It's been a while...

Hey folks!

Sorry I haven't blogged these past couple of days- I've been busy with work and haven't had anything truly blog worthy happening. Things have been a lot better in regards to recruiting now that Stacie, Kathleen and I are all in the same place and working as a team. We're meeting some really nice people as we walk around Park City who are excited to have a J. Crew coming to town and some of them even want to help us open the store! We need as many people as we can get to help get everything set up for the grand opening on September 23! I've noticed that it is definitely more effective to recruit on the weekdays since we can't hire anyone under 18. Yesterday as I was walking around by myself trying to get the word out the only employees, it seemed, were teenage boys! After the holiday weekend we're going to visit all of the schools in the area to talk up our teacher discount (15%) and see if any of the faculty want to help us the weekend before we open. There are some great wardrobe basics for teachers at J. Crew so hopefully some people will be interested.

We went into one boutique-type store on Main Street called Mary Jane's- very similar to Luna Chicks for all the NH people. We were talking to Lori, the owner, and we somehow got on the topic of shoplifting, I think she was just warning us that there's a lot of it in the area. She told us that once they caught Paris Hilton trying to steal from her store!!!! I have no idea if this is true or not, but isn't that crazy!?! She started namedropping a bit after that and told us that Lindsay Lohan has come in many times before and she was really nice and also Kirsten Dunst. Lori explained that all these actresses go to rehab in the mountains and then shop on Main Street. Stacie told us about some of the celebrities who shopped at the retail J. Crew she worked at in L.A. Among them Alyssa Milano and Alec Baldwin.... COOL!!!

Onto something not work related....I was exploring EW.com today where they have a ton of lists on subjects like "the 20 worst sci-fi movies ever made" or "the top 25 movies of the last ten years" etc. One list they had was the worst dialogue ever. I started trying to think of some movie lines that make me laugh or cringe every time I hear them and all I could think of was that winner from "Brokeback Mountain." Say it with me now.....

"I wish I knew how to quit you."

Don't get me wrong, that's a good movie but that particular line was just asking to be made fun of. That movie had some other silly lines- and didn't the screenplay win an Oscar??? I know a screenplay isn't just about dialogue but still.... There was a whole list of dialogue that readers had posted and it was really long so I'm not sure if anyone else listed anything from "Brokeback Mountain." The funny thing about the list was the people who wrote something that started like "I couldn't believe how bad the lines were in 'Troll 2'...." Okay I don't know what "Troll 2" is but with a name like that, were people surprised that the dialogue wasn't good? What is YOUR favorite movie for bad dialogue? It's fun to think of bad movie lines!

If you ever get bored of my blog, Amy, EW.com is a website that can hold your interest for a good while. Just look for the lists!!

Did anyone see Shawn Johnson on Jay Leno the other night? She told this really funny story about flying home after the Olympics. They were waiting on the plane and were told it was because they needed another pilot. Apparently the original pilot was bending over looking for something and they told him Shawn Johnson would be on the flight so he stood up so fast out of excitement that he hit his head on the overhead compartment and had to be taken to the hospital for stitches! Isn't that hilarious?

Hope everyone is enjoying the long Labor Day weekend! There was talk of snow here in PC tomorrow but I just checked the forecast and it looks like there will be thunderstorms instead. SNOW?!?! On September 1st?! What have a I gotten myself into!?!