Lisa Turpin (_lisaturpin_) wrote in vrrpg, @ 2018-08-22 15:58:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, char: eddie carmichael, char: katie bell, char: lisa turpin, location: diagon alley, location: the cauldron inn, time: 2012 08 |
Network: The Cauldron Inn
Who: Lisa + OPEN
When: Wednesday evening
Where: Proof (the bar) at The Cauldron Inn
What: Lisa works the dinner crowd...
Warnings: TBA
"Ready for another night at Proof at The Cauldron Inn! Join me in Diagon Alley for Happy Hour until 8pm and 1/2 off wine all night! And don't forget Karaoke kicks off at V-Bar on Victory Road at 8pm and goes till close - tell Leslie I said hi! #WINEDOWNWEDNESDAY #WINECRUSHWEDNESDAY #WINESDAY #WOMENWEDNESDAY"
Lisa sent the missive and attached photo to her connections on the network and posted it to The Cauldron's followers just before Happy Hour began at 5pm. She had tried to get more into The Network in the last few months, using it to post more updates about events and happenings at both of Turpin Hospitality Group's sites - The Cauldron Inn and V-Bar. She'd gone simple today in a plain white and a denim skirt - it was hot in London and even with the still-new central air system, Proof (the bar inside of The Cauldron Inn) could get warm with all the bodies throughout the evening. Her chef had a dinner special of a summer salad and chicken salad sliders on the chalkboard behind the bar, and she thought for a moment before making a chilled Rosé wine the highlighted drink of the night. Most nights she chose some fun new cocktail as the special, but it was Wednesday, and that meant Wine-sday here at Proof. Wednesday's usually brought in groups of girls gossiping over all the juicy news from the week, and Katie Bell could usually be seen at the bar with a notebook seemingly lost in her own world. Lisa knew better - she knew Katie was listening intently to supposedly private conversations. Lisa didn't begrudge Katie her job, but mostly because Lisa so rarely did anything even remotely interesting enough to end up in the gossip column. Lisa didn't discuss Katie or her work with anyone - it was Katie's business, she figured.
Also, Lisa's life these days was the opposite of gossip fodder. She worked - 7 days a week most of the time, 15+ hour days. Between still running both businesses, though Leslie had taken over as GM of V-Bar (thank goodness!) she also had a small empire to worry about. Of course, hiring Eleanor Branstone two years ago had been among the best decisions Lisa had ever made - her CFO kept her books in line, her sanity in tact, and had even become someone Lisa would call a friend (even if Lisa still could not for the life of her understand what Eleanor saw in Gaspard Shingleton!).
Other than work, Lisa enjoyed a short run most mornings, sometimes before the sun had even risen, and spent her little free time still reading epic romance novels in her flat at The Quarante-Sept on Victory Road. She had heard Leslie on the phone with her husband once, commenting - not unkindly - on Lisa's lack of relationships, but she had contented herself that maybe it wasn't in the cards for some people. Of course, she still harboured an ill-advised crush on Ron Weasley, even after this time since they'd attempted dating. He was just so damned handsome! And he had no idea how attractive he was!
Thinking of him as she wiped down the bar, she laughed at herself and shook her head, going back to restocking from the lunch rush and pulling out lemons and limes to slice for the coming crowd. Just another night behind the bar...