People and Pets

Vito died on June 26th. We had a cake in the store for him on June 1st. He was 16 in people years, or 112 in dog years. Probably only half of you remember Vito (our first Boston Terrier) as he has been mostly in the office the past eight years. Of course, those of you who have been with us for fifteen or even twenty-five years, could not miss him in the old, smaller store. As a matter of fact, I had three people this week ask me about the dogs! For those who are interested, I posted a few stories and photos at www.seasonalstores.com/vito.

We had five graduations this summer. Dalton, Justin, and Tim graduated from high school. Dalton will be majoring in Criminal Justice at Southern New Hampshire University, Tim is going into the Army, and Justin will be working for a while before heading on.. Jacob graduated from Keene State and is looking for work in a design studio. He is an incredibly talented designer. Amanda just got her Master’s Degree, in only one year, and graduated Magna Cum Laude! She is now a Special Education teacher in New York.

Our customer, Tim W. of Merrimack, NH won a FREE Seasonal Specialty Stores Party Deck Rental at a Nashua Pride Game, in our June Drawing. It included twenty tickets to a Pride Game, use of the party deck, and wait staff service right to the deck. We are giving away another free rental right around the time this newsletter is published. We expect to have our own Team Summer Party in a couple of luxury boxes at the August 2nd Pride game. There are too many of us to fit on the Party Deck. Pictured here are some snapshots from last summer’s party.