[chrissie]

I guessed, from your post, that you are from the US. The UK is a very different place. All too often we feel a communality, with th US, because of a common language, whereas we have much more in common, with other, North European countries. I am frequently clocked as being male and have not yet developed a female voice. My restaurant is a high profile business and my aim is to be recognised as the best restaurant, in town. I really have no choice, other than to be open and that appears to be working.