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Help Our Friends at Havana Hideout…Save the Music…March is National Music Month!

ursula — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:18:15 +0000

Time to Speak Up…

Here is the story; the City of Lake Worth is helping us fight Palm Beach County Government. Namely Commissioner Joanne Golden is advocating for small business against unethical charges, and misapplied fees being put to small businesses. Mayor Varela in support of the small businesses has drafted a letter to Palm Beach County, asking them to reconsider these “fees” and also feels they are being misapplied. We all must respond to this, it is vital because…where does it end?

The current argument to charge me, to pay musicians to play here (yes you read that correctly…) Is based on venues that “charge for music,” as you all know Havana Hideout and many other bars in town do not charge for music and offer it free to their patrons to make their visit more enjoyable, and quite honestly to get you to stick around!

Ann Gannon’s argument (and this is printed in the paper!) Is that by creating this hospitable environment, people are coming into my establishment and spending money on food, drink etc….therefore…..wait for it……I’m charging for the music! Yep in black and white…

The really scary thing about this mentality, is it has no end and can be converted to fit any reasoning…….I keep the garden pretty, plants trimmed, and flowers blooming for the enjoyment of my guests….do I now need to pay for a landscaping license because people like to enjoy the garden with a glass of sangria? I keep the bathrooms clean and stocked; do I now need a janitorial license? I paint the cracked and peeling walls…do I need a painting license? I pressure wash my sidewalk and walkways to keep them clean….am I to be charged for a pressure cleaning license? Where does this insane excuse for logic stop? It is dangerous, and people need to speak up.

If they get away with this, fewer musicians will be hired to work, this will affect commerce, which affects revenues, which affects the lively hood of many of our local residents, and their ability to pay their electric bills, rent, not to mention spend any money at the play house, or Kilwins, or any number of businesses struggling to survive for that matter.

Please respond…Tell the city commissioners to keep up the fight and that we support them supporting us!

Below their contact information is a typical job description for being an employee at the Tax Collectors office…they have more benefits, paid vacations and holidays….than I have ever gotten in my 60+ hour work week, I guess they gotta pay for it somehow…the Palm Beach Post article follows the job descriptions.

Rene’ Varela (Mayor) rvarela@lakeworth.org

Jo-Ann Golden (Vice Mayor) jgolden@lakeworth.org

Then Tell Palm Beach County, Ann Gannon and The Governor how you feel

Ann Gannon; taxconta@pbcgov.org

Charlie Crist; Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com

Thanks again to everyone, we love ya!

Chrissy Benoit

Owner

Havana Hideout

What the Cupcake??? LOL

ursula — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:04:06 +0000

Last night was our 5th?? (I think) Cupcake Chef Meeting at Casa Maya in Deerfield Beach:) I promise to do a non-Mexican food meeting soon, Judy:) In another life I certainly owned a Tacorita joint…lol. At any rate our staff has been working many hours and nights to make the mission of saving the world one cupcake at time come true…And I thank them!! As for the silly staff questionaires…well they are for me to create surprises later:) And so we can all know one another better…so here is mine:) Stay Tuned to the posts this week for the anouncement and pics of the newest line of cakes…Inspired by Alice in Wonderland…my favorite always…but honestly I watch anything starring Johnny(melt)!!!

Full Name: Ursula Gatti Rafer Company Title: Cupcake Chef/Mastermind

Job Description: Jill of all trades

Commission %: Whatever is left Year Hired: I am still on probation…lol

Address: Private Phone Number:(561)699-3923

Emergency Contact: Depends on the day…

How you got this name: My papa's mother was Ursula

What is most important thing in your life right now: Following my dharma

Fondest childhood memory: going to Sisal with quintals

Hardest thing you ever had to do: go to Ryan's wake

Best decision you ever made: moving to Florida

Describe your mother in one word: shabby-chic

Describe your father in one word: dependable

Favorites: Yoga, Jazz, Making Stickers, Cooking, traveling to St. Augustine, Tommy, Sher, My friends

Color: Chartreuse

Music: Evan Altshuler, Griffin Anthony, Rhianna, Old LL Cool J, Pharcyde, Sublime, Korn, and Jack Johnson

Jazz and Symphony Radio, 95.5 Morning Show

Food: Mexican, Thai, Seafood

Candy: Sixlets, California Salt Water Taffy, and Puccini

Saying: CARPE DIEM!

Animal: Tommy

Lucky number: Don't have one.

Hobby: Read, Paddlesurf, and Garden

Game to play: Uno

Magazines to read: All (seriously I get them all!)

Favorite drink you often order: Thai Iced Tea, Decaf Iced Latte, Water

Top 3: Peace, Love and Happiness

Things you are thankful for: Everything!!! I am so Blessed!

Regrets: Not worth having!

Wishes: Oh, so many…daily…

Lessons you’ ve learned: LIFE IS SO SHORT…PLAY HARD!

People you think improved the world:(dead or alive) the guy who invented marshmellow fluff, Mother Theresa

Your best qualities: Hard Worker

Your negative qualities: Hard Worker

Animal most like you: Lioness

Randomly list words as they come to mind: jerk,funny,silly,girl,tutu,jinia,jewlery,tara,birthday,joy,happy…

Your best physical feature has always been: Eyes

People who influenced who you are:Ryan, Sam, Sher, My parents, Kathy Coullard, Samantha William,Patzi,Siblings

Cause you feel strongly about: Helping Others

Things you wish people knew about you: I am a pretty open book

Why is family important to you: They are my strength and happiness:)

Wishes for the future are: To be present and mindful

Wishes for your future with CupcakeChef.com: To make enough money to pay all my staff like wallstreet bankers…lol

Things ya wish we did or sold on site: My Ideas are ENDLESS…Look out!

Tara Eliel-Finger – Cupcake Chef PR Guru

daniele — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:37:30 +0000

My name is Tara Eliel- Finger and I’m the PR guru. I currently work in the sales and marketing arena and have a love for healthy sweets! I can’t cook but love making sweet treats for everyone to enjoy! I’m a graduate of FSU and a die hard Seminole fan. I live in Plantation with my husband, son and pit-bull and enjoy shopping, sunbathing and helping others!

Aly – Cupcake Chef Family Typist

daniele — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:48:02 +0000

Aly is a free-lance typist based out of Delray Beach, Florida. Aly has been tic, tac typing away for ten years and has enjoyed typing many manuscripts, screen-plays, memoirs, and especially our menus. Aly is a New York native, loves Broadway musicals, cupcakes with her coffee and is a Sephora junkie. Stay-tuned as Aly will be helping with flavor development and our upcoming newsletters in the months to come. Aly can be reached for all your typing needs at…tictactype@aol.com

Judith Gozlan – Cupcake Chef Family Head Of Marketing

daniele — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:04:09 +0000

Judith Marksfield Gozlan is a retired retail marketing director with fifteen year of experience in specialized trend merchandising. Living in Florida for eighteen years, she has recently reentered the work force as a marketing consultant for Green Wave Body Waxing and as a part-time associate manager at Lucky Brand Jeans. Long, a ‘foodie’, Judy enjoys dabbling in the kitchen and experimenting with new recipes and culinary techniques.

Trevathans-CupcakeChef Family Web/Graphic Designer

daniele — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:34:48 +0000

Herb and Daniele Trevathan are a great work team. Herb is the owner of Trevaco LLC (www.trevaco.com), a company that specializes in webdesign and promotion. While Daniele is a stay at home mom who has loved learning about webdesign from her husband and now builds sites for babies, families, weddings, children, school and sports. Daniele’s love for design has been rekindled by Herbs knowledge. Herb has created great sites for many businesses and promoted companies using traditional SEO, social media marketing and PPC campaigns. Daniele is working on websites for her company’s Sliiide (www.sliiide.com) and The Old Paper Mill (theoldpapermill.com) that make family sites, online scrapbooks, photo books, photo cards, printing for special occasions and more. Check out Herb for your business needs and Daniele for special occasions or family needs.

Samantha Gozlan – Cupcake Chef Family Artist

daniele — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:23 +0000

Samantha Gozlan is Senior at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. She primarily works in printmaking, but often crosses over into soft sculpture, and performance. In 2008, Samantha attended the Oxbow School, a prestigious interdisciplinary art program located in Napa, California.

She has also attended summer intensives at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Samantha has shown at numerous local galleries and shows, including the Scholastic Art Awards, EG2, and the one-night-only installation and new media event, Showtel. She also does hand drawn graphic design and illustration. (now accepting commissions)