Aparagus and other gifts of the season

It has been an amazing few days -
The spot on Good Morning American ended up airing on Easter Sunday morning - I missed the actual airing as I didn't know it was going to be on that day - however, several friends let me know they saw it. I was able to download the link and view the spot, which was pretty neat.
Jared and I went to dinner at his Aunt Grace's. They had ham and turkey, as might be expected, but also some yummy cheesy potatoes, great biscuits, and delicious fresh veggie platter. Grace also made an amazing chocolate cake with a dark chocolate frosting - I can honestly say I have never had better chocolate cake  - I will be getting the recipe from her and making any moderations needed to make it a healthier version and post it here as long as I can get it to come out the same way.
When I returned home from dinner, there were three facebook messages for me from our local ABC affiliate - WJRT - they had seen the piece on GMA and wanted to interview me! So, around 3:30 or so the reporter and camera man were in my driveway talking with me about the GMA piece and what I thought about high gas prices. I was able to give the reporter, the super nice, lovely, Rebecca Trylch my business card as well and told her to feel free to call on me with any green or eco-aware pieces they might be doing. She in turn said that they would definitely send someone out when I get ready to open to cover the store!
It is going to be a busy week - Wednesday night I have the pitch meeting with the BWA group in Freeland, Thursday I am checking out the building downtown and trying to make a decision on that, also on Thursday is the business to business expo at Perani arena, and Friday I am looking at another space in downtown Flushing. Today I applied for a 20K business grant from American Express. I am still trying to find out about the grant program from Ascension Health.
The asparagus salad was wonderful, and we had more asparagus and fresh corn on the cob for dinner tonight. It was so nice to have corn on the cob again! I just steamed them both lightly and then grated fresh pepper over top - absolutely delicious!
Oh, and more good news - I just heard from I'm Organic - a great company which I have all ready contacted about products for the store - I won a recent blog comments entry contest they had and am receiving a tote and wonderful eco-friendly cleaning products! This is super important to me as I am looking for cleaning products both to use in the cafe/store and to sell and this line sounds wonderful - I will let you know how they perform when they arrive. Thanks, I'm Organic!!