The best dinner you ever had
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Last night I was waiting for a table at a local restaurant and struck up a conversation with an older gentleman. He is a farmer on the west side, retirement age. He was around during the great depression, and had some interesting in-sites on what he sees today.
He has watched his much-needed retirement fund shrink, and wonders how to water his crops this year. Yet his attitude on life was amazingly positive. He asked me an intriguing question: What was the best dinner you have ever had? While my mind is scanning great restaurants, and I’m hemming and hawing, he finally bails me out.
"The best dinner you ever had is the one that followed no breakfast and no lunch." Everything tastes incredible. He went on to talk about photos from the great depression, and how the mens belts had extra leather hanging down. People went hungry.
Am I naive to think that our country has progressed beyond that point? Am I doing my part to make sure it has?
I have had an idea floating around in my head for a month or so. Now that I am entering the world of social networking with accounts on facebook, trulia, twitter, yelp, linkedin etc., I am connecting with some great people.
Most of us are over forty, and treading into this unknown world is kinda fun. So, I’m thinking, link fun and food together with viral networking and maybe we can do our part to keep Chico fed.
I started a facebook group "Chico Foodbank Tailgaters." Join up, and I will blog more later!
