So I'm watching the Food Network when a story comes on about Warren Brown (no relation), a former lawyer with the Department of Health and Human Services who decided to leave behind the law to makes cakes. And so he founded CakeLove, a cake shop in Washington, D.C. He makes all of his cakes from scratch, and they are said to be incredibly tasty -- so much so that the guy has made money, to use the sophisticated business terminology, "hand over ass." Brown starts off the story about his business by saying:
I’m often asked, “Why would you give up a promising career in law to bake cakes?” Some people kind of scratch their head when they think of what I have done. Others look at me like I’m crazy. Most totally understand what I’ve done—and smile.
Well, if it works for him -- and it did -- more power to him. I'm actually struck by the number of lawyers who are almost clamoring for some new, non-law career to get into. As for me, I actually like being a lawyer, but it seems like a lot of my colleagues are becoming somewhat disenchanted with the profession. Seems like an awful lot of work to go through just to go off and do something else.
And yes, I do watch the Food Network quite regularly. And I even do try making the recipes they show on the shows. I do really enjoy cooking. But it's more of a hobby -- I don't envision opening a restaurant or anything like that anytime soon.
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