Thursday, May 8, 2008

Girly Biz

While nobody second glances a "Blah Blah & Son" sign, something about "Yadda Yadda & Daughter" creates a bit of buzz.

You might think it wouldn't be true in terms of restaurants. After all, girls are made for the kitchen. Right? Wrong, at least based on Things 1 and 2, who relish the idea of cooking, but rarely the practice. And wrong again when taking into account the newsworthiness of Glasgow daughter Daniela who began washing dishes in dad's restaurant and ended up paying pop Sandro £5million to keep his restaurants in the family.

Just under the radar are the North Carolina daddy-daughter car wash duo Ted Kennedy and Karen Johnson bringing some beach vibes to the clean-your-ride experience. And Rawle and Jeralene Mohan, who work together as car mechanics in Toronto. Father and child Chet and Erica Swenson brew up Swedish vodka from California.

Sometimes getting traction for the idea of dad to daughter is even a struggle within the family. Such was the case with Chuck Kellogg, who publicly crowed he would be handing over the family's Hubbard-Hall to his new son-in-law, before daughter Molly — working in the chemical manufacturer — was able to set him straight.

** For the dad-daughter working together/business evolution extreme tune into the Shari-Sumner Redstone soap opera. [Earlier: Daddy Dreary] **

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