In the early 2000's my wife and I with a few great friends took ownership of a wonderful little restaurant in Fremont... which closed a few short years later. This was a huge bummer, downer, drag, disappointment, failure, whatever you call it the closure was “not optimal for business success” to say the least.

Even though that venture didn't go quite as expected the experience of being a restaurateur was a whole lot of fun and the learning curve and insight to the food industry was tremendous. In the process, the need for outreach and networking rose to the top of the list as one of the intricate ways a business can either flourish or wither on the vine.

During the ownership, it was observed that performing arts groups and restaurant owners have one thing in common - getting people through the front door. Thus, the idea of iBRAG was born and its offspring, Fine Arts and Eats, was a fairly successful project marketing and sharing news about local eateries and performing arts productions and events.