Is There AnyBody Out There?

Time: February, 2008, Outer Banks
Setting: A bar somewhere, maybe just a kitchen bar, two bored women, an empty bottle of wine (or two)

JL: Oh, your email crack'd me up today! Thought I'd die laughing...
KQ: You know WHAT!! We should start a blog... we're just as good as the fuggers or anybody else out there!
JL: You are SO right! Let's do it! What should we call it?

Three weeks later...

KQ: Okay, so Queen Beaches is about the only thing out there NOT taken.
JL: Let's roll with it..
KQ: I know, let's premiere with a live blog of the Oscars!
JL: Done! And we can do the PR finale, the SATC movie, there's so much to say about so many things!
KQ: And heck, who doesn't have the time!

Flash forward to June, 2008, OBX
Setting: one woman running a boutique solo, arranging dresses with one hand, texting with the other; other woman in a nearby locale unpacking UPS shipment of 8 boxes of books with the left, texting with the right

KQ: wtf is psswrd 4 blg
JL: dk, wat blg?
KQ: u no, THE blg
JL: o... dunno
KQ: thnx a lot
JL: k..gtg

In short, please be patient with the Queen Beaches, Queen Beach readers. Since school let out last week here's what's going on between the two of us: four kids at home, all day, every day. two boutiques to manage and run since a seasonal manager left KQ high and dry after a week on the job; one bookstore to manage; a water aerobics class to teach; restaurant reviews due for gayot.com, husbands to please and feed, in-store events and sales to promote and produce.... in short, while we always have the best intentions of keeping our blog fresh and updated daily sadly those intentions go the way of so many others like them. In fact there's a great Randy Travis song that even addresses the subject... something about the road to a very hot place being paved with good intentions.

We will be live blogging the Top Chef finale later this evening and please know that even when you think we don't care and that YOU the loyal and avid QB readers are the last thing on our minds, www.queenbeaches.blogspot.com is ALWAYS on our to-do lists!