Christy is one of my oldest friends and a classmate from Penn English '97. She moved to Seattle a couple years ago and we literally bumped into each other on the 12th avenue bridge in front of Amazon.com (we both worked there at the time). Since college, Christy got married to Kevin, a bad-ass director of finance at Microsoft, and they have their first baby on the way this fall.

I'm excited to have Christy as a member of my swarthy crew of groomspeople, because she played a very special part in making this wedding happen. During lunch at Macrina in January of 2004, Christy convinced me that I should propose to Jordan. Christy has always been a trusted friend and confidante, but that lunch really kicked off the sequence of events which have led to our upcoming wedding. For that, I am thankful, and lucky to have such a great and supportive friend here in Seattle.

Speaking of supportive: Christy has taken our call for recipes seriously by adding no less than 6 recipes this past weekend! Awesome! C'mon everybody, add your family favorites to our new family. Share a recipe now.