Little shop of happiness

This could make a movie.

Hungary, 2006. A retired teacher of French and Italian (Diane Keaton) and a retired ear-nose-and-throat specialist (Meryl Streep) open a pastry shop. They can’t afford the rent anywhere in the city, so they open it in a small town (Solymár), beside the highway.

It’s not your typical pastry shop, however.

It’s more like something you would find in the center of Paris.

It’s more like something you would find in five star hotels (the better ones).

The two ladies create all kinds of sweet wonders:

- if-i-die-in-five-minutes-i-want-this-taste-in-my-mouth-chocolatey cakes

- words-can’t-do-it-justice-amazing mousses

- and the seemingly simple yet most difficult of them all, macarons, best this side of Pierre Hermé.

And so the two ladies and their little shop of sweet happiness becomes the best kept secret of sweet tooths far and wide.

Only there are no secrets in this our web 2.0 age.

There are bloggers.

Who will write about how their jaws drop and how their expectations shatter after one bite.

So after a couple of years the little shop is recognized as one of the best in the whole country.

And the ladies with their creations get invited to fancy events as caterers - along with the big-name professional chefs.

And they could probably afford a move to a higher profile location.

Only they prefer the small town shop, just beside the highway.

Where you are most likely to pass it even if you’re specifically looking for it.

So you might even wonder what they would do with a cube grenade.

And why I’m even submitting their story.

Well, because their story is destined for a cube grenade.

To inspire others.

That it’s never too late to start doing what you love.

And once you do, it WILL work out.

Just remember the little shop of happiness, started by two middle aged ladies, not professionals, not experts, without a venture capitalist behind them, in a small town in Central Europe.

[Note: this is one of the Cube Grenade entries. Share your story for a chance to win a commissioned piece of art.]