How We Became LaQ

A lot of people ask us, "Megs, how did you meet one another?" The short, simple answer is: Aaron.

LAMeg knew Aaron (we call him any variation of his middle name, Francis, including Fran, Franny and F(r)ancy) when she was working with some amazing mother agents here in St. Louis. 

STLMeg was introduced to Aaron shortly after she moved to SF and just before he moved there as well. Turns our Aaron went to high school with one of STLMeg's best friends from college. 

Shortly after Aaron moved west, LAMeg followed and we became a very fast threesome (in only the most innocent sense of the word - get your heads out of the gutter!). Here we are at our very first opening event together at SFMOMA:

We affectionately call ourselves MAM (Meg, Aaron, Meg) and we formed a wonderfully supportive, challenging, and sometimes disfunctional family. We haven't lived in the same city since 2004, but we are still thick as thieves. 

Anyway, during one of our early outings in SF, Aaron noted that we were like lower class Hilton sisters (you know, those gals that used to be really famous for doing nothing other than being the heiresses to a hotel empire), maybe the LaQuinta sisters, heiresses to the LaQuinta Inn fortune.

And that is how we became the LaQuinta sisters. And we like to cook, hence the blog name. Very clever, we know. 

So any craziness you see on this blog, you have only Aaron to thank (or blame). 

Hello from the Megs.

Welcome to the blog! Before you invest too much time or even consider committing us to your bookmark bar, you probably want to know more about us, other than what it says up there in the header, huh? Fair enough, let's cut to the chase. 

There are 2 Megs. LA Meg and STL Meg. We met many years ago in San Francisco through a dear and f(r)ancy friend, which I'm sure you'll hear more about in coming posts. There, we started a friendship that has lasted many years, many ups and downs and has involved a lot of laughing. A lot of the amusing things that have happened along the way involve eating and drinking. 

We love to eat. We could talk about it for hours, which is why we decided to do a blog. In the last few years, we've both decided to take control of our kitchens, strap on aprons and learn to cook - and cook well, at that. So here you have it, our blog about our friendship, through the wonderful worlds of food, words and photos. 

Note: STL Meg will be doing a large portion of the writing on the blog, so please blame any inaccuracies, bad writing or general bullshit on her. LA Meg is primarily responsible for supplying STL Meg with content, including her stories and pics, as well as moral support and hilarious emails. 

This is LA Meg:

LA Meg moved to LA, where she's happily resided since our San Francisco days. She is sweet, warm, and honest. She demands the best of everyone in her life. Basically she embodies the best qualities a gal could ask for in a friend. Meg also has a new pal in her life, Bonnie Mae.

This is Bonnie Mae:

LAMeg is a very talented agent, as well as an enthusiastic hiker, French fry eater and Grand Marnier sipper. In general, she's a bad ass. Recognize.



This is STL Meg:

STL Meg took a quick detour to NY after SF and before returning to her Midwestern roots and hunkering down in St. Louis.  

Fun Fact: LA Meg also lived in STL for a time before moving out west. 

STL Meg the type of friend who will bravely jump into AND dig through a garbage dumpster when you have accidently thrown your keys away without blinking an eye and laugh hysterically about it after.  She loves RENT, tap shoes, her brother and cheese.

This is Leroy:

Having trouble seeing him in his fish apartment? He's there in the lower left corner and he's a cantankerous dick unless he's being fed. And he likes good bubbles, clearly.

STL Meg works in advertising, is doing her best to resist the allure of digital readers, and is an enthusiastic red wine convert.