Cake Life @ The Velvet Buttercream

The past few months of my life have shaken me to my core and I feel that it's time to get back on track and move on.  I miss working on the bakery concept, but I have been stuck at this blockade for quite some time now.  I figured that I could keep trying to put off the naming process, but that now seems to have come to a block as well.  I suppose you can only put something off for so long before you have to stop and just DO IT. I've been considering a few names for the bakery..  "Romo's Bakery" is among my top choices, but due to the fact that I don't carry the "Romo" last name my sister things it's a bad idea to use it.  I've also been eyeing the name "The Vanilla Bean" and "The Red Velvet Bakery".  Both of the names would work wonders for a bakery, but in the end are they really catchy enough to keep people thinking about it?  Last but definitely not least on my list of names is a throwback to my great grandfather w

For as long as I could remember I have always wanted to work for myself.  To be successful in life and to make a good living has been my dream, well that and to carry on the family legacy. Legacy, you ask?  Lets do a small history lesson on my family..  it's easier to look at the tree below My great grandfather Joseph (Joe) Romo opened a bakery called "Hollbrook Bakery" and kept it running for over 20 years before retiring.  His bakery used to sell all kinds of fresh donuts, pastries, breads, and pies.. all made from scratch!  The man did well for himself and his family.  He passed the bakery to my grandfather E.M. Romo who in turn changed it to Romo's Cafe which it remains today, however it is now in the hands of my Aunt Phyllis and her family.  Owning a business has been all I know and all i've wanted to do for quite some time.  I want to follow in the footsteps of my great grandfather Joe Romo.  Though I never got to meet him, I want to make him proud.