A New Year is Here!

Wow! Where does the time go? Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. All these holidays are now in the rear view mirror of your life. Much of what is in that view of 2008 has not been good.

It really is amazing how quickly time passes.

For all of us, we have a fresh new month and new year that stretches out before us.

We know for certain only the past and the uncertainty of the future. But history often does repeat itself.

The good news I can share with you in this column is that each of us can participate in the future in a very proactive way, helping to create and paint the canvas of our lives.

It’s not the cards we’re dealt but how we play them. Rather than events, it’s our reactions that determine quality of life.

Well, here it is. 2009! Another year. Nice, fresh, clean. What will you do with it?

Last year, as in life, I witnessed the passing of so many restaurants from the local scene. John Harvard’s in Wilkins Township closed as well as Café Allegro on the South Side late last year.

Where has Abruzzi’s gone this time?

A very special favorite of mine on Wood Street, Piccolo Piccolo, has been gone for some time. Froggy’s is abandoned and deserted, and a long time favorite in the Strip District, Brandys, has been gone for many years.

With one exception, all were advertisers and friends of mine.

The cycle of life goes on also in the life of business.

The list could go on and on.

Fortunately the story doesn’t end here because of the many new restaurants in town such as McCormick & Schmick’s, Downtown and on the South Side. One good restaurant that has stood the test of time is featured on this month’s cover.

Spaghetti Warehouse has been in the Strip District at 26th & Smallman Streets for 20 years. It’s the Home of the Incredible 15 Layer Meat Lasagna and earned the title of World’s Largest Lasagna on May 11, 2008 by building a 8,800 pound lasagna at the Race for the Cure. 100 percent of the sale from the lasagna was donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research.

Spaghetti Warehouse. Great Italian Food. Great Family Value. Always Plenty of Free Parking.

A. Robert Scott
Publisher/Owner

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