Archive for January, 2009
What it Took (Part 3) – My Journey Launching a New Business and Becoming a New Father
Part 3: Your First Patent Searches Welcome to my series “What it Took – My Journey Starting a New Business and Becoming a New Father.” We’ll look back over the last 2 roller-coaster years and use my experiences with bringing the SurfShelf to market as a case study of the do’s and don’ts of starting [...]
Monday’s Menu from Our Farmer’s Table
Potato Corn Chowder 4 cups chicken stock 20 small potatoes - red, gold, purple any combo will do 2 ears fresh corn – removed from cobb 1 med. carrot 1 cup milk 1 bouquet garni – make one with the following: 1 bay leaf 1 sprig thyme 1 hand full oregano and any other herb [...]
What it Took (Part 2) – My Journey Launching a New Business and Becoming a New Father
This post is part of the series “What it Took – My Journey Launching a New Business and Becoming a New Father.” We’ll look back over the last 2 roller-coaster years and use my experiences with bringing the SurfShelf to market as a case study of the do’s and don’ts of starting a new business. [...]
Tuesday’s Tips (Week 6) – Baby Steps for a Happy & Healthy Life
NEW PEOPLE: If you are just joining us we recommend that you start with the first step, which is Week 1. Give yourself a week to form each new habit, you will have a better chance for success and avoid burning out. Each week I will post a very small, simple, easy thing that we [...]
Monday’s Menu from our Farmer’s Table
Today’s Menu: Farmer’s Market Pasta Potato Onion Bread Handmade Butter Pumpkin Walnut Bread with Strawberries It was a gorgeous sunny Saturday morning so we decided to go to the big Torrance farmer’s market. Normally I go to the small Hermosa Farmer’s market on Fridays just down the street but Skye slept until 3:30 last Friday [...]
What it Took – My Journey Launching a New Business and Becoming a New Father
This is the first post of a new series that I am starting here at our SurfShelf blog. The series is called “What it Took – My Journey Launching a New Business and Becoming a New Father”. Because I had absolutely no idea of what I was doing, I had to start from scratch. And [...]
Free Shipping for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend!
Just wanted to announce that we’ll be having a FREE SHIPPING holiday promotion in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The special starts Friday January 16 and runs through Monday January 19 (we like to start celebrating early here at SurfShelf so we’re starting it on Friday… why wait till Sat?). This [...]
Tuesday’s Tips (Week 5) – Baby Steps for a Healthy Life
Tuesday’s Tips are good habits we want to create and have for the rest of our lives. They are very, very, (some may say ridiculously) small steps we can take to dramatically change our lives. Each new habit is small and easy so we can and will actually do them. And if we do each [...]
Great SurfShelf Review on MommyMandy.com
Once again the SurfShelf has been featured on a mommy blog to rave reviews! Last Saturday 1/10 the Mandy behind the MommyMandy.com blog wrote a post about how the SurfShelf is helping her get in shape and lose weight during the fitness challenge that she organized and is participating in. Here’s an excerpt of her [...]
SurfShelfs in Celebrity Gym Platinum
Now the stars have SurfShelfs to use in their favorite gym! I was recently contacted by Joanna Fiore, celebrity trainer and CEO of the Platinum Sports and Wellness Center in Calabasas CA asking us to equip their treadmills, elliptical trainers and exercise bikes with SurfShelfs for their clientele. And if you go to Platinum’s website, [...]
