<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>francis derby &lt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:47 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To: </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cc:</td><td>Richard Kahn</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Checking in</td></tr></table>

Japan,

Wanted to keep you posted on progress.

Started working on the manuals and side duty sheets for t=e house first draft should be done by monday/tues.... These manuals will b= able to carry over to all the houses with small changes for each house. T=ey include- stock items to have in fridge and dry storage, daily routines =uch as morning muffin and coffee(with specifics on flatware and what to pu= with the place settings, as well as recipes etc..), basic steps of servi=e when guests are eating and things like this.

I purchased a printer today to print out menus for dinn=rs as well as menus for JE to review and check off things that interest hi= so we can continue to dial in his palate and more of what he enjoys... =/div>

Today I am getting account with the local butcher =hat Steve recommends, hopefully we can finally get some veal that JE likes=

I'm working on getting a Costco card toda= so we can start purchasing things in bulk. We can have up to 6 cards per =ccount so other people can use as well, like Lyn who does the buying and s=ocking for 71st. I also believe there is a Costco in west palm beach as we=l. Things like dry food items( flour, sugar, salt, soda, water) as well as=cleaning products and paper goods we can buy in bulk here in NY and maybe =ven ship to island and save a bunch of money. Right now all the cleaning p=oducts for 71st are coming from the supermarket...

We have a quote on the ice machine and I will call arou=d to a few people today and see if they can beat the price.

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I still have a good amount of things to do here in NY i will kee= you posted on.

Thank you
Francis
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Francis J. Derby