Here's a picture taken just as Tom and I were leaving after a fun evening eating Swedish pancakes with the fun people you see, here. There's Megan, Jason and Rachel in the cozy mountain retreat that Rachel and Megan are renting for awhile in lovely Truckee. Jason is one of Rachel's best friends (and one of our faves) from Boston who's visiting for a week. It was so great to see him, again! He's intelligent, charming, funny, and knows more about zebra fish than the average person, though he's quite the handful as a guest, having given himself a concussion on the ski slopes on their first day out. I think he looks almost normal, again, though, don't you? We let him take the helmet and pillow suit off for the picture.
They developed a craving for Swedish pancakes and invited the Olde Swedish Pancake Maker (yours truly) to traipse on over to cook 'em up a passel--and to bring Tom, too, he being the Olde Swedish Pancake Eater. Megan is from Vermont and knows from maple syrup, though I brought along a little lingonberry, as well, for authenticity. Rachel somehow managed a tasty and beautiful fruit salad, after slaughtering a pineapple in the process and actually getting some of it in the bowl.
Some of the evening was spent brainstorming with M & R about possible entrepreneurial opportunities. They have some very interesting ideas. One promising one is about providing healthy, fresh and affordable packaged meals for skiers at ski resorts (where the food generally meets none of those criteria). Rachel is between jobs (and is not as sure about pursuing the MBA thing as she once was), and Megan is working online every day and looking for a change. Two brilliant and creative brains. It will be fun to watch what happens.
We laughed a bunch. Then we went home.
