Thursday, January 15, 2015

Love is in the Air...

...and the Certificate of Occupancy will be posted on our wall soon...we hope.

When asked "ARE YOU EVER GOING TO OPEN???" we answer that, after a month of waiting for answers, we're (still) trying to get through the City inspection, etc..., and everyone makes the same comment that the City DOES have a reputation of being "difficult to work with."

Well...yes and no. Our situation turned out to be a little more complicated and it took lots of discussions inside their putty-colored bureaucratic cubicles--I mean it's not every day that two such fabulous businesses-to-be stroll through the doors of the permit department, right? (You may recall in our last post I mentioned Jennifer Kapper's Patina Maison is Roadside's "Siamese twin" in the new location.)

Long story short...to satisfy The Man...we formed a partnership to become "one business" so we could stay in that space...which we love--when you see it, you'll understand, it's quite perfect!...There was NO QUESTION--we were NOT going to close up the wall between our shops and WE WERE NOT GOING TO MOVE. No sir. 

So we got married. 

We are now... "Roadside Attraction / Patina Maison" in the eyes of the City of Largo and the State of Florida. Has a nice ring to it, huh?

That doesn't really change anything that you all have to worry about...the new shopping experience we're creating is going to be as awesome as ever! 

But in case you were wondering what was up...

Love & Tikis,
The Tipsy Gypsy