Friendship + Food

The older I get (which I'm in denial about) the more I realize the importance of good friendships and good food. And since time is so scarce nowadays, it just makes sense to combine the two! :)
I met up with my childhood best friends - Christine and Cheryl - at Susina Bakery for a night of catching up and good desserts. Christine and I hadn't seen Cheryl for YEARS and connected again through the magic of facebook. After experiencing milestones like marriage (Christine and Cheryl) and having a baby (Christine) we decided it was high time to get together and reminisce about the good old days.

Growing up we only saw each other about once a week since we were church buddies. During the week, we would receive 14 page letters from Cheryl...which we still have! Cheryl just had a knack for writing interesting letters, complete with Hello Kitty drawings and stickers. In jr. high, we had a huge fight but ended up talking it out at a slumber party. I think the only reason why we talked was because we literally had rice sacks as pillows and no one could sleep a wink. Come to think of it, maybe we were set up...?

Fast forward to more than 15 years later - Christine is a lawyer, Cheryl is a speech therapist, and I'm a floral designer:

*our before and after...I can't believe that I can't find a picture of us 3 as kids together...but then again, who could afford a real camera AND film processing at the age of 12?

We chatted over coffee and cake for about 3 hours. On the table: americano cake, apple pie, and tiramisu. The Americano cake was really light in spite of the the ganache and chocolate cake - the espresso was a great compliment. The tiramisu was also done well and not overly doused with rum. The apple pie had perfectly cooked apples. An A+ in my book with the candy jars and plethora of cake stands!


It was a great night that made me appreciate our friendship - we pretty much picked up where we left off which I think is pretty amazing. Now we're hoping to meet at least once a month to chat over dessert - food feeds my appetite but friendship feeds my soul! :)

so corny. haha