Xin Chao,
I will try to paint photos with words. Because, as some of you may have guessed, so far the camera has not come out. It will, I promise.
Last night, we went out to dinner. Everyone was served the same thing, and we figured out what to do by watching others. When we sat down, we received 6 small bowls. One had an assortment of herbs, another had sliced scallions, one had roasted, shelled peanuts, another had cold, cooked noodles and one had cut up greens that looked a lot like dill tops and stalks. There was a bowl with clear liquid and tiny hot pepper rings. Shortly afterwards, we were brought a brazier with a small fry pan on it. In the fry pan, cooking in oil, were cut up cubes of fish. We put the dill like green in the oil (it did not taste like dill, it only looked like it) and cooked it for awhile and then mixed all of the various items in our bowls and ate. It was absolutely delicious. The meal, along with a beer for Toby and mineral water for me, cost $10.00.
Good morning!
It is 8AM, we have had breakfast and are ready to start our first full day. The hotel ($15.00 per night includes private bathroom) includes breakfast and we had this lovely fruit that we cannot identify. It was very white, like a merangue and filled with something that looks like black sesame seeds. It had a little more texture than watermelon but it was watery like watermelon, but had a density like a cantaloupe. Anyone have a clue what this mystery fruit is? I hope they serve it every day.
See the J&J Maggs Monthly Newsletter for the latest news on antiques in the northeast.
As some of you already know, Horton Brasses provides hardware for any public school woodshop program who needs it. Cedar Ridge High School has a very developed shop program, fostered by the efforts of an outstanding instructor, Keith Yow. The recognition granted to his program is well deserved.
Horton Brasses has had a very good year. 2002 brought us many challenges, and I think we have weathered them well. In fact, these challenges have made us better at doing what we do.
We continue to grow and last year we maintained our projected 10% growth rate. We are spotting trends that are new and different, and these trends have forced us to make some major changes in how we handle your orders.
Welcome to the 3rd annual Brassco Bash. After a good year for the business, it was great to get out of our factory clothes and celebrate. This year, there were 21 of us in attendance, and we hope you enjoy these photos.
Well, Horton Brasses has had quite a year! It has been a busy year, our busiest ever. When June sales broke all records, we were thrilled. But then July broke June's record, and September came close to beating both June and July! It looks like sales will have increased 15% over last year. We are very pleased.
As our regular customers know, Horton Brasses closes each August for 3 weeks vacation. Some of us travel; most of us are pretty local, enjoying families and Connecticut beaches and New England in general. Toby and I have a lust for travel and this year it was Alaska or bust.
This year's trip was unusual, in that Toby left on July 19 with his parents in our RV. We had a 29 foot RV that slept 4 comfortably. He and his parents drove to Alaska, stopping along the way at various places in Canada, enjoying the ride along the way. On August 3rd I met up with them in Anchorage. I flew into town, as I could not leave the Brassco until we officially closed.
Read more abour our trip to Alaska and see our photos.
