Senior Project-Day One!

   Today was the first day of Senior Project!  I first drove to Becca's house at 12:00 and we brainstormed and chose six restaurants that we decided were fit for being in our top twenty restaurants for Proctor families.  We decided to look at the town of New London today, and in New London we chose Colonial Farm Inn & Restaurant, Lake Sunapee Country Club, New London Inn, Millstone, Peter Christian's Tavern, and The Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille. 

   After choosing these restaurants, Becca and I created a restaurant checklist that we can bring to each restaurant that we dine at.  The checklist focuses on six categories of information that we will need to know in order to create reviews for our top twenty restaurants.  These six categories include service, food, dress code, atmosphere, distance from Proctor, and prices.  Once we created our checklist, we talked about the rest of our plans for the day.  

   We decided we would drive into New London and visit all of our six restaurants we chose. While Becca took pictures of the inside and outside of each restaurant, I collected business cards and any sample menus.  At each restaurant we talked with either the owner or a staff member to explain our project and ask permission to take cards and photographs.  Everyone was so happy that they had made it onto our top twenty list!  Along with taking pictures and collecting restaurant business cards though, Becca and I also made notes at all the restaurants using our restaurant checklist sheets.  

   By the time we were finished in New London, it was 2:30 and we drove over to our sponsor Margaret Wulff's house.  Here, we met for two hours to discuss the start of our project and what we will accomplish this week.  Margaret helped us to think up some great new ideas for our project!

   After Margaret's, we drove back to my house.  We found a great three-ring binder and clear plastic sheets to place our restaurant cards into along with reviews and directions that we will soon create!  Becca and I decided to divide up the restaurants, each taking three, to begin writing our reviews.  The three restaurants that I chose were Colonial Farm Inn, New London Inn, and Peter Christian's.  

   When Becca left my house at 5:00, I worked until 6:00, focusing on directions to these restaurants from Proctor.  I also better organized my notes from today and began my Peter Christian's review.  Today was definitely a great start to our Senior Project with a productive six hours of work!