Saturday, February 18, 2006

The Adventures of Willo & Willow

So get this: Last week I finally met the other Willow O'Brien!

Willo & Willow: Reunited at last.

We met for coffee near my house & just had the best time talking and comparing lives. Oddly enough she is an O'Brien from her step-dad adopting her, too! And currently all her immediate family lives in Colorado. WILD.

The coolest part IMO though is that we're both successful, creative business women! Willow is a clothing designer with a line called KitKitDodge, and she owns a store here in Hayes Valley called Ver Unica. She's really fun, outgoing & loves animals. Sound familiar? :) It was one of those meetings where I felt like we only scratched the surface of what we have to talk about. It couldn't have gone better, really, and we're both looking forward to meeting up again. She moved to Portland recently (after 12 years here!), but still comes down about once a month to meet with her business partner and tend to the store.

We ended up having this wild adventure in our first two hours of meeting, that involved chasing an adorable (but poorly trained) stray dog, and me pulling out my Spanish 101 to get him home to his owners. A great story to tell over dinner that night!

There's one more photo of us in this album. Along with a few from my friend Sabra's Birthday BBQ last Sunday.