Burger Girl, We Hardly Knew Ye

So a while back (within 2 years - I have the world's worst memory, ask my ex GFs), I drove by a not-yet-open restaurant named Burger Girl.  They had a sign & a cool mudflap girl logo but that was about it.  It was located in a nondescript shopping center between The Egg & I and Chipotle on W. Sahara.

I discovered this whilst at lunch, and as soon as I returned to my desk, googled them.  3 locations in Texas, and 1 (Coming Soon!) in Las Vegas.  Huh.

The first thing that went through my mind was "what are they thinking!?!"  The Sahara/Decatur intersection has seen dozens of businesses close shop in the past 2 years.  If chains like Red Robin, Chilis & Black Angus can't weather this stormy economy, what is the likelihood a small biz newcomer could?  Sure the rent might have been cheap, but you're going to need some customers to pay the rent.  Best to pay a little more for a location that is in proximity to where people gather.

When the (Coming Soon!) was not soon enough for my tastes, I emailed the BG HQ to ask them to hurry that shit up.  They replied it would be a few more months.  Okay, fine.

A half-dozen months pass, and I send another email.   No reply this time.  I noticed their website had been updated to show only 2 current locations, plus the ever-lovin' (Coming Soon!).  Sadly in the last month or so, the LV location has been removed from their site, to be replaced by johnny-come-latelys Rockwall & Forney (those are names of cities, folks.  Texas y'all).

Oh well, there was a singularly stellar (1-star) review of their Dallas location, so maybe we aren't missing much.  I bet the Egg & I folks are happy (and Zia Records staff are bummed).

On the bright side, when I googled Burger Girl Las Vegas, one of the top returns led me to a nifty foodie blog called GreedyGirl.  She posts a few times a month, usually about something cool and Vegas-y, with lots of pics.

In closing:  I created this post when I should have been exercising.  I'm fucking despicable.

First!

Do you ever how wonder how many blogs are out there in the wild?  I'm not sure I remember the exact date when we decided to post our personal musings publicly rather than in a journal (that's a diary for you 14-year old girls), but  my first foray was only a few years ago.  Myself and 2 others ran a handful of affiliate marketing sites that used a blog format, but I don't really consider that true blogging.  We made a little money, for a while.  A good experience overall.

Doesn't it seem like the supply of blogs far outnumbers their demand?  I have a theory that blogs which are abandoned are actually harmful to their creators, psychologically (I am not really going to research this theory; I'd probably abandon it and cause harm to myself, psychologically).  The potential for guilt and embarrassment is huuuuuuge, when the whole world knows you only had enough creativity for 2 weeks' worth of posts.  And they weren't exactly exciting posts, either.

Personally, my goal is not to post every day, but at least once a week I'd like to enlighten you all with tales of a Rowdie life.  These tales may include:  my journey to lose 160 lbs, the time this girl I (sorta) know got on TV, bosses I love & hate, and damn it's fucking windy outside right now.