The Hoss and The Boss

We cannot tell you how many times customers, friends and just about everybody else asked the same mundane question over and over. "This place is so cool, it must be so easy working together 24/7. Is it as easy as it looks?" Hello.......is Prince Charles handsome or better yet is his "Mum" a raving beauty?" There ya go! I think you've got your answer! Is marriage easy? If it were there would be very few divorces. Anything that is a success takes time, patience and the determination to succeed. Did we have the love and understanding to make it work? Absolutely! Was it fun? For the most part yes, neither one of us would have done it for twenty-two plus years if it wasn't. We enjoyed our life at Fred's and we enjoy our life in Florida, we just enjoy each others souls. Once when I was at the gynecologist's office for my annual physical, lying flat on my back, I remembered a very profound statement I had read, "The depth of one's soul isn't measured by what you see, but what lies deep within the heart." Great moment for a flashback! However, that is the basis of our relationship.

I think what most patrons really wanted to know was, "did we argue or ever disagree?" Just ask a customer named Linda who walked through the unlocked door about thirty minutes before we actually opened. I betcha she thought,"I won't do that again!" Or perhaps one should ask Richie or Ward about my wrath one evening when I was more than slightly pissed off at the love of my life. I think the next day they came in with white flags! Point being or as my children would say, "get to the point Mom!" Of course we disagreed and argued. We tried not to in front of our public. Mostly we succeeded, however sometimes we might have used "that glare" at each other. Ours is a great relationship always has been, it definitely has weathered the years. After one particularly busy morning of me shouting orders to Bill and him cooking non-stop for hours, joking with our customers and just the two of us putting on what one of the regulars called "our shows", Emil, one of "the brothers" said, "this is why I sold the place to the two of you!"

My dear husband "Chef Pierre" said to his wife "DeeDee Gourmet", "this marriage works because I'm the hoss and you're the boss!" And that's all I'm going to say about that!