http://flowers-insolita.com/blog News & thoughts from people at Flowers insolita Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:23:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are closed on July 4th, 5th (Sat), and 6th (Sun).  However, if you want us to deliver on one of these days, we may be able to do so.  Please call us on or before July 3rd.  Thank you and have a great Independence Day! http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/07/01/july-4th-schedule/ There's an interesting article in Boston Globe entitled "Picking just the right florist." The author, Kytja Weir, tested two national brands, FTD.com and 1-800-flowers.com, as well as two local florists in Boston, Winston Flowers and University Florist.  I know Winston; they are a very famous florist over there.  Her budget was ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/05/05/picking-the-right-florist/ In another post, I talked about a nursery guy who was claiming that it's been difficult to find a "decent young people" willing to work in his establishment. I also wrote that I hear the same stories from many small business owners. Well, one of our employees, who happens to ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/05/05/another-employee-turnover/ We are located in Long Island, the Island of Lindsay Lohan and spoiled brats. I was talking to the owner of a nursery the other day.  He was complaining how difficult it is to find "decent young people" to work in his establishment.  I often hear the same story from many small ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/04/25/spoiled-brats/ We are pleased to announce that we are now open on Sundays, from 1 pm to 5 pm.  We can deliver on Sundays, too.  So see you all on Sundays! http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/04/13/were-now-open-on-sundays/ Recently, we have had a few incidents in which a prospective bride came into our store with a specific floral proposal that we believe had been articulated by some other florist.  She apparently was looking for a "cheaper" florist who could duplicate someone else's idea at a discount. We are sorry, but ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/04/03/dear-prospective-brides/ This is the side of order gathering that most people (except other florists ) will not hear about. It is really frustrating when we get these orders. This is just one example. This morning I received a call from one of the wire services. They wanted to know if we could ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/03/18/the-other-side-of-order-gatherers/ According to an article that appeared in British tabloid "The Sun" yesterday, a romantic proposal plan by a British guy vanished into thin air, after a balloon containing an expensive diamond ring was blown away. The guy, Lefkos Hajji, asked his florist to put his $12,000 engagement-ring inside a balloon. ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/03/14/gone-with-the-wind/ According to BBC News, an Iranian court ordered a guy to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her dowry. (Excerpt from the BBC site) The woman said she was claiming the dowry because her "very stingy husband" would not even pay for a cup of coffee, according to ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/03/08/iranian-man-ordered-to-pay-124000-rose-dowry/ If you've ever read our article on "Internet florist", you already know that these guys are not florists. They just take your order and electronically transmit the order to a local florist for fulfillment and delivery. We real florists call them "Order Gatherers" or simply OG. Some of them ... http://flowers-insolita.com/blog/2008/03/08/clueless-internet-florist/