When we first posted our idea, we had no idea what y’all would think and because there is no We Want to Eat With You without you, there was a 50-50 chance this was going to fall flat. But you guys are playing with us! And within 48 hours, we had Saturday dinners booked through March.
Our first #WeWantToEatWithYou dinner is Saturday and it feels like Christmas. Murali and I are buzzing with excitement and we’ve recruited the help of his mom and sister in India for ideas on desserts.
Over the weekend, while he unloaded and loaded the dishwasher and I drank coffee and typed, we talked about our anticipation of eating with you.
We agreed that our idea is simple.
We want to eat good food with you, positive people, and we want to pick your brain. What inspires you? What makes you happy? What does success mean to you? What drives you?
Read our combined answers to some of the questions we’ve asked ourselves and some we’ve been asked by other folks:
What excites you about eating with people?
There are a lot of books about successful people and their secrets to lifetimes of happiness, but they aren’t the only people who have figured this out. There are thousands of people around us every day and they have the answer to happiness too and we want to learn from them. From you.
Most of our socialization is networking or meeting people within our industries, but we want to meet folks from different walks of life and we’re excited to go out of our way to do that. Who has ever eaten good food with someone and walked away feeling bad? With good food, nothing can go wrong.
So why the idea to eat with people in their homes? Why not meet at a coffee shop?
We want to connect with you in the place where your story is anchored, where the roots of your existence are nurtured every day.
Plus there is something welcoming and vulnerable about being asked by someone, especially strangers, to share a meal with them in their sacred space.
What kind of people would invite strangers to their house for dinner?
Exactly the kind of people we want to meet. These are people who believe life is outside of them, and they want to experience it. They want to go out and grab life and bring it to them. They are truly in quest for happiness and adventure.
We want to be around people like that because that’s how we want to live our lives.
What does vulnerability have to do with it?
There’s a lot of vulnerability that goes into having conversations outside of the weather and traffic in Austin. This isn’t just about being an acquaintance – it’s about forming a connection with people.
It takes vulnerability for us too. There are little voices in our heads that say, “What if I do something stupid and break their expensive china? What if they have a baby and the baby hates me?”
Do you have any expectations about your dinners?
We don’t. We feel so much anticipation of the great conversations and food we’re going to share with you. On one hand, it feels like the anticipation of catching up with an old friend whom you haven’t seen in a long time. On the other hand, it feels like a first date – that sense of “this could lead to awesome things.”
What if the food is bad?
Oh well. At least we made a good friend.
We absolutely cannot wait to sit down with you and share a meal together. Could we? Email me: wiseholly1@gmail.com.
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