Framing for the Washrooms

We're into the second week of renovation and things are looking good.  The framing for the washrooms are up, plumbing and electrical are in for that area.  The place will have 4 washrooms, two rooms with two toilets and two separate washrooms for employees since I think we will have more than 5 staff members on the floor. The place itself is over 3,500 sq on the main floor alone (2 major rooms and a backroom). Castle will have a maximum capacity of 100 people and it's no small project.

Before

After Framing 

      It's only going to get crazier.  Sometime next week-  two AC units need to be installed , a water tank, and two furnaces need to go in.  There's going to be so much duct work to be done and there is a little confusion on where it's suppose to go according to the architects plan.  I sometimes have doubt if it was worth it to have the ceiling exposed but  I feel like the extra ceiling space would make the place nicer despite all the madness on the ceiling.  Some covers for the pipes, paint and 28 new drop down track lights will make the place brighter (compared to the old boxed lights that use to be there).

This is what the back room looks like. 

CRFA show

I was lucky enough this year to go to the CRFA show to get connected with my local vendors and the big distributors.  The place was so big that I barely had enough time to talk to everyone.  Every owner that was mutual interested  had their info. scanned so a follow up would happen later in the week.  

There were tons of cakes, bars, beer, sandwiches, cheese and breads to try. I have never been surrounded by so much food and beverages yet feel so unsatisfied.  There was food everywhere but I couldn't just sit and eat properly.  I had to sample a few bites here and there.

This has to be the "oh my good it's so good I want to die for" cake.  It  was gluten free but it had to have nuts in it  It was better than the flour-less cake at the Distillery District that Allen got for us (sorry Allen).  If i had to describe it ... it has a chocolatey crumbly base, with creamy mocha, and it tasted like reeses with more goodness on top. Out of the 50 samples I had, this had to be the best.