Abacus Event Rentals has moved into a warehouse located in Ridgefield, WA on 10th between the NW Best Fish Company and East Fork Wine Cellars. Yay a warehouse! Of course, there are walls to be built, the bathroom is getting remodeled and it's a 60 year old building so we are up to our ears in projects. What would we do without a sense of humor?
Yesterday my husband - who is a UPS man - delivered a package to an older woman. She came to the door with a large gash above her eye and cold cream in splotches all over her face. She proceeded to accept her package and then ask my husband, "Do you shave your head"? He politely responded that he typically used hair clippers on what little hair remains. The woman with cold cream all over her face replied, "Why? It's not sexy". To which there could have been several responses, but we just enjoyed that laugh at her matter-of-fact statement with total disregard to how unsexy she looked in the moment.
With all that going on at the warehouse, I really think I will take up this mantra. "It's not sexy". But it's space - space to dream, space to grow, and space that is not in our garages! People may come by the warehouse and wonder what Abacus was thinking. Why move into this old building? Why build walls and do all this cleaning? Why not lease a space that has offices and windows and is neat and new. The answer is that our decisions are not based on things looking a certain way. The people at East Fork Cellars and the Fish Co. have hearts of gold and we wanted to be around them. The building and the warehouse are not what makes our company unique. We have always built Abacus on who we are and the people we create dreams for - brides and company's and vendors that we take care of and they take care of us in return. So, it may not be sexy but Abacus has a home and we hope you will visit and dream with us on our adventure!
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