Sisterhood of the Traveling Plate

What can I say? My friends are brilliant, creative people. Kudos this time to Tana for her nifty take on helping the girls in our little group to connect through - what else? - food!

After watching The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, we were discussing the movie. For those not in the know, the movie is based the book by the same name, which is about a group of girls who've grown up as friends and their first summer apart. The day before they all split up, they're shopping in a second-hand clothing store and find a pair of jeans that magically fits them all, even though they're different heights, sizes and shapes. They decide to form The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and use the jeans to stay connected by forming a set of rules and sending the jeans to one another along with letters about what's going on with them.

Myself, I wished for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Bra (which would have to be magic to fit all the girls in the group I was with!), but that got laughed off. Wonder why...

Well, we kinda forgot about it. All of us except Tana. She took an orphaned plate nobody had claimed after a pot luck and decided to create The Sisterhood of the Traveling Plate. She created rules and set it in motion last Friday night, which is our new "Girls' Night" (postponed for this week). This Plate Sisterhood will allow us to share, taste and learn new recipes and give each other a pass-it-on kind of gift. The dish she made for Nancy to kick the Sisterhood off really looked yummy!

Tana was afraid we'd think she is a dork, but we love it. Good job, Tana! And if you're interested in duplicating the idea, she might be persuaded to share the Rules with us. C'mon, Tana!