It is a wonderful Saturday morning here in Florida. The sun is about ready to come out and it will be a perfect 80 degrees with a nice warm breeze. I seem to be having trouble keeping up with the blog recently - probably because we have been busy! It is a truly remarkable we have been able to stay somewhat even during the tough economic times - we have been truly lucky to have such great clients with great vision.
So what have we been up to? First, one of my good friends and mentors, Manny Garcia (Founder of Pebbles, Manuel's on the 28th, Harvey's, longtime Burger King franchisee & board member, on and on) asked us to help him create a new dining concept for Orlando and beyond. The result is City Fire. Reviews have been great. Here are some quick photos.
* The Rock - Denver, Colorado (a cool pizza and bar concept from Seattle)
* John's Incredible Pizza - Woodland Hills, California (a very successful high energy and quality driven kids games/restaurant concept)
* Lexus of Greenwood Village - Denver, Colorado (a new prototype car dealership for the future).
* Disney - we are currently working on four projects within the gates of Disney properties here in Orlando. Unfortunately, I cannot disclose the projects - hopefully in the next 30 days we will be able to make them public!
* The Flying Pan - San Juan, Puerto Rico (a continuation of creating the crepe cafe concept for the Americas)
* Hooters - my good friends from Clearwater are having us do some preliminary work on a new Beach concept in conjunction with the World's most recognizable surf shop retailers as well as a new flagship Hooter's across from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
I promise to stay on top of the Blog! Be back within a week or so!
Lastly, for the quote of the day...from the great Steven Tyler on American Idol..."I could agree with you - but then we would both be wrong."
Raymond R. Schaefer, AIA / NCARB / IIDA
President / Founder
Maverick Architecture & Design, LLC
