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I asked Pat to send us a couple of days from her calendar so here are two days in her life as proprietor of Big Nose, Full Body.

TUESDAY
7:00am Clock radio tuned to NPR…
7-7:30 Check email and answer messages
7:30-8:15 Walk dog
8:15-10:00 Breakfast, read NY Times
10:00-11:00 Pay wine invoices, other bills
11:00 Walk dog
11:15 Walk to garage and drive to BNFB in Brooklyn
12:00 Open the store
12:00 – 1:30 assist customers, receive two wine deliveries, log wines into inventory
1:30 Larry arrives (assistant manager)
2:00 – 2:30 Distributor wine tasting… representative visits store with 7 wines from Italy.
2:30-3:00 Lunch at counter in store
3:00 – 4:30 assist customers, receive 2 more wine deliveries
4:30-5 Distributor wine tasting…rep with 5 wines
5:00-9:00 Assist customers, reorganize shelves.
9:00-9:30… Close register and store
9:30-10:15…drive home to Manhattan
10:15… walk dog
10:30… have dinner in front of TV
11:00 go to bed

communting here from Manhattan

WEDNESDAY
7:00am – clock radio tuned to NPR
7-7:30 Check email and answer messages
7:30-8:30 Walk dog; have breakfast at coffee shop with sidewalk tables.
8:30- 9:00 Pay wine invoices
9-11:00 Work on wine article
11:00-11:30 Walk dog
11:30-1:30…Attend wine tasting at restaurant in Tribeca. Wines from Germany and Austria. Have cheese and bread for lunch.
1:30-2:00… drive to store where Adam has opened and received 2 wine deliveries
2:00-3:30 .. assist customers, receive 3 wine deliveries and enter wines into inventory
3:30-4…Distributor tasting in store…rep brings 5 wines.
4:00-9:00 – assist customers
9-9:30 Close register and store
9:30-10:15…drive home
10:15-11… walk dog. Stop for mexican food and margarita at sidewalk cafe.
11:00 go to bed and read wine magazine