Like clock work I just received the biannual call from my mother . ” Lilianita I have been trying to order stuff from your website but it never comes!” ” Mom how many years are you going to carry on this Charade? We both know that you never tried to order anything off the website!” ” Lilianita, its just so hard to figure out how to order it on my computer.” ” Mom what do you want?” ” Two calendars”
Now the second part of the charade. ” Thank you so much Lilianita. Where should I send the money for the calendars?” ” Mom really , come on!” ” Lilianita I only have $20 so can I give it to you in installments?” ” Mom cut it out, just send Jackson a card.”

We hired a new Gm in Denver! I hope he kicks some butt!! That staff has perhaps the best individual girls but to get them to have good attitudes every shift has been difficult . I read in his last managers log that he has already fired someone. Awesome ! Make Denver the powerhouse bar I know it can be.
Today was Jackson’s school play. He had a ton of lines because he was one of three narrators. He narrated in both French and English . After the play Jackson , his friend Nick, and I went to cvs to buy a pair of goggles. There was only 1 pair left and that pair was pink. I said that’s it so you will have to deal with a pink pair. Nick paused for one second and said ” these goggles make me feel like a lesbian” I nearly fell laughing!
Yesterday at Omni Bank in New Orleans I asked if I could exchange my Mexican money for US currency. 3 tellers sat with a calculator trying to figure out how to calculate the exchange rate. I showed them that I downloaded a currency exchange on my phone and the amount I was calculating was roughly $98. Well twenty minutes they made me wait and then told me that they figured the bank fee was $30 so I would only receive $60. HELL NO. I told them I would exchange at the airport. No way in hell is that correct. Really it’s not rocket science

Crappy Monday for the bars. Austin did alright. Didn’t see Denver.
I read the book ” Shit My Dad Says”. So fucking funny!!! ” I swear I can hear Daniel speaking to his future son like that. ” how did my dna create such a retard?”

I just got back from Mexico City. Jeff and I were meeting our new cancun landlord. Having grown up in a Latin family, I know personally the respect and formality that goes into meeting people. We were treated very well. Their offices were gorgeous . Modern art covered the walls and guards protected the gates. At lunch we were treated to a steak dinner at a very nice place. Now is when the Latin respect issue comes in: ” liliana please try a delicacy of the Mexican people. They are delicious ANT EGGS!!! No i am not lieing! My mother would be proud. I grabbed a tortilla and with a smile on my face I slopped on the ant eggs with some guacamole and thanked
my hosts. I can’t lie it wasn’t bad.

“Daniel is the company hero. The Denver weekday numbers are incredible . If there was a bar olympics he would win a gold medal”
We need to get the new Gm in Denver trained and ready so that Daniel can get back to his old self. Now grumpy I am used to but sensitive ? Come on ? ” Daniel don’t forget California.!!”

Memphis!!! Awesome weekend!! I love that!! All the bars did well except Lauderdale and Denver. Denver is so fickle. Its the only bar that does not really do significantly better on weekends then weekdays.
We have been working on a deal involving London. As we get more involved with the possible licensees I realize they really have no idea the power of Coyote Ugly. Do you know how much merch we sell? There is no way London can have a Coyote Ugly without a substantial merch store. That is just stupid.
Jeff and I are heading to Mexico this week to meet with our possible Cancun landlord. A lot going on!!
I was in Pensacola this weekend and as we drank coffee in the early morning we saw between 15 and 20 Dolphin swimming right in front of us. So beautiful. I was awed by nature at that moment but also I felt fear for them with this oil spill

This is a new one. My god people are nuts. Some guy came into one of the bars with a belt buckle that was a gun. Everyone thought it was just a weird new fangled belt buckle. Low and behold the gun belt buckle went off and the police had to be called. How fucking nuts is that? Proof alone why people should not be allowed to bring weapons into a bar. ” A real loaded gun as your belt buckle” He was either nuts or really really really stupid!!

Yesterday was a long ass day! My flight out of new Orleans was at 7am. I had a connecting flight in Atlanta to Milwaukee at 1050. It took a total of about 4 1/2 hours to get to Milwaukee. I went straight from the airport to my lawyers office. We chatted for a bit. I met the landlords of the space I would like to open. Then the lawyer, Jeff, and myself went to the local Aldermen’s office. We discussed our business plan in Milwaukee then we were on our way. These meetings only took 2 hours so I headed back to the airport to catch a flight home, connecting through Atlanta. I finally got home at around 10 pm. 9 hours flying for a two hour meeting . Long ass day!

Zombie’s log

No managers log tonight so here’s the flood report.

Looks like we made it. While the Cumberland River is still way, way over flood
status at 51 feet, the water has dropped a foot and a half overnight and receeded
back across the street, stopping shy at our very backdoor at it’s highest point.

Props to our entire security staff, whom all took time out of their night to show
up and hang out for a few hours (off the clock no less) for potential cleanup. We
all were awaiting the worst when the water was at our doorstep, but luckily it
didn’t come to that.

The only thing that can screw us now is if they release more water from the dams
upstream, which is unlikely at this point.

There is no clear word on if we can open this morning. While there is no damage
there also may be no electricity or water. The power is off everywhere downtown
from our building down. Metro said it could go in and out at any time all day while
they make repairs.

So even though it sucks we couldn’t open yesterday, it is an incredible bullet
dodged that the water stopped literally 3 inches from our door. It was an amazing
sight to see how close we came to being washed out like the rest of the block.
We’ll be back up and running as soon as the city gets it’s shit together.

P.S. – Security also ran up an $84 bar tab, so at least we made some money last
night!

Zombie

Current vie from the Nashville’s bar back door!!!

Picture from the back of the Nashville bar

Just got a call from Kyle. It seems that 2nd Avenue in Nashville is starting to flood so he is making provisions to try and minimize the damage before the bar starts flooding. Sunday morning I laid in bed and I was inundated with worries. I was worried about the bomb in Times Square and how it would effect people there. I was worried about the oil spill in the gulf and I was worried about how it will effect people, animals, and livelihoods in the south, and then I was worried about the staff and the Nashville bar with the extreme rain and floods. Wow a lot of worries.

Heading to Milwaukee today. I have some important meetings tomorrow.

Jackson just beat his whole school in a 1 mile race today. That kid is definitely athletic. He has been getting letters about competing for the Louisiana state wrestling team as well. Pretty cool!

I knew last night he would win. With him its a mental decision. If in his mind he can win then he just wins. I was kind of surprised because long distance isn’t something he has ever practiced. His dad called me up later and was shocked at how out of shape some of the kids were. I think in today’s day and age where kids don’t have the independence to ride their bikes alone or walk alone to places , it becomes the responsibility of the parents to make sure their child is healthy physically as well as mentally. I know at Jackson’s age, 10, I had already been riding my bike by myself to friends homes. I was allowed to walk to the mall alone. I did a lot alone. But I can’t do that with Jackson. As much as I love New Orleans there is no way in hell I would let him ride the streets of New Orleans alone. If we still lived in NY it would be even stricter. So unless pushed kids are not getting the activity that we all were raised with. Interesting cultural phenomenon.

A lot of stuff going on in Nashville. I sent a letter today for all the girls to read about representing Coyote Ugly in a proper way.

The bars rocked lasted night. I never received Lauderdale’s log hopefully they wont break the wayward rise the bars have been on. Austin has really come up in numbers!! Way to go. Memphis also Hot damn!!! Its always a great start to the day when I see such strong numbers, especially in the middle of the week.

Don’t remember if I spoke about this but my mother just finished her community service. She is in her late 70’s and was caught speeding. She just spent the last two weeks mopping and vacuuming a halfway house. LOL. She called me up last week laughing saying ” I dont even mop my own floors but now I am doing it for the state.” Pretty funny

A few circumstances changed yesterday so I canceled my trip to London. I absolutely love London but the long flight is a killer. Kevin is still on his way but he can definitely handle this without me.

We interviewed a few candidates for the Denver GM position. One applicant told me that he had gone to the NY bar in 93. He claimed he met me , then opened a copycat bar in upstate NY. Another candidate told us that he recently moved from another city to Denver .The reason for his departure was his lifestyle with drugs and drinking. Let’s just say these two applicants wont be getting the position!!!!