About The Authors

Michell Cabaniss is the bitter burned-out bartender who compiled SOUR GRIPES™.  She has twenty years experience in all facets of the restaurant business and now looks forward to getting out.  The author has a B.A. from Colorado State University and intended to teach high school English but wound up slinging drinks for drunks instead.  She plans to keep griping about restaurants, traffic, roommates, travel, retail and anything and everything else that people will gripe about.  She invites you to join in this cathartic process.
Deb Sullivan is a contemporary artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the University of California.  A devoted Macintosh user since 1992 she has designed corporate logos, posters, magazine covers and small book publications to which she adds the SOUR GRIPES™ series.  Deb's background includes twenty-one years of bartending experience in San Francisco and on the Peninsula and so lending a hand with the development of SOUR GRIPES™ Restaurant was second nature. She spends time in her studio creating original murals for local businesses and showcase homes as well as designing and painting tromp LOoeil paintings for private homes in the community.