Ilsa Higa, M.D. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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betterplace2012-12-10 04:04 pm
ooeeooahah) wrote in betterplace2012-12-10 04:04 pm
Just walk right in, it's around the back...
[ Downtown, Midday, open to anyone in town ]
[ One of the buildings has been getting a good bit of attention. The week has seen many things attached to the roof, or added to the alley behind the building that might have been the diner. While the exterior has not been that polished, it has been cleaned and made weather-tight. ]
[ Today, there are three additions to the windows in the front of the building. ]
[ First, the largest addition has been a chalkboard sign in the window, declaring Today's Special to be Pancakes with Fruit. ]
[ Second, there is a cardboard sign requesting volunteers for additional cooks and servers, shifts negotiable. ]
[ Third, a small, neatly hand-lettered sign notes that Dr. Ilsa Higa is available for counseling. ]
[ Inside, there are only two tables for four, but plenty of space for more. However, there are ten stools at the counter. Ilsa is behind the counter, putting away clean dishes in the shelves above the grill, generally straightening up. ]
[ One of the buildings has been getting a good bit of attention. The week has seen many things attached to the roof, or added to the alley behind the building that might have been the diner. While the exterior has not been that polished, it has been cleaned and made weather-tight. ]
[ Today, there are three additions to the windows in the front of the building. ]
[ First, the largest addition has been a chalkboard sign in the window, declaring Today's Special to be Pancakes with Fruit. ]
[ Second, there is a cardboard sign requesting volunteers for additional cooks and servers, shifts negotiable. ]
[ Third, a small, neatly hand-lettered sign notes that Dr. Ilsa Higa is available for counseling. ]
[ Inside, there are only two tables for four, but plenty of space for more. However, there are ten stools at the counter. Ilsa is behind the counter, putting away clean dishes in the shelves above the grill, generally straightening up. ]
no subject
[ Ilsa chuckles deprecatingly. ]
In college, I did well and enjoyed the technical aspects of the business. The creativity of the kitchen, the nurturing of the guest - those were wonderful... but the need to make a profit, the marketing, all the things that seemed to be more grasping than giving, those I couldn't seem to manage well enough beyond a passing grade. Even the soup kitchen required some form of selling, if only for donations.