” Bullshit! Bad Friday because there was a KKK meeting down the street. You are Fucking kidding me? ” Low and behold in Memphis down the street from Coyote Ugly there was a KKK meeting at the Fed Ex Forum stadium.  WTF!  Is this about education? Is it about politics? My god we can invent electric cars, cure to polio, eyelash extensions but we can not cure racism. Shame on us.

On a lighter note : I have an 826 credit rating!!!  I just found this out two days ago. I had a pretty good credit rating 2 years ago.  Miraculously  it went up 75 points. The salesman said ” you must of paid something off or something changed in your financial life. I texted my sister. ” My credit score went up 75 points since mom and dad died.  I think there is a correlation.”  If you could hear a text as a scream it was the one I received from my sister. LILIANA ( But I think there is merit to that thought.)

We surpassed Misha Barton topless !! This is outstanding news.

Fun time with our friends from Japan . San Diego staff on point yesterday. Good job. 

Guess who is going to be in The United Airlines magazine? Yup ME! Super excited. While you are taking your flight you can open up the magazine and see ME! As I was penning that, I could actually hear my mother’s voice  ( probably not from above but from below) saying ” Why aren’t you wearing makeup? Your teeth need cleaning!” Yup that’s what she is thinking in the after life. ” Why won’t you wear lip stick.

Today , Juston and I had a great meeting with a company from Japan. Really great group. Cross fingers looks like Coyote Ugly will be in Tokyo soon.

Vacation is finished . I Sent jackson a text yesterday ” Did you feel a chill run down your spine ? That’s your mother . I just landed in Providence .” Lol I have been told that I can not pick him up from Brown until after 2pm. He loved it . He received an awesome grade for his course and made tons of friends . But now I am sitting with all my luggage at a coffee shop waiting until I can get him .

Next week Justin and I will be hosting a Japanese company at the San Diego bar . I will be the first person with a Coyote Ugly Kimono ! ” no jinx ”

Lee has brought Sturgiss back into the picture . Daniel is preparing to hold assistant manager seminar while we start training for Kygystan . And I have Victoria, from the Vegas bar training with Chantel to be the overseas dance instructor . A lot of very positive moves ! I took a VO2 fitness test in St Lucia . Oxygen , carbon dioxide exchange , zones blah blah blah … ” Ms Lovell you tested ” superior fitness ” for your age . Awesome . I am superior ! My ex husband said to me ” stop wasting your money on things like that and spend it on some needed therapy .”  Funny

Happy 4th from St Lucia. Bars rocked last night . I need to vacation more often

Kyrgystan is a go . Coyote Ugly Kyrgystan should open in September . Bam

In St Lucia trying to chill . Jackson loving Brown University for summer classes . 

OKC staff !

A year ago today!!! Train from Madrid to Marseille. Kevin was in rare form.

Heading to OKC tomorrow. Taking out the staff!!

4 girls down: Curse of the calendar.

7:15 am. ” Fly me to the moon.” My ring tone. I look down and it’s Daniel calling. Early morning calls are never good. And as expected this call was not of a positive nature. I had a one day ” the bars are doing great” day. Yesterday in juxtaposition to today , Yesterday, I woke up seeing that my little NYC bar had an outstanding night and crushed all the big bars. You take the good with the bad!

Other then the really bad news that Daniel brought to me this morning, I woke up super pissed at New Orleans and slightly pissed at San Diego. Get your fucking shit together and generate sales. All these tools to work with. Call corporate get more ideas. Call the other managers and get some ideas. DO SOMETHING!!!

To change my mood for the day I would like to do a gratitude today to Tommy. The Austin bar is doing better then ever. Congrats.  It’s so nice to know when things go awry that Tommy can be called , same day,  to jump on a plane and help. Thank you Tommy!

” I was a bad ass back then , now I’m a mom.” I actually said that in a business interview today. I can actually hear the reaction to that sentence from my son had he heard the interview. ” Mom you go to bed at 9. You are no bad ass . ” God damn it, I was a bad ass and I still am. Just not in the way that got me notoriety .

The bars are kicking ass!! June is turning into an outstanding month!

From Daniel. ( D. O.)

Well, another crazy CMA fest in the books. I can’t even explain how proud I am of my managers in Nashville, my staff in Nashville, and our travelers that came from all over the country to help us absolutely demolish this weekend. Lizzie Jones has come a long way since her OKC days and she managed to put together a very organized event that ran nearly flawlessly. So proud to play even a small supporting role in her growth…Michael Coleman has come a long way since he dumped a ton of sand into one of our bars many years ago. Rocked it out like a champ! Jynx Choosaeng Weatherspoon managed to maintain managing her first event even with me breathing down her neck, that’s impressive! And last but not least, our dearest Jeanette Garcia worked her last CMA fest with us in Nashville as she transfers to our San Antonio bar. She will truly be missed by everyone in Nashville. Unfortunately for her, she will be spending even more time with me now…. ; ) Special thanks to Aleah Ricciardi, Dahlas Babnick, Viktoriia Kuznetsova, Chandra, Jessie Jmo Moore, Christy Pickles Milan, Keyarah Marie, Selina, Stephanie Dewane, Megan Ecker for all of your hard work along with my traveling BMF’s, barbacks and all of the local staff! It was an honor and a privilege to work alongside all of you this last week. Thank you for your work ethic, your awesome attitudes, and your amazing ability to kick ass for 5 straight brutal days! Sometimes, I’m in awe of what all of you are capable of….. ‪#‎idonthashtag‬. ‪#‎butseriously‬. ‪#‎myjobisbetterthanyours‬. ‪#‎mycoworkersarebetterthanyours‬. ‪#‎iwin‬

Well deserved fun day for the Nashville staff and travelers.

Nashville ‘s Fan Fair numbers did not double Austin’s Rot Rally numbers from Thursday – Sunday but it did double them if you included Wednesday . So what that means for Daniel and Tommy’s bet is that it is a wash .  But I now owe them both $250. Money well earned ! Huge week for Coyote Ugly .

Next week OKC anniversary party . There is going to be a lot of traveling this year .

The Bet: Daniel is in Nashville helping with Fan Fair . Tommy is Gm of the Austin bar and is managing Rot Rally.  Thursday through Sunday of this week Nashville needs to double the Austin bar’s gross numbers for Tommy to win. So far Nashville has slightly doubled Austin. But 3 more nights to go. I will double the bet for the winner. Personally, I want both bars to kill it. But because Daniel has such a bad haircut I hope Tommy wins the money.

Justin, VP of International Franchising came into town and we hosted a company from Kyrgyzstan . Fun fun night. Who knows maybe Coyote Ugly Kyrgyzstan . 

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” Me, We” Mohamud Ali. RIP! Boxing legend and global peace keeper . His birth name was Cassius Clay. Jackson ‘s dad was rooting for either name for Jackson ‘s first name . ( if I had known how popular the name jackson would get I may have waivered ).

At airport  . Memphis here I come