Welcome Back

 They're coming back! The restaurants. The people. The fun...

 

Most of us have missed going out to eat with our families and friends. But slowly and surely, we're starting to resume this wonderful event of socializing. There are still many restaurants that are doing take out only, but eventually, hopefully they too will be able to get back to life as we knew it in the past.

It's been tough for most restaurant people and many of these people won't be going back to work in their restaurants... permanently closed. So sad that there wasn't enough help.

I'm visiting Summit County Colorado where I lived for many years and shot a restaurant movie here in 2005. "Did I Say Thousand Island?" was premiered in Breckenridge, Co. in 2007 and continues to be watched on the internet... all these years later. I'm on a mission to get it remade and use it to help restaurant people in the event of another devastating blow from somewhere.

I recently learned about Summit Musicians Relief Fund (SMRF). It started out as a fund to help 2 local musicians who were fighting leukemia. Leon Joseph Littlebird is one of them and he happens to have donated music for the movie back in 2005. This non-profit was subsequently able to help Summit Co. musicians who were put out of work from the Covid-19. Wouldn't it be great if there had been more help available to those in the restaurant world? Use a restaurant movie to help their own.

Or maybe... just get the movie remade for sake of the movie itself. There's a reason why it's been seen all over the world. Maybe because it's a movie that has helped people get an honest idea of what restaurant people are really like: hard working, intelligent, fun and entertaining. Maybe it's about more than the restaurant industry. Or maybe you've missed your pals at your local watering hole or cafe, or wherever you went to unwind and get out of the house, and have more respect for this industry that is usually stereotyped in a very negative way. 

Did I Say Thousand Island? represents the truth about an industry that resonates with all people and has a universal connection. It's personal for many people, genuine and just plain fun. It's a real movie that could be used to help people here in the real world. Let's Do It!