Okay so it didn’t exactly (at all) go like that, but its fun to say.   In December, we did a taping for Chronicle, the TV show.  Different team members and I spent the whole day with the Chronicle team.  None of us had ever been on camera before, but the crew was very laid back and it was a ton of fun.

As it turns out – the week of the taping was one of the craziest weeks in the history of man…okay definitely not that crazy, but crazy for normal human beings like me – and I barely made it through.  The night before I had just gotten back from a long and grueling trip to our manufacturing facility (long story)….i was exhausted and was still thinking through the day – translation: didn’t feel prepared at all.

We had gotten special permission from the team at Whole Foods to tape a Biena demo at Whole Foods in Hingham.  It was serendipity that we taped at THAT store because its the very first store we launched into…ever (!).  They also interviewed the Buyer that took a huge chance on Biena and brought us into Whole Foods.  Luckily, Kerry, one of our awesome brand ambassadors, was on hand for the demo and didn’t mind being taped.

The second half of the day was spent back at home base – taping some ingredient testing where I compared different types of cinnamon (more on that later) followed by a 1-on-1 interview.   We had to take shortcuts during the ingredient testing simply because we didn’t have a full production kitchen in front of us.  And the interview…well hopefully it went well.  I need to get better at being in front of the camera – though the Chronicle team was fantastic and made it as easy as possible.

We had some other snafus along the way – like a weird humming sound from the heating/cooling vent in the ceiling.  We had to call in maintenance and figure out how to turn it off.  Funny how you don’t notice those things in normal life.

All in all – a really fun experience, and one I’ll remember for a long time.  PS – we just found out that the show airs tomorrow night (2/21) at 7:30pm!

I’ve envisioned what our office would look like for a long time, and after 5 months of visiting sublets, warehouses, woodworking shops (don’t ask), co-working spaces, large industrial buildings, cozy brownstone-offices and more, I finally found it.

For now, it’s not much – just under 300 square feet plus additional warehouse space – but its ours.  Bright windows on one side, massive boards on every wall for making plans, a little alcove up front, clean shiny floor and newly painted walls.

What makes this place special – for starters, I love the location.  We’ll be in Cambridge – home of so many startups and entrepreneurs.  Its bright and airy.  There’s a warehouse and loading dock downstairs (this is key).  There’s flexibility to move around and grow in the building.  And a fun fact – the building used to be a factory and there’s a fountain that used to serve as a handwashing station for workers when the shift bell rang – kind of cool.

We’re moving in this week!  Time to get this place up and running.