Holy Guacamole
This podcast released an episode every week between 2020 and 2023. The idea was to share first-hand stories from restaurant owners, cafe owner, travel businesses and more.
PODCAST
53: HOST MARTHA LUCIUS IS INTERVIEWED BY FELLOW PODCASTER ANN SHAFER
Two podcasting worlds collide in the episode. You'll hear how Ann Shafer and Martha Lucius took up podcasting in 2020. Ann is an art historian, art curator and all around lovely human. In the last year Ann created The Curator's Choice which is her musing of purchasing art Baltimore Museum of Art. Ann is also responsible for leading Platemark which explores the state of museums and issues that are unfolding now--pay equity, #metoo, cultural appropriation, and more.
Ann Shafer interviews Martha Lucius and explores how she became a restaurant owner, and then a restaurant strategist/consultant. They are long time friends, neighbors, fellow cyclists and now, podcasters. You'll learn the context for how Martha got into helping independents. There's a simple bio where Martha grew up eating food around the world, ran her two cafes for close to twenty years, watched and participated in the rise of independent restaurants, and now helps owners with the difficult parts of ownership.
Shameless promotion for Becky Redett who started Sassy Cyclist, which is woman's cyclist jersey company. Very clever design, Baltimore-based and naturally woman made.
Another shameless promotion for HEXFerments -- kimchi grilled cheese.
Enjoy the show. Reach out to Martha Lucius if you are interested in having your questions answered or wish to be a guest on air, please reach out to martha@marthalucius.com
52: BARK SOCIAL & OUR LIVELY CONVERSATION WITH LUKE SILVERMAN
What happens when a cafe, a bar and a dogpark come together as one? Bark Social.
Right now, in Bethesda, MD, and coming soon to Canton in Baltimore, MD. No doubt everyone will want one in their neghborhood. Get yourself a coffee and your dog a pupcicle!
Luke Silverman is one of the masterminds between this social delightful way to get out of the house and share the experience with one of the best members of your household--your dog.
What's on the menu? We talk about the pretzels that are so good, and handcrafted by a man who does not have a website, then their newest menu item: Grateful Pizza, who listeners will know from our a previous episode (48).
How easy is it to hire for Bark Social. Listen and find out!
We dig into the research and exploration stage of this wildly creative business, and it's service style. Learn a bit about how to navigate to gather investors. Luke kindly shared that he now knows it's okay to say "no" to investors who do not align completely align with your mission.
It's a lively conversation with a true entrepreneur. His family is in restaurants in NYC. He does not get excited about the idea of prepping food. He is thrilled to have you come in with your dog for a coffee, pretzel, pizza and playtime with your dog.
Website: Bark Social
IG: https://www.instagram.com/bark_social/