What's your fantasy side business

[lightning]

The B&N thread and Para's comment about opening a used bookstore made me think about my own fantasy side business, which is a bakery/live straight-ahead jazz venue. Every time I get halfway serious about it, I confront the numbers, and those numbers tell me that breaking even would be a challenge and that I would only do it as a vanity project, unless I want to charge $9.99 for a basic croissant, and the market around here simply can't bear that. I've known people (outside of academe) who have opened bars for the sole purpose of being a live venue for music that they like, and they are fine with losing money on the endeavor.

What's your fantasy side business?

[Liquidambar]

Running a bed and breakfast.  I know I don't really want to run a B&B, but I wish I could plan menus for a B&B.  I'm obsessed with breakfast recipes.

[Istiblennius]

I have given this a lot of thought, and while I don't believe it would be sustainable, I'd want to run a fiber arts craft co-op, where people can come and purchase new supplies and could also bring unused or gently used supplies (think patterns or no-longer needed kits, canvases or fibers) to sell on consignment. There would also be classes and clubs. Maybe a bar.

[Wahoo Redux]

Welder.  If I hadn't gotten into grad school I was going to find a trade.  Welding always seemed really cool to me.  I still think it is cool. 

[lightning]

Welder.  If I hadn't gotten into grad school I was going to find a trade.  Welding always seemed really cool to me.  I still think it is cool.

Pyro is fun.

[dismalist]

Run a short-line railroad. If I couldn't be CEO, I could always be train driver.

[secundem_artem]

Doing program evaluation for grant funded NGO's who need to send reports back to their funding agencies.

Either that or chief of secret police.  I got some people whose door I want to knock on in the middle of the night.  Just gotta get a black bag and I'm ready to go.

[Wahoo Redux]

My deepest fantasy, however, is to be a rock star in a band like Led Zeppelin or Queen that does a lots of cross-over stuff.

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

Lately, I've wanted to start a plant business and maybe have apiaries. Or, I could be a spy...

[sinenomine]

I'd love to be a voiceover artist.

[AvidReader]

Welder.  If I hadn't gotten into grad school I was going to find a trade.  Welding always seemed really cool to me.  I still think it is cool.

I also want to learn welding and keep eyeing classes at the local community college!

AR.

[Morden]

Welder.  If I hadn't gotten into grad school I was going to find a trade.  Welding always seemed really cool to me.  I still think it is cool.

I also want to learn welding and keep eyeing classes at the local community college!

AR.

SO did an intro to welding class a couple years ago. After a couple introductory lessons, they each welded two kits, so we have a T-Rex and Pterodactyl in our garden.

[AvidReader]

SO did an intro to welding class a couple years ago. After a couple introductory lessons, they each welded two kits, so we have a T-Rex and Pterodactyl in our garden.

That sounds amazing. Maybe I'll bite the bullet this year!

AR.

[Myword]

High priced free lance writer.

Library consultant

[Ruralguy]

i already am a high priced free lance writer. Unfortunately, only pne person pays the price, and its me.