my name is Daniela Merida and I'm a chef and owner of Collier model deli and timber pizza in Washington DC I usually wake up between 4:00 and 5:00 and use the time to do work before starting the day and wait for my fiance and business partner and me to wake up once it's light out we take our dog Frankie for a walk in our neighborhood we live in the same neighborhood as our restaurants and sometimes we stop by timber to say hi to the employees I love the neighborhood because we've gotten to know the famous
that lived there and it is its own community within a big city then I make breakfast and coffee with Andrew we catch up about our businesses and things were working on we had to call your mother well it opens I say what's up to staff check on production for the day line set up take some bagels and see the care is all good once the restaurant is off to the races I can focus on recipe development for my is all about goodbyes and funds pins and things so we like to create a menu with unexpected
but delicious flavors we're always trying to make things better so today we're trying some new recipes at 11:00 it's time to work off those cookies so under and I head to a personal training class it's what DC would like to support the community so we love that the gym it's across the street from us and the owner is the man next we hit up our favorite neighborhood vegan spot we use lunch time to brainstorm the new caterer menu in the afternoon I take Frankie to the park when my sister was visiting from Argentina with my
family so far away it's great to have her here for a few months we're opening a few new location soon so we stopped by one in George down to the science and finishing touches we're also helping open a new sir of South American restaurant called Mercy Me so we see how construction is going and we sample the menu finally we head back to timber to say hi to the team and to make sure everything is kuchi we pick up some pizzas and we head home to the compress I like to be in very early because
tomorrow is always crazy then today
