It was when Janet overheard me telling some guests that I was semi-retired that the pressure really mounted.

Shortly after we threw in the towel on our attempt to open a second restaurant, The Table, one of our regulars came in and asked about it. Learning that we had walked away, he gave us an outline for a deal to take over a restaurant space in a premium location downtown

Janet, I am sorry. You work way too hard to have people saying bad things about your wonderful restaurant because I have acted up