Me and Mrs. Stern
I’m on my way to the lawyer’s office to sign the lease this afternoon. Its 3pm-ish. I’ve given myself plenty of extra time so the traffic up Bathurst Street doesn’t even phase me. What could go wrong? Nothing.
My phone rings. Bonnie Stern is calling and I love Bonnie Stern (in the most culinary way possible). Bonnie called a few days ago to let me know she was coming in to conduct an interview with a time-sensitive guest on Tuesday – today. I assured her I’d come in on my day-off to take care of them. That changed when our signing was moved to 4.30 pm. Now the phone is ringing and I tell Bonnie the bad/good news. Mazel tov! Yadda yadda “Oh, so you won’t be there?” she says. “Did I tell you who my guest is?” she asks. She hadn’t but when she did I pushed my lease signing until tomorrow.
Now I’m off to receive Bonnie and…










