Bagel Miller

WE’RE BACK, BETCHES.

We just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary, and somehow both of our kids are finally in school. At the SAME school. On the SAME schedule. 🙌

Ten years ago when we decided to start a family, we had no idea how much it would change our careers and our business. Like so many parents, we had to figure out the impossible math of work, childcare and how much of our kids’ lives we were willing to miss to keep pushing our careers forward. We chose the kids (and being a bit poorer than we’d like.)

We took turns being at the restaurant, worked more ON the business than IN it, and said no to a lot along the way. A book. TV opportunities. Partnerships with national brands. A partnership in a pizza business that went on to become pretty famous. Lots of media opportunities. Starbucks wanted to sell our stuff? And approximately one billion opportunities to open another Bagel Miller. 😂 Some of those things probably would have been amazing, but they didn’t fit our life.

Nine years later, we are very happy and confident we made the right choice. Maybe we lost some career momentum and a little relevance, but we got to be there for our kids and raise good humans together. We wouldn’t trade that. We watched as others passed us by, but we believed we’d make up for lost time when the moment was right. And if you’re on the fence, wondering if it’s worth making a choice like this yes, it absolutely is.

And now, we get to be a team at work again too. You’re going to see a lot more of both of us at Bagel Miller, working with our team, dialing in what we already do and figuring out what comes next.

We have LOTS of ideas. More events? New offerings? A dinner concept? A festival?Collaborations? Another Bagel Miller? But we’ve always considered this a community business too, so we want to hear from you. What do you want to see from us next?

And if you have an opportunity, collaboration, media idea or something weird you think we’d be perfect for, send it our way. We spent a lot of years saying no because it wasn’t the right season.

We’re ready to start saying yes again. Not to everything. The kids still win. 💕