It is a typical mid winter day minus the snow. The sun has been taking time off so the days are the kind where you feel like you want to stay in bed. For most of us, that is just not practical. However, if you do get a day where you don’t have to get up, good for you! Rock it. They don’t come along that often!
My days of hopping a bus or driving the Baltimore Beltway are long gone and for that I am grateful.
When I was younger my days consisted of working a forty hour work week and then some. Friday nights were spent at a local eating and drinking establishment to blow off some steam.
Then I had my son who became my full time job by choice. When he was in Junior High, I decided instead of going back in to the work a day world, I would roll the dice and start a small business.
Well, Anthony is grown and gone and I am now left to embrace the possibilities that are there for the taking. So, for the first time in nine years, it is time to bust a move with this 111 State Street property and open my H Two Oh Tea Lounge.
When we reopen in February, you will be greeted with the usual casual and relaxing ambiance that The Stillroom has become known for. Only this year, when you come through the door, you will be walking in to the brand new H Two Oh Tea Lounge!
When we are through with shuffling the deck, the gift shop will be expanded into the rest of the first floor of the building.
The progress has been slow and steady. We have been under construction for the last two weeks with about another week to go. Organized chaos.
I will soon be filling the shelves with fresh biscotti, coffee beans, new tea flavors cool new giftware including vintage this and retro that.
The Stillroom will not be running any ads until March to be sure we don’t jump the gun on any unforeseen issues that might come up during a reno.
I am shooting for February 10th, hopefully sooner. I’ll keep posting updates. It’s going to be cool.
