Adventures in the Bean

So, we've been saying how we need to document our lives. It's time to make it happen. We're about to get a video camera and digital camera to document our chaotic lives. We have about 5 companies you'll hear about during our adventures.

So Thursday we had an art event at our store, Denim Society. (By the way, we are Liza and Michelle.) We sell premium denim along with t-shirts, funky jewelry, and art in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Our site is being reconstructed, but you can check us out at www.denim-society.com. Thursday began our chaotic week. We ran around getting food and drinks and such for the event. We had a great turn out from 6-9pm with food, drinks, music, and free massages.

Next up we head to Bean Town. We (liza michelle and partner Free) leave for Boston after the event at midnight. We get to Boston at 5am and try to get some rest. The plan is to meet with investors for our company, Vintage Blue on Monday and Tuesday. Vintage Blue is a vintage inspired clothing line. We have the rights to the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from the movie A League of their Own with Madonna and Tom Hanks. We have samples and a strong team in place- now we're trying to earn some capital to make it happen!

So, our money guy say they set us up with two BIG investor meetings for Monday and Tuesday. After spending days creating a powerpoint the money men said we needed, Sunday night we sit down in the hotel lobby to go over the presentation. To give you guys a little understanding of how we work- we don't do conventional presentations. Everything we do is natural, shows our personality and passion. However, Liza was persuaded by the money men to be formal and write notecards-many many many notecards.
We were all arguing that this is not us and how we work. We spend the entire next day practicing. We go into the meeting- only to find out this is a Hot Seat where they critique your presentation. Halfway through the presentaion the notecards get thrown out and the real passion comes through. Everyone loves it- but no real money people are there- our money men say Tuesday is the big night.

So, we head home and work all night long again. Wake up early and prepare all day long. We set up the meeting room with the magazine we created, vintage candy and luggage, our samples, baseball bats and balls. The room looks fantastic.

No one shows up. Well, one person ends up showing up. So, it would be fantastic to get a lead from this. But, we are pissed that we spent so much time and energy to come to Boston from Philly, practice and put ourselves through so much for these supposedly huge investors- to have one person show up. We had to find someone to work our store and also had to cancel our classes. Oh, that's another thing. We teach a video production class in West Philly through the Beacon program three times a week. Because we aren't busy enough.

So, we hit the road after the meeting and head back to good old Philly. Get in at 5am and wake up at 10am to head to NYC for Coterie- a tradeshow where we just ordered the hottest new denim for the store. We treated ourself to a lovely dinner at Cafeteria for our troubles. We're always learning from our experiences. At the end of the day, life is always good.