeting and then going out to dinner. I told him all of these things but when the employee meeting was over and I looked at my cellphone there were 7 missed calls from him. That was pretty much the end of that relationship. I remember getting in a cab and calling him to ask ” why would you call me so many times when you knew I was busy?” ” well I just wanted to say hi and talk.” That drove me nuts. I felt embarrassed that my boyfriend did not have respect enough for my business time and personal time . Was he so insecure that he could not let me do my things and wait for a call when I got home? It still makes me mad thinking about it.
Also on the other end of things, when I am out to dinner with Lee it drives me crazy that he is on his phone the whole time. Why come out to dinner if you are going to be so rude and not pay attention to the conversation at hand? Lee is the only one I know who truly never stops texting. And I know it is the sign of the times but isn’t there a certain decorem that should be upheld while out with friends? Maybe I am just old fashioned. It’s not just Lee. We have to take the cell phones away from the girls because they will run and text their boyfriends. ” You’re at work. Cooncentrate on your job. if you are so scared about what your boyfriend is doing then you need a new boyfriend!”
I find that I have fallen victim to some of the things in todays world. I will text someone instead of calling them. I will e-mail someone first before I make a personal call. Do we really need to be in constant contact?
I am still screwed up from the time change in China. I could not fall asleep till 4 am so I forced myself to wake up at 8 am. I wouldn’t say that I feel like a million bucks today. Off to the foot doctor!

posted by Liliana @ 10:18 AM

Monday, April 23, 2007

What a long flight. Hong to Los Angeles took twelve hours. On the way there it took fourteen. What a great trip. I truly enjoyed Hong Kong and would encourage people to visit. I am awaiting some pictures from Lee so I can post them and make comments on some of the sights we saw. I asked Jackson what his favorite part of the trip and his response was the pool in Macau because it had a water slide. He said that Chinese pools are better then american pools. Half way around the world and the pool was his favorite activity. On a business note, I am looking forward to opening in Macau. ( cross fingers) Interesting.
The coyote world is hectic as usual. So much crap going on.

posted by Liliana @ 6:57 PM

Friday, April 20, 2007

What an incredible time we have had in Hong Kong and Macau. Hong Kong was incredible. It is a city that has both modern city buildings with vibrant colored lights and every luzury you can imagine to the smaller windier roads with little chinese markets and heavenly scents of incense and cuisine. Our first day we went to the Man Mo Temple which is a temple that is dedicated to the two gods man and Mo. There is a lot more history to it but I don’t want to be incorrect so I won’t decribe more. we walked through the little shops and went through the different areas looking for presents and good food. The end of the day would be spent at Jackson’s favorite spot, the Pool.
The second day was one of the best days I have ever had on a trip. We went to the Jade market where we bartered for trinkets and small chinese crafts. I bought a few presents and got myself a Moa Tse Tung wrist watch. It was quite humorous to see all the Moa Tse Tung paraphanelia. The stuff was just like Mickey Mouse trinkets but they have moa Tse Tung on them. My watch has Moa waving as the second hand action. The Jade market was then followed by a trip to the largest Buddha in the world. I can’t explain to you how powerfull this experience was. We took a skytram to the top of a set of mountains where the monastery and the buddha were. Jeff Myers was petrified of the sky tram. We have some very funny pictures of him. They gave a animated presentation of the history of Siddhartha and what the basics of buddhism are. I always thought Buddha was a sort of God but that is wrong. Siddhartha is a prophet who wanted to reach inner peace and gave up everything so he could truly learn to love himself, others and find real happiness. The statues you see are of Siddhartha praying which is considered the past. The fat Buddha is considered the future. And the present buddha is you because anyone can become a buddha if they find inner peace and happiness. Such a great experience. I will put up pictures when I get home. Jackson even loved this experience. By the way Lee, Jeff and my sister have been plying so much with Jackson it has been great! Our meetings in Hong Kong went quite well. I truly love that city. I am amazed at the amount of wealth, cleaniness, and hospitality of the people.
On a side note. You would occassionally see a person walking around with a hospital mask on. There is an advertising promotion that airs on tv asking people to wear a mask when they feel sick so they do not give there grems to others. I figure I will be buying Chantel a designer mask. It will be awesome. ( I will go into Lee’s OCD in my next Lil Spill. Let’s just say that he is never without his Purel)
Now we are on the Island of Macau where we have had a few business meetings. Macau was a portugese territory it has only recently been returned to the chinese. There is a whole different feel in Macau then Hong Kong. Again very warm nice people but there is no as much English spoken so it has been a bit harder to navigate then hong Kong. Coyote Ugly will make so much money here if we pen the deal. I am very excited. I will write more when I get home to the states. So impressed with China. I wished I had more time to go to Beiging and see The great Wall.

posted by Liliana @ 11:31 PM

Friday, April 13, 2007

What a week! We finally finished the photoshoot for the 2008 calendar. Not to pat myself on the back but this one will be the best calendar yet. Quite funny spending the week with the girls.
Laura from Charlotte was hysterical. She bitched from the moment she saw the outfit she was to wear till right before the shoot. But she redeemed herself the night before when we went to dinner. ” lil I have two poses 1. blue steel ( from Zoolander) and 2. down syndrome. If the photographer takes 100 pictures, 50 will be blue steel and 50 will be down syndrome. I’m soorry that just how it always goes.” Well I am very happy to comment that I only saw two down syndrome pictures and the rest were of the highest blue steel I have ever seen.
We all went out for sushi on wednesday. So funny. Jenteel danced around the table while people tried to tip her. Lyndsay from Austin, let’s just say that she is quite funny when she gets drunk . ( When she first showed up at my house the night before. she had just gotten a lip ring) ” So lyndsey did you get picked for the calendar and then run directly out to get the lip ring?” ” Lil people think its sexy.” “Lyndsey that same demographic are into pain too.” It hurt looking at the thing.
I heard quite a few funny stories. One of the girls told me that her day job is grading porn. She says she gets to work in the morning and has a cubicle very similar to the show Office space. When you apply at this job, you have a questionaire asking you questions about your fantasies, the porn you like etc. After they review your answers they then send you porn that they feel will not stimulate you so that you can give accurate reviews. She said that there are two genres they keep sending her 1. clown porn ( which she feels is creepy) 2. pleasurafila ( I think) which is porn that shows sex with stuffed animanls. She said the last one she critiqued involved a stuffed ardvark. I guess I live in a small world because I have never heard of this, of course Lee was fully versed in this. Regan from Ny seemed to be having fun. Really all of them had fun. Jesse from Panama city told us about her rules of dating. Essentially it involved men having money . But she added a few ridicuolus rules that I can’t see any man being able to handle. Did not spend much time with Barb from Chicago. When she arrived at the shoot she had already had 10 shots at the bar so lets just say conversation was not her strong point. I felt sorry for everyone today, I have severe pms and I was very weepy. “Lee never asks me to do the merch shots obviously he does not think I’M Pretty enough.” ” Lil of course you can be in the merch shots. ” no Lee it’s too late I only wanted to be in them if you had told me that I was gorgeous and people would love to see him in some of the ads.” ” LiiiL, your insane.” ” No lee I am a woman who wants a few compliments just like anyone else when their bodies are ravaged with hormones.” ( a note to the reader. Le weaseled himself into a month of the calendar and he happened to bring men’s merch that only fit him so he is also going to be our face for men’s merch.Touche Lee. It’s all going your way”!!
Jackson, Lee, Jeff M, and my sister Bellinda are going to Hong Kong tomorrow. How great is my company when I get to travel to such exotic places. In April and May on a some island off of the main hong kong Island they celebrate Buddhas birthday. I can’t wait to see this 50 ft Buddha!! Maybe i will be enlightened when i am there. Even better maybe lee will be enlightened and stopped giving me so much shit.
By the way an interesting observation. When Lee stays at my house, he is overwhelmingly affectionate with our dog Cheeto. But in the 5 years he has known Jackson he is always very reserved, not affectionate at all unless jackson forces him to be. Interesting! Off to China!

posted by Liliana @ 10:43 PM

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Jackson has off from school this week. Today we have two of his friends over from school. I can’t lie , Jackson is being a pain in the butt. One of the girls seems to ” have his number” and he is getting so irate with her. ‘ Mom she did… Mom she did …” ” Jackson just get over it and move on to a new game.” ” MOOOOM she won’t keep her promise MOOOM aren’t you going to stick up for me?” For god sakes just stick up for yourself. He is showing his only child syndrome. Right in front of this little girl, “mom tomorrow lets invite so and so but not invite her” Vacation weeks are killers.
the bars are doing horribly this week.
Tomorrow starts the 2008 calendar shoot. I am very excited we are a lot more organized this year. It should be fun.
Back to the troops!

posted by Liliana @ 3:11 PM

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Two manager’s logs made me laugh this morning. The first one from San antonio spoke about one of the bouncers telling this man that he was not allowed to slap his wife’s ass while she was on the bar. The man quickly replied ” Don’t worry . It’s not my wife, it’s my daughter” “If that ain’t country you can kiss my ass” is the first thing I thought when I read that.
In nashville there is a new manager named Jim. He used Kyle account to send a managers log last night. Normally you would not be able to tell that it was not Kyle but when he used the word ” blossomed” in describing one of the girls, I knew right away it was not Kyle. And for whatever reason that made me laugh.
Off to find chocalate for Jackson.

posted by Liliana @ 9:37 AM

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Austin, Nashville, and san antonio are doing great!!! ( don’t jinx)
Very sad yesterday a former security guy in Austin, Jesse, died of a brain aneurism. So sad. He had two little girls.
Last night Travis and I went to a seminar on ” Meditation” giving by his Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He is the founder of ” The Art Of Living Foundation”. I had never heard of this guy before but he was quite charismatic and from the incessant flashing of cameras, he is a rock star in the new age circuit.
What I learned: I need a hell of a lot more classes to learn how to meditate and calm down. ( I can say the same for Travis). For the 2 1/2 hours of this talk people’s cell phones kept ringing. Babies crying. I thought Travis was going to jump out of his seat. I know that I was getting angrier every minute.
What I also learned: the talk was a teaser. They were not interested in teaching us anything but they wanted us to sign up for their 6 day seminar .
After the seminar, all I could think of was how we could bribe one of the instructors to give us a rushed class so that we could learn in one day what everyone else learns in 6.
Peace, contentment, and calm is going to be a very difficult process for me.

posted by Liliana @ 4:00 PM

Monday, April 02, 2007

I received an e-mail a few days ago and I wish I had saved it. This e-mail stated that the person writing simply thought that all the girls who worked for me were just ” sluts” behind the bar. But after watching the show, this person realized that the “sluts” really work hard. I almost fell off my chair laughing. I hope I did not delete that one. It’s definitely a treasure.
Nothing new. Both Nashville and austin rocked last night. I got my tarot cards read today and the gentlemen reading them said that I either had or presently have someone stealing from me so I have to be careful. He also said that shopping and traveling are therapeutic for me so i should feel free to do both. I have been eyeing these silk curtains !

posted by Liliana @ 7:16 PM

Saturday, March 31, 2007

A lot of people must of watched the premiere of the new season last night. Between e-mails, texts, and calls I have been inundated. I did not watch the show but i heard it was very good. I got an e-mail from kyle today saying that the crowd was booing me because Jenn the fiddler did not get picked. ” I love jenn, she travels with me. She was in the calendar, she made the show. She got too nervous.”
Nothing funny, great or eventful to report. A calm day.

posted by Liliana @ 5:26 PM

Friday, March 30, 2007

Chantel is in Nashville holding a bartending seminar. She called me yesterday, ” Lil you make a long Island Ice tea with 5 white liquors?” “Yes I do. so does jacqui” ” Well Daniel, lee and Kevin claim thats a Texas Tea” ” All I can tell you is that for the 100 years I have been bartending that’s how I made it and noone complained.” When I was in san Antonio the flairco guy, Dean, made a Rum and Coke with Lime. In my mind a Rum and Coke is simply rum and coke. When you add the lime it becomes a cuba libre. Just like the martini. Martini is a gin drink. You go to these restaurants and the drink menu says “blah blah martini” and the ingredients are Vodka, cranberry, and Orange juice. No thats a “madras” not a martini. Although on that note I never understood the appeal of a real martini. Gin with a splash of vermouth, pretty horrid tasting. Yet Gin with tonic is a refreshing beverage! Semantics
I am on line looking up high heeled shoes with proper support. I am officially turning into my grandmother. Yesterday I was wearing a dress and I realized that other then sneakers I have no shoes with less then a 3 inch heel. Well when one foot is in a casting boot, you tend not to be able to walk with the other foot in a high heeled shoe. If I only learned one thing yesterday, that was it.
People were very excited yesterday because they ran a marathon of last season’s show on VH1. Tonight is the premiere of season 2 on CMT. I think I may even cry in the first episode. Ah the drama!

posted by Liliana @ 8:17 AM

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

I went to an orthopedic surgeon today that was highly recommended by 3 people. ( not to be snotty, but recommended by rich people so I know he’s good) This guy ( in his 60’s) looked like the classic mayor of a small southern town in the movies. He took the cast off and did a whole new series of x rays. When they were done he came in the room and he said
” Ms Lovell your sesamoid bone is broken into 3 seperate pieces. Do you know how rare that is?” (long breathe)
“Just so you understand this AIN’T never going to heal. If you were a horse I would have to take you around back and shoot you. But your not a horse so I can’t do that. Look Ms Lovell you may have gotten this last week or three years ago. We will never know. Surgery is just plain stupid . So let your body tell you. When it hurts, relax and stop using it. When it doesn’t , go back to exercising.”
This guy was hysterical. The good news is that I am now in a boot versus a cast. He said this particular bone that is broken is as small as a pea. He also said it is very likely that this happened years ago and I treated it like a sprained ankle so it felt better. I am going back in 10 days but he told me when it stops hurting to go walk on it.
“Ms Lovell who advised you up there in Denver?”
A podiatrist
” I should of figured that”

What the surgeon and the podiatrist agree on is that good shoes are important and orthodics!! When I told him I stopped eating red meat because of how it deteriorates calcium in your body. He looked at me like I had 5 heads
” Ms Lovell as your doctor I am giving you permission to eat read meat. ( under his breathe) what a load of horseshit.

posted by Liliana @ 5:35 PM

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Out of the mouths of babes! Last night I said to Jackson ” thanks so much for helping me” His response: ” helping would mean that we are doing something together. I’m just doing it, not helping do it.” Obviously he put thought into that one.
I think I put too much pressure on my foot today cause it is hurting. Wow this sucks. Who knew using crutches was so hard? I am very active the next 6 weeks will be very hard for me. Tomorrow I am seeing a specialist, god I’m hoping he will tell me that this is all a mistake!!!
Las vegas get your pictures in for the calendar. I have everyone elses . I am very pleased that Vegas is starting to care about the website. They are finally sending in some pictures. Some of my bars haven’t updated their sites for a while. Today I spoke with the GM of Tampa, Todd. We were like two idiots. He was trying to instruct me on how to get to a certain ” Myspace” page. It took us about 15 minutes to figure it out. Nice to know he is a geek like me. The Tampa bar is very lucky to have him.
Off to do Jackson’s homework!

posted by Liliana @ 8:33 PM

Monday, March 26, 2007

Went to Denver for the 2 year Denver anniversary. The girls had an angel/devil theme going. I had forgotten how pretty the girls are. They looked great. they tried really hard as well. It is so nice to see how many girls are still at the bar after two years. They love the bar even though there has been so much turnover in management. Ann , the AM, looked great. I gave her a power crystal so she could feel powerful and strong. She is a strong person normally but sometimes you need a little extra help. They have some great new security. Really funny great guys. All in all a great night. I am so proud of the Denver staff!!!
So last week before I went to Denver my foot had been hurting. I thought it was strained muscles from exercising too much so I did some extra stretching for three days and hoped it would go away. On Thursday when I arrived in Denver my foot really hurt and I was walking with a bit of a limp. ( high heels too) lee had convinced me that night that it was probably a bone spur, so I figured I would make an appointment with the doctor when I arrived back in New Orleans. Friday morning I woke up at around 5 am in my hotel room in Denver. I couldn’t walk and my foot was throbbing horribly. I knew that everyone was in meetings that day but I asked Lee if he could take me to the Emergency room in the afternoon. Well I missed a phone call from him and while I went to the emergency room alone he and kevin went to the movies. ( nice friends) It really sucks going to the ER by yourself. A few hours go by before they even see me but finally they did and they immediately took x rays. When the doctor first looked at the x rays he said that the bones looked fine so he was leaning toward Gout or a bad infection. He did a sonogram to find no liquid which ruled out both of those things. He then called in a specialist and the specialist said I did have a broken bone in the metatarsial area connected to the toe. He called it something ( sieznoid fracture, maybe). The break is from repeated movement during exercise. The movement puts stress on a certain area until it finally breaks. ( fucking elliptical machine) . To make a long story short, Kevin and Lee finally came to pick me up. The doctor put a cast on my foot. And now I am stuck for 6 weeks in this thing. The worst part of this was the next day. I woke up in severe pain and I had to take a plane home. it was so embarrassing getting put in a wheelchair everywhere I went. I was so thankful to come home. Jackson has been great with me. He helps me go up the stairs and runs and gets me things I need. so sweet. I have a new respect for people who are broken. This has been excruiating for the last four days. I can only imagine a broken rib or some part of your body that is hard to keep still?
An official thank you to Jacob. He has been shopping for me. Carrying me up and down the stairs. He has done the cooking and cleaning. It can’t be easy considering I have looked up nutrition associated with the healing of broken bones so my diet is quite complex. So thank you Jacob! Watching him run around the last few days has made me realize how much i actually do everyday. I have a new mantra : I am a powerhouse that is thin and fit! ( if I fucking get fat because of this I will freak!!)

posted by Liliana @ 11:14 AM

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

And so it continues. I forgot to add Jacqui’s name as corporate employee. Sorry

posted by Liliana @ 5:42 PM

I am so annoyed. A bouncer from Ft. Lauderdale posed as a corporate member to the Miami staff and was allowed by the new AM to individually critique the girls. When J hen ( GM) showed up at the Miami bar, he immediately told the bouncer to get out and was not allowed entrance to the bar. J hen told Adrianna and then she terminated this employee. How fucking gullible do you have to be? I am so annoyed by this on two levels. One: that the am actually believed this. and two: it is so belittling for the girls to have some asshole critique them. I am so annoyed.
Just to be clear and I have said it a hundred times: Unless I call , anyone who claims they’re my sister, cousin, friend etc is a liar. Any friend or relative of mine would never come in and ask for free drinks or merch. People lie!! Know the facts. There are only a few corporate members: me, Kevin, Lee, Jeff W, Jeff M, Chantel, Daniel, Kyle, and Chris. Look for pictures of us on the website so you can recognize us. Be smart!

posted by Liliana @ 10:47 AM

Monday, March 19, 2007

We had a going away / employee party yesterday. It was fun we ate crawfish and then went down to the New Orleans bar. Very nice to see the staff. Travis is taking over as GM in New Orleans. He has gotten some old employees to come back to work one of them being a girl named Veronica. I get a text from Jeff M on friday saying that he just met her for the first time that night. About an hour later he sends another text message ” She’s nuts!!” Yes she is but that’s why we love her. There is a girl who works once in a while named Jessica. She was working last night. The men flock to her because of her butt. It’s like their hypnotized by it.

posted by Liliana @ 1:56 PM

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Every Bar did great I am so pleased. Still waiting on the numbers for Ny and New Orleans. Very pleased!!!
I would like to make an officail apology to Daniel. ” you are a great manager and teacher. I am very proud to have you work for my company”
Obviously I will have to do a fair share of ass kissing. ” Daniel you’re doing a great job in Denver. When I see you next week feel free to punch me in the face or better yet take a glove and slap me across the face. In olden days that was a big insult. And since I’m old it would seem appropriate”
What is interesting about all of this is my train of thought. ( I only slept 3 hours last night)
When I first got wind of Daniel being upset, I wrote him , called him and tried to reason with him. Well the next phase I went through was ” maybe this is just an excuse. Maybe daniel doesn’t like working for the company?” It’s unbelievably important to me that the corporate people love their jobs. ( everyone really) Then the third phase involved a memory from working at the NY bar. One night ( probably 12 years ago) I was bartending on a weekday night. If I recall someone called in sick so I had to fill in. Just to set the stage, in those days we did not have a bouncer on during the week but there were a ton of regulars there. Well that particular night a foreign man came in with his girlfriend. He was foreign because of an accent but he had the vibe of a seasoned New yorker. Right off the bat he ordered two drinks, great. Within 5 minutes he was insulting people around him and creating a lot of tension in the bar. So I kicked him out and returned to business as usual. Forty minutes go by and I go to the restroom. As I walked out into the dartboard area the man runs in the door holding a gun with a paper bag around it. He came right to me and said he was going to kill me because “no woman can insult him like that”. Within seconds about 10 regulars jumped in front of me and coaxed him out the doors. To this day I don’t know if he really had a gun. The regulars and I all debated this for weeks afterwards. Where I am going with this is that if I died that night there would be no big Coyote Ugly. No regional managers. No Lil Spill. And Daniel may be happier.
On the other hand, sleep is really important so maybe this is just the rantings of a mad woman?

posted by Liliana @ 7:59 AM

Saturday, March 17, 2007

I would like to give thanks to Nashville, San Antonio, and Austin. If it weren’t for these bars I would be hanging myself today after the numbers from the others. Painful!!!
I have had a few switches within the company. The AM of Miami moved back home and is AM of Nashville. The AM of Nashville moved back home and is the AM of Austin. Very funny to read their logs. Katie is now used to Kyle from Nashville. Kyle is very organized in the back of the house. Let’s just say Austin is not quite as organized. Mike is used to the energy of the Miami girls. Well he’s back to the sensitive capital of the world, Nashville, where the girls cry if you tell them their shoe is untied. Quite funny.
I moved Daniel, Chris B, and Kyle up to corporate. each of them having seperate jobs. Daniel is under Chantel as a regional manager. Chris Bodily is heading our marketing Department. And Kyle is our new Back of house guy. He will be auditing and organizing every office the same. They are all disctinct personalities. I absolutely love speaking to Chris. He is very upbeat and he gets a lot done in a very short amount of time. I have him visiting both the ft. Lauderdale bars and the Miami bars. Kyle I have known for years. He is soft spoken . Yesterday I asked him to do something and his answer was ” Oh I did that a few days ago .” Music to my ears. Daniel , what can one say about Daniel. He is very good at organizing the staff. Really an excellent manager. And I have found noone that does not have respect for him. But man his ego is the size of my house. ” Lil I singlehandedly have saved these bars.” ” Right Daniel, what ever you say.” I’m expecting next week a call ” Lil I think I deserve part of the company cause Coyote Ugly is nothing without me” All I can say is I feel for his girlfriend. Daniel also has Kevin B disease. He calls after 4 pm when Jackson is home. My business day starts at 8:30 am and goes til 4 pm when my son gets home. There are plenty of hours to call me during the day. Yes he’s a pain in the ass, but I love him and he does a great job.
I just realized something ! There are only 2 people in the company that I don’t have to continuely stroke their egos and that’s Jacqui and Chantel. Jacqui’s run the NY bar for years. I don’t have to call her every week and say ” good job. Wow you are incredible” And Chantel has worked for me for 5 years. I know I can be a straight shooter with her. For the first time ever I am realizing that the guys in corporate are as bad as the Coyotes. So sensitive. Full time job with Kevin and Lee now I have to add in stroking time for the others!

posted by Liliana @ 9:53 AM

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

So a friend and I were discussing our persistent scary dreams. Hers revolve around volcanoes and floods. Mine revolve around rats attacking me . And (this is discusting) but having to walk barefoot through feces. My friend looked up on the internet the suggested meanings of these topics and I feel they really fit.
Her dreams are based on emotional uncertainty. I think it is more of a feeling of emotional eruption for herself and then that eruption taking place in front of others.
My dreams are very pertinent to how I have felt not only now but for many many years. The rats symbolize an attack by an enemy or perhaps a feeling that someone is betraying me that is a close acquinatnce.
The explanation about feces is very interesting.

Feces
Dreams containing feces may be odd, but they are not
uncommon. Feces represent those things which you no
longer need. Things which are currently garbage or
waste and need to be discarded. Generally, this dream
may represent healthy psychological progress. It may
indicate that you are cleansing yourself of
unnecessary and possibly hurtful attitudes, ideas and
emotions. In some cultures people believe that if you
are dreaming about feces you will soon prosper
financially (feces in the dream means money in the
hand).

I find that very interesting because of the changes I have undergone in my thirties. It is nice to hear a positive explanation even though when I wake after a dream like this I feel horrible and grossed out. I am also always barefoot in these dreams so I feel very unclean when I rise from sleep. Regardless, since this is the closest thing to therapy I have undergone in a long time, I would like to consider this personal progress!

posted by Liliana @ 6:34 PM

Monday, March 12, 2007

My son’s first detention. 1st grade. Saturday was the school fair, Fete francais. There was a period of about a half an hour that I could not find him and I was getting quite worried. Well the principle found him and she was not happy. The story was that he and two friends had taken spray paint and painted a set of cabinets right outside school property. Jackson is a good boy and he claimed that his only involvement was to urge them not to do it. About a half an hour later the principle came over to me and said she interviewed the three boys seperately and that the two other boys verified Jackson’s story that he was only trying to get them to stop. Today I had to speak with the principle and she said ” I know that jackson did not participate in the vandilisim but he should of gotten a teacher or told his parents.” So tomorrow he has to spend a few hours cleaning the school yard. Secretly I think he is happy about it because he gets out of his homework lessons. I hope this is not a foreshadowing of things to come. When the principle came up to me today and said that she needed to speak with me privately I felt like I was back in grade school getting punished.

posted by Liliana @ 7:47 PM

Friday, March 09, 2007

I can not get that ” Crazy Bitch” by Buck cherry song out of my head. I love the beat to it. I wonder if there is that little part inside of them ( the band) that gets embarrassed if their parents hear a song like that? Regardless I love that song.
My mantra today is ” I am a motherfucking powerhouse. And I will win at everything I do”
I have been in the dumps lately and I realized that it was all stemming from me. So to change my mood I need to refocus. And not only have I always wished to be a motherfucking powerhouse, I am a motherfucking powerhouse. And I will WIN at everything I do.” Namaste.

posted by Liliana @ 4:09 PM

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Holy crap. . The bartenders and bouncers at the various bars are killing me. Why did I get fired? Why did someone else get fired? Why were the managers so mean to me? Why were the girls so mean to me? Why didn’t someone get fired? Why can’t I be manager? Again holy crap. Then the old “Lil so and so is sleeping with one of the girls.” My god!
Ok if someone got fired there was a damn good reason cause no one gets fired lightly. If a manager scolded you, you probably deserved it! If the girls were mean to you, I have no answer. Girls can be cruel, insensitive, and just plain mean. Or you’re too sensitive and it means nothing other then get back to work. If you want to be a manager, send your resume and talk to your present manager. And lastly, if someone slept with someone else tell your manager. If it is your manager then tell me but bring me more proof then ” I heard a rumor!” What a freaking day.
I wrote a blog about Jacob the other day. All my stalkers, sorry fans, got very angry. ” why don’t you ever talk about your boyfriend?” ” why do you keep your private life so private?” My response: This is it in a nut shell! Coyote Ugly is my business. My business alone. Everything that goes on in the Coyote Ugly world generates from me or my wonderful, nutty staff. Part of me does not want to share that with anyone else. I share stuff about my son because I can’t help but beam about him. But this business is about me. My dealings with the girls, the guys, the customers. That’s what makes it so nuts and fun! When I’m not traveling or working on new ventures, I am a soccer mom! I call myself a soccer mom but my son refuses to enter any extracurricular activities . He told me today that he spends most of the day at school and if he joined any after school activities that would take time away from being with me. There is 2 % of me that thinks this is full of shit but the other 98% thinks ” I have the best son in the world!” Regardless the world of Coyote Ugly does not need to hear about my personal life. There is so much that is a lot more interesting to talk about!

posted by Liliana @ 10:21 PM

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

I just received my weekly issue of US magazine and who do I see but one of the franchiser’s picture with Britney Spears. LOL Her name wasn’t posted so I won’t post her name unless she wants me to.
I am very happy today. I woke up and I am feeling strong , determined and tan. I have been procrastinating with things recently so this morning I made myself a list and got almost everything accomplished.
This weekend my son’s school fair , FETE FRANCAISE, is being held at his school and I will be manning the wine booth from noon til 1:30.
Almost ever bar in my company did great last night. Nashville, rocking. San Antonio, Ft. Lauderdale and little Denver doing great. It’s so nice to open the managers logs when you see those kinds of numbers.
I received such a nice letter about my Charlotte GM , Chris. I personally take pride in hearing such nice words cause Charlotte has had some recent upheaval with staff . ” Charlotte staff. Just know that I trust Chris and I believe he really loves you guys and that bar. I back him 100%”
It’s a beautiful day to be alive. Yesterday I had a parent teacher conference and the teacher told me that my son has done a 180 degree change and that he is speaking french, reading french and all in all doing great!!! I am so happy.

posted by Liliana @ 2:33 PM

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Reading the news today. A few things quite horrifing. Two teenagers teaching a 2 and a 4 year old to smoke pot. I swear those two teenagers should be shot. The mother claims she was sleeping in the back bedroom. Of course she was sleeping she was probably stoned herself. Disgusting.
Man dismembers wife. People killed.
Do you know what also bothered me in the news? People are upset by a reading program that Pizza Hut set up many years ago. The program acts as a motivational tool that has teachers and students working to set goals in reading. When those goals are met the student receives a gift certificate for a pizza at Pizza Hut. The people who are upset with this program claim it is another company that perpetuates poor eating in a country that is being inundated with obesity in children. For god sakes the program is about helping children read. Changing the eating habits of americans is it’s own issue. I personally respect Pizza Hut for investing in a program like that. It shows marketing creativity that also helps others. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a health nut and very rarely do I eat junk food. But if the promise of a pizza once a month helps to motivate my child to read then great, let’s go get pizza as a family and celebrate!
Nashville, Memphis, Ft. Lauderdale, and Austin doing great last night!!!

posted by Liliana @ 3:20 PM

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Things seem to be getting a bit back to normal. Jacob has been so great to me lately. When I was in Memphis he surprised me for Valentine’s day and gave me flowers. He has been helping me paint my bedroom. And giving me loads of foot rubs. It’s the little things that can really turn a hard day into a wonderul day. Now if I can get him to wear a tool belt while he’s painting then all my dreams will have come true!

posted by Liliana @ 9:04 PM