Rambling Business Podcast

We finish our San Juan Capistrano Business series by getting on board at a converted train station and rail cars at the Vintage Steakhouse. Rick and Judy met with Heather Tran of the Vintage Steak House and learned how she and her husband, Chris, stepped into history to carry on a tradition. See the multimedia experience at www.ramblingbusiness.com Subscribe on Itunes . http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We continue our San Juan Capistrano Business series by meeting a business you wouldn’t think existed in San Juan Capistrano, dairies. Rick met with Rey Rivera of MRV Dairy Solutions and learned how MRV changed the way milk is sold in California.

Prism of Rhythm's (family band)latest release--"Francisco". Amber Rose Manley (daughter)--Lead vocals Brandon Norris (son)--Backup Vocals Devin S Norris (son)--Keyboards Judy Stepan-Norris --Percussion Satya Fuentes (Devin's girlfriend)--Backup Vocals Sarah Lloyd (Brandon's girlfriend)-- cello Rick E Norris (guitar) Spencer Lere (Drums, Engineer) Music and Lyrics by Rick E Norris Produced by Rick E Norris, Devin S Norris and Spencer Lere Hear the Rambling Business podcast series "Haight Ashbury Business" which inspired the song.

We leave our Costa Mesa Construction Business series and move down the California coast to the mission town of San Juan Capistrano. Rick and Judy met Eddie Del Canto and Rey Rivera from Compsure Insurance solutions. Now if you think insurance is a boring subject, consider Compsure’s success record of setting the world on fire by slashing this cost to their small business customers by using a proprietary model. Their methodology can be duplicated in probably any industry. www.RamblingBusinss.com

We continue our Costa Mesa Construction Business series. If you have been following us, Rick and Judy are sharing the stories of the small businesses who helped them do a major remodel. Today we tell the unique story of their plumbing contractor, Hybrid Plumbing, and its founder Steve Hammett and why he said “no” to new business. www.RamblingBusiness.com

We continue our Costa Mesa Construction Business series. If you have been following us, Rick and Judy are sharing the stories of the small businesses that worked on their house. Today we tell the unique story of their heating and air conditioning contractor, Family Heating and Air, and its founder who learned the trade after bombing Hitler during WWII. www.RamblingBusiness.com

We leave the Idyllwild business series and head back to the Orange County coastal city of Costa Mesa. Today we start one of our industry-specific series: Costa Mesa Construction Business! Rick and Judy will bring you the small businesses that worked on their house, giving it a complete remodel and facelift. Each week we will interview a different contractor or supplier and what we learned from the running of their businesses in the risky construction industry. www.RamblingBusiness.com Subscribe in Itunes --http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We conclude our Idyllwild business series by looking at unique country gourmet food. Rick talked to the owners of Coyote Red’s, Bryan Tallent and Jon Stonitsch, on how they have become a primary outlet for some of the most unique foods of the country. www.RamblingBusiness.com

We continue our Idyllwild business series by visiting Paul and Katie White of the Idyllwild Bake Shop and Brew. Here Rick, Judy, grandma and great aunt Gilda stumbled onto this one of kind culinary havens among the forests above Palm Springs. Learn how an infantry instructor and baker married the yeast in their respective passions (beer and baked goods) to make one of the most unique businesses in Idyllwild. www.RamblingBusiness.com Subscribe on ITunes -- http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We leave our Ashland Oregon business and fly back down to the little town of Idyllwild, which is in the California mountains just above Palm Springs. Here Rick met Eric and Jessica Landis of the El Buen Cacao (Ka-Cow) chocolate shop where Rick learned how a former archeologist and anthropologist turned heads by making the purest of chocolate like the Mayans. www.ramblingbusines.com Subscribe on Itunes --http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We continue our Ashland Oregon business by visiting Kevin Broadie at Ex Nihilo Restaurant. Hear what Rick learned about how Kevin bought his European chef training to this small Shakespearian town to create something special out of nothing. Subscribe and leave a review on ITUNES--http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR For the full multimedia podcast, go to www.ramblingbusiness.com

We drive up north from Sonoma up to the great state of Oregon. But we are not stopping at just any Oregon town, but the Shakespearean town of Ashland. Here Rick and Judy met Andy Card of Oberon’s Restaurant and Bar and how Andy and his wife Sachta transformed a restaurant to fit in with the Shakespearian culture. www.ramblingbusiness.com Subscribe and review on Itunes ---> http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We continue our Sonoma Coast Series by driving to Bodega Bay. Rick and Judy stayed at the Sonoma Coast Villa and learned about its unique history that veered away from the original business plan for the buildings and site. www.ramblingBusiness.com Itunes -->http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We leave our Yreka series and drive southwest to the Sonoma Coast of California, which is just an hour north of San Francisco. Here we start in the town of Sebastopol where Rick and Judy visited Melena Moore Gilbert of the Bliss Organic Day Spa. Hear about how Melena built her business, in part with other woman-owned businesses to become a hub of the business life of this cool wine country town. www.ramblingbusiness.com Subscribe and review on Itunes! http://ow.ly/Mm5d305iwvR

We finish our series of Yreka, (the small gold town in northern California) by telling you about the city’s biggest historical landmark: The Franco-American Hotel. Stick around for the amazing history that Rick learned from Gary Nelson and why you should make it one of your stops on the way up highway I-5 towards Oregon. www.RamblingBusiness.com