Out to Lunch

Working On Your Business

Even if you know nothing about business – if your only link to business is listening to this show – you’ve probably heard about the distinction between working in your business and working on your business. Working in your business is what you have to do to get it up and running. Working on your…

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Billion Dollar Buildings & A Boutique Bakery

Hello, I’m Peter Ricchiuti, host of Out to Lunch. You might wonder what a property developer with billion dollar buildings & a boutique bakery have in common. The answer is, personality. Let me explain. I want to start out by telling you about an interesting observation I made recently at the dry cleaner. I happened to…

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Rent A Car or Wedding Flowers

Sure, you know you can rent a car on line. How about wedding flowers? That might sound crazy but it wasn’t all that long ago that renting a car online was a novel idea too. Think about the last time you booked a plane ticket on an online travel website.  After you booked the ticket,…

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The Camera Doesn’t Lie

You may have heard the expression, “The camera doesn’t lie.” Meaning, if you’re looking at a photo of something, well, that’s how it is. Maybe that’s how it was back in the day. But these days, there’s Photoshop. Everybody’s a photographer and every single one of us with a phone and a social media account has…

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New Orleans Fashion Models

When we talk about the creative community in New Orleans we’re usually referring to musicians. But there are other creative communities in the Crescent City, including New Orleans fashion, models, actors, and a range of professions on the other side of the cameras. People in the local model and photography communities have typically had to…

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