Musings

Winemaking is a Business, too.

Musings by Amanda N. YoungApril 21, 2019

Bakers and Baguettes

Musings by Amanda N. YoungMarch 25, 2019April 21, 2019

Musings by Amanda N. YoungMarch 16, 2019

There’s been this blank -in my life A time I needed to heal -and to survive For a while I feared I couldn’t yet move past The quiet pain that kept me locked inside I told myself I would stay on solid ground There was no one -to be found Who could reach -me […]

Musings by Amanda N. YoungJuly 15, 2018

I kept the gummy bears

Are there stale gummy bears where you go? Made Pink and Gold with Dom Perignon And filled with memories and ghosts of love long gone Are there bubbles of champagne Made of late nights And filled with laughter and bad white boy dance moves Unpaid tabs and Spanish better left unsaid Is there […]

Musings by Amanda N. YoungDecember 26, 2017December 26, 2017

Hello, Old Friend.

I called to wish you Happy Birthday I called to say Merry Christmas I called because it’s Wednesday I called just to say hey, catch me up Honestly, I just called to hear your voice Somehow, after everything we’ve been through, Despite the miles between us, And the new love in your life, And that […]

Musings by Amanda N. YoungNovember 13, 2017

Happy Birthday, Old Man

where were you when the world turned grey when the quiet opened up our senses to something new where was your heart in that moment when the air around us became full the motes of dust had immense weight the light soft the sounds dimmed by the presence of infinity were you honest were you […]

What are you reading lately?

Musings by Amanda N. YoungApril 9, 2017May 4, 2017

Musings by Amanda N. YoungApril 4, 2017

“So, what do you do?”

Do you remember when you were a kid, and people would ask questions like “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Do you remember your answers? Mine changed a lot. I was fascinated by so many things; wanted to be an expert in everything. How could I choose? Well I tried, but […]

Musings by Amanda N. YoungMarch 25, 2017March 25, 2017

More on Motivation

Where I muster the realization that I am often my own obstacle, and I must get to work.

Musings by Amanda N. YoungFebruary 3, 2017March 25, 2017

So we’re a little broken, let’s talk about how to change.

Over the past couple of years I have found myself having very similar conversations with a lot of my colleagues. We’ve been talking about an industry that’s struggling. An industry that grew so popular and so fast that now we are hitting some painful growth realities. There are suddenly a lot of amazing restaurants- […]