Closing

Hey there. We've sent out notices to our retailers already, but we thought that we'd let our blog audience (all seven of you) also know that we will be closed from this Saturday, December 22nd, until Tuesday, January 1st. We'll reopen on Wednesday, January 2nd. We won't be reachable by phone during that time, so your best bet is faxing us. Yes, faxing us -- just like VH1, we love the 80's.

Also, we'd like to congratulate Blue Iris for being chosen Pantone's color of the year. Not our choice, maybe, but a good choice nonetheless.

Have a great holiday season!



-- Your tireless worker elves at Luscious Verde

Name That Baby

As some of you may already know, Wendy, one of our co-owners, is pregnant with her third child. The facts that we have right now are 1) it’s a boy, and 2) it’s due on February 6^th, both Bob Marley’s birthday and the birthday of Liz, our operations manager.

Of course, this means that baby-naming fever has gripped our company. And even in the midst of our final holiday push, we’re all still throwing out our own ideas of what she should name her child. Adam? Elijah? Cobra Commander?

It’s up in the air at this point, as she hasn’t settled on a name, at least publicly. So we’re throwing it out to you. What do you think Wendy should name her child? Leave your best guess as a comment to this blog post, and the closest (or most creative) will win a lovely Luscious Verde gift bag full of goodies that are indescribable, mainly because we haven’t picked them out yet. Oh, and we promise we won’t leave you hanging like we did with our haiku contest. Sorry boutcha, Lindsay’s mom!

-- Rob @ L.V.

(P.S. The image at the top of the post is from Wry Baby.)

Super Sonic

We recently got a guest blog from Toni, our much-beloved ex-retailer-representative. While we're still in the midst of holiday order madness, here's her guest blog. The picture above is from the Oregonian. Thanks Toni! -- Rob

At this time last year I was covered in red ink smears and drowning in piles of holiday orders ready for proofreading. The non-stop ringing of the phone and Liz's epic sighs punctuated my day. Exercise came in the form of racing through the building on the hunt for papers, people, and cookies. Dinner? Oh yes, that was the 10 minutes of pizza before going back to the art production to hand-line another few hundred envelopes. After heading home from a 12-hour shift, I'd have a well-deserved pint of beer (it's beautiful being married to a brewer) and fall fast asleep only to dream of duplex papers. And you know what? I loved it.

This year I'm far from the Luscious crew and the holiday card madness. How far? Try 2,479 miles away in the rain-soaked state of Washington. These are old stomping grounds for the hubby and I, so it feels great to be back on the Best Coast even though we're living in a full-fledged state of emergency.

If you've been following the news, then you might know about the severe rainstorms and flooding in southwest Washington. Parts of I-5 (the main north-south artery on the west coast) are under 10 feet of water and countless rivers have crested causing road closures. Members of our National Guard are blocking freeway entrances and running rescue operations. Helicopter evacuations are still ongoing. Ryan (the hubby) heard on the radio that this is the biggest federal evacuation since Hurricane Katrina. Just a block away from our new home are barricades blocking access to two streets, due to flooding.

Fortunately, we're safe and dry. Unfortunately, we've both been able to reach work safely so we haven't had any downtime to watch the drama unfold. Did I mention that I work for the government now? Yep. It's pretty awesome so far. I get to use my publishing experience and play with InDesign. There are rumors that I might get to use some of my grant writing experience, too. Yea! Ryan's digging his new job as the new brewer at Dick's Brewing.

Hopefully this guest blog has bought Rob some extra time between postings. For all you industry insiders suffering the stress of holiday orders: Just keep breathing, it can't last much longer at this pace. And be nice to my darling LVCers! Cheerio!

-- Toni, customer service emeritus @ L.V.