For nearly three years now, I've written about the challenge of launching a small business. 

Despite the recession, my family-run enterprise, Old Havana Foods, is alive and kicking.  We're in stores on Chicago's North Shore and our all natural Cuban food is being distributed in New England and shipped overseas - to places like Australia!

We're retiring Beanquest and introducing an exciting new wgntv.com feature called, "News Crews."  Our video blog will take you behind the scenes - to show you what goes into gathering news on the streets of the Chicagoland area.  We'll introduce you to the "News Crews" in the field.  You'll meet some of the photographers and engineers who bring the news to you every day.  You'll see how they gather the pictures and sound - and how we edit it all together to bring the latest news o f the day.

Hope you'll visit our NEW video blog on wgntv.com.  And if you want to get in touch with me just shoot me a message on jcrews@tribune.com     

Check out and go to: www.oldhavanafoods.com

(Chicago)  There's something wrong if you can't laugh at yourself.  So in the spirit of laughter and entertainment, I'm baring it all, right here on Julian's Beanquest  (my WGN Morning News blog).  Hope you dont judge me harshly for this astounding fashion faux paus.  Thanks to WGN news photographer, Leo Brucato, for putting this piece together.