Friday, August 15, 2008

News: Jen from Use Real Butter
NOT an axe murderer!

Got that? I said she's NOT. And should know. I just had lunch with her and her lovely husband, who is also NOT an axe murderer. You never know though. This was my first blog meet-up, and I was a little nervous. Really, I was more nervous about what they would think of me, because—really, you know—I am quite an idiot sometimes.

Jen and I have been reading each other's blogs for a while. We discovered we have things in common: good things (we cook, we eat, we ski) and not so good things (we're both breast cancer survivors). What a turn though when someone whose blog you admire and who think you'd actually like to know shows up in your email inbox. And then on your phone. And your then town.

She did, as she and husband Jeremy were on their way from backpacking in the eastern Sierras to visiting family in San Jose, and I got the chance to share with her one of my favorite eats in Berkeley, Tacubaya. (The other tacqueria I was planning on taking Jen to would have required she drive farther from the freeway and—perish the thought—find parking in downtown Berkeley.)

If you want to see what Jen had you'll have to visit her blog (I forgot to take a picture—remember, I was nervous).

Here's the chicken taco I had:


and my salad:


But, really, although the food was great, it paled in comparison to the company.


Smiles, smiles. Jen looks better than anyone who has been backpacking for four days should. And who knew Jeremy could take such a good picture?

Hugs to you, Jen. Until we meet again . . .

p.s.—Sophie says hi. She's glad you liked one of her favorite restaurants, and she's excited to come to your house to ski.

6 comments:

Jen Yu said...

Too funny :) Thanks so much for meeting us and for the awesome lunch rec and oh - those cookies! I hope you'll pop a recipe up for those because we tucked into them after waiting the standard polite time (about 5 minutes, right?).

There is never enough time, but I'm so happy we were able to squeeze lunch into the schedule. Bummed we missed Sophie, but we'll catch her on the slopes some day. xxoo

KatieGirlBlue said...

Yay for the skiing bloggers! Let me know about the next meeting (hopefully in Winter) and I'll invite myself and Arnie along. If you don't mind....

Barbara said...

Came here via Jen's blog. How wonderful you could meet up. I remember a friend being horrified when I was heading off to my first blogger meet (who happened to be a man, much younger than me). She said those exact words. "he could be a serial killer"

KSK said...

Just found your blog - I am slogging thru chemo, post b.cancer diagnosis/surgery. Congrats on getting to survivor status! :) And, that blueberry pie you made a few posts back looks aMAZing!

Monica said...

How cute are you two?? And I would seriously kill for some of that blueberry pie right now. Holy heck that looks good...

The Mrs. said...

That si so cool that you met up!!!!