It's been about a year since my last post. It's been a busy year with the opening of your second location at Chinook Mall. The gals at Chinook especially Jessie have been wonderful and supportive. Additionally, the other merchants have been very supportive of our bakery often using us as their bakery of choice for celebrations. We are humbled by their generosity. So, a year has gone by and all I can say is that Calgarians continue to believe and support our efforts in creating a cupcake niche that at times seems impossible amongst many competitors. Anna and Kelly has left us to pursue greener pastures in Ontario, Morgan will be going back to school soon, Winnie is our newest pastry chef, Nora will be the new manager in Bow Valley, and Davis continues to run our bakery with true grit.
What have I learned over the past year? Well, Justina, myself and our wonderful staff believe that hard work, determination, honesty, and charity is the key to success. Stay true to your heart, be loyal to your supporters and be grateful everyday that you made a dollar the honest way will certainly help to carve a straight path to success.
On a personal note, Justina and I continue to scare, entertain and comfort our staff and patrons with our constant bickering behind and shamelessly not behind closed doors. Our defiance towards one another seems to be a part of the bakery's every day life and it does not appear to be losing any steam any time soon. We are gearing up for another location and with that comes more stress...I will go more into that in October.
We continue to create and re-create our cupcakes. Evolving is important and we try everyday to create a masterpiece that will be well received by all. This month is our blueberry cheesecake and I absolutely love it. Mean while we continue to create artistic many tiered cakes that once scared us to death. All of us here at Bliss continue to take on new projects no matter how unsurmountable it may seem. We know we will find a way to build it and surprisingly it always turns out. Watch out Cake Walk next year Bliss plans on being a force.
That is it for now as I pack away the last 40 pounds of fresh cherries picked by Monica, the kids, Dan and myself to bring back to Calgary. I am already thinking about what to make with these gems....if there is any left.
In the mean time, enjoy the rest of summer and Bliss will continue to make the several hundreds of cupcakes each day for each of you to enjoy.
