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1 week ago | 
leader-call.com | Robert St. John
There’s a quiet fear I carry that never really goes away. It doesn’t keep me up at night, but it walks with me in the background of every day. It’s not a fear of failure. I’ve failed plenty. It’s not a fear of hard work. I love to work. That’s never been the issue. It’s the fear of an unlived life. To me, an unlived life isn’t about missed vacations or unused opportunities. It’s about not using what I’ve been gifted. It’s about letting time pass without purpose. It’s about drifting instead of building.
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1 week ago | 
cdispatch.com | Robert St. John
There’s a quiet fear I carry that never really goes away. It doesn’t keep me up at night, but it walks with me in the background of every day. It’s not a fear of failure. I’ve failed plenty. It’s not a fear of hard work. I love to work. That’s never been the issue. It’s the fear of an unlived life. To me, an unlived life isn’t about missed vacations or unused opportunities. It’s about not using what I’ve been gifted. It’s about letting time pass without purpose. It’s about drifting instead of building.
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1 week ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Robert St. John
From Mardi Gras to European travels to a wedding, Robert St. John says it’s been a beautiful blur. This spring has been a long celebration—one after another, in a beautiful blur. It all started with Mardi Gras, a week before I left the States. Mardi Gras is always a festive, busy time for our company, with crowds, parties, and plenty of work on our end. It’s the season when the energy around town reaches a fever pitch.
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2 weeks ago | 
cdispatch.com | Robert St. John
YPRES, BELGIUM — This spring has been a long celebration – one after another, in a beautiful blur. It all started with Mardi Gras, a week before I left the states. Mardi Gras is always a festive, busy time for our company, with crowds, parties, and plenty of work on our end. It’s the season when the energy around town reaches a fever pitch. Our restaurants are busy, guests are celebrating, and there’s a sense that winter is finally behind us.
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2 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Robert St. John
Robert St. John says when you’re doing what you love, even the problems become chances to learn and improve. PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— Two full days off. That’s a rarity over here, and I don’t take it lightly.
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3 weeks ago | 
leader-call.com | Robert St. John
Two full days off. That’s a rarity over here, and I don’t take it lightly. I spent those two days doing the kind of work I love — getting several long-simmering projects moving forward back home, catching up on Zoom calls with the restaurant teams covering new and current projects, and even watching a couple of movies with my wife, who’s here with me this spring helping lead the charge.
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3 weeks ago | 
cdispatch.com | Robert St. John
PETROGNANO, TUSCANY — Two full days off. That’s a rarity over here, and I don’t take it lightly. I spent those two days doing the kind of work I love – getting several long-simmering projects moving forward back home, catching up on Zoom calls with the restaurant teams covering new and current projects, and even watching a couple of movies with my wife, who’s here with me this spring helping lead the charge.
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3 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Robert St. John
Robert St. John says it’s around the table where strangers become acquaintances, and acquaintances become friends. Something unexpected happened over the course of the last 13 years. A quiet village in the Tuscan hills—Barberino-Tavarnelle—became a part of my story. Since 2011, spread across weeks and months at a time, more than two and a half years of my life have unfolded here. That was never the intention.
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4 weeks ago | 
leader-call.com | Robert St. John
Something unexpected happened over the course of the last 13 years. A quiet village in the Tuscan hills — Barberino-Tavarnelle — became a part of my story. Since 2011, spread across weeks and months at a time, more than two and a half years of my life have unfolded here. That was never the intention. But some of life’s best chapters begin that way — unplanned, unannounced, and slowly embedded into who we are. What started as a place to visit has become a place to return to again and again.
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1 month ago | 
cdispatch.com | Robert St. John
PETROGNANO, Italy — Something unexpected happened over the course of the last 13 years. A quiet village in the Tuscan hills – Barberino-Tavarnelle – became a part of my story. Since 2011, spread across weeks and months at a time, more than two and a half years of my life have unfolded here. That was never the intention. But some of life’s best chapters begin that way – unplanned, unannounced, and slowly embedded into who we are.
