An amazing dinner with some new friends

Posted By Hup | March 8, 2009

One of the things that I probably enjoy the most in life is meeting new and interesting people who seem to have great outlooks on life. People who fit this mold aren’t always easy to find and most of the time you tend to meet them accidentally during some of the most random times in your life.

I mention this little Hup fun fact because when Stephanie and I went to the Love Dare couples event at our church a week or so ago, we ended up meeting an amazing couple whom we’d never seen before during service on Sundays. Their names were Matt and Christen (yes, they blog, too!) and they seemed super cool and really down to Earth, which, if you ask me, usually seems to be a pretty solid combo.


Our new homies, Matt and Christen

After meeting at church that night, we hit it off pretty quick and as we get to know them more and more it’s actually kind of crazy how much stuff Stephanie and I have in common with them. We quickly scheduled a night to have some dinner together so that we could get to know each other better, which actually ended up being last night.

The dinner that they made was ridiculously tasty — it was lasagna with garlic bread and we brought along some salad. That dinner was topped off with some of the best tasting gingerbread that I’ve ever had, fresh strawberries, ice cream and of course some Reddi-Whip, which Stephanie really, really likes.

After we stuffed ourselves with some delicious food and awesome conversation, it was time for Matt to bring two of their favorite housemates out to play, Miss Silvia (their expresso machine) and Rocky (their coffe grinder). You see, Matt and Christen LOVE their coffee and after tasting their homemade, fresh-brewed concoctions I can see why. It was probably the best coffee that I’ve ever had and I’m not just saying that to be nice. I mean, it was REALLY tasty.


Meet Miss Silvia — she’s pretty awesome


Meet Rocky, the coffee-grinding extraordinaire

After like 5 hours of great eating, conversation and fellowship Stephanie and I finally took off back home and as we drove back we kept on telling each other how awesome the dinner was and how blessed we were to find such amazing people out here in California. All I’m hoping is that this was just the first of many, many more dinners with Matt and Christen that are still yet to come. I mean, I’m sure that Silvia and Rocky miss us already. :)

Oh, and one last thing — Christen also let us know that by having dinner with them we’re actually taking care of one of our 50 Goals For 2009 — sweet!

40. Meet more non-tech people
- somewhat of a struggle to do so out here in Silicon Valley, but I need to meet some more people that don’t understand what HTML and SEO stand for

Filed Under 50 Goals For 2009, great friends, you gotta have faith

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    4 Talkies! to “An amazing dinner with some new friends”

    1. Hup and Steph’s 50 Goals For 2009 : Hup and Steph on March 8th, 2009 3:37 am

      [...] UPDATE on 3/7/09: We met Matt and Christen at church and had an awesome dinner with them — they rule! Matt and Christen are not techy, but they’re definitely awesome /p> [...]

    2. Angie Hupfer on March 9th, 2009 3:37 pm

      What’s the site for their blog?

    3. Angie Hupfer on March 9th, 2009 3:38 pm

      Nevermind…just noticed you put a link to it in the blog.

    4. Reading Crazy Love And Still In Crazy Love After One Month Of Marriage : Hup and Steph on September 29th, 2009 11:04 pm

      [...] one of the couples is made up of the super blogging duo Matt and Christen Buman who I talked about over here in this post after we had our first dinner date with them. This is the first [...]

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