Welcome to 40 Lunches

What is 40 Lunches?
 

Forty used to seem so far away.  

So far, I have lived on a houseboat in Alabama, a railroad flat in New York, on top of a mountain in Tennessee, and slept on many couches in Los Angeles.   I have been a teacher, a nanny, a Broadway usherette, an assistant in the big, bad world of investment banking, and done PR for Isabella Rossellini.  I have also ridden horses with the Women's Pro Rodeo in Idaho and square danced with Paul Newman in Connecticut.  On most days I consider myself to be primarily a playwright.

But now I’m turning 40 and I want a new adventure.  For the next year I am going to take 40 people out to lunch: people who helped shape the first 40 years and people who I hope will inspire the next 40.  People who are unique, political, creative, encouraging, insightful, adventurous and bad ass.  You can follow along as I write about the experience at 40Lunches.com.

What I Want

Good stories are about a person who wants something and what they will do to get it.  This is what I want:  I want to revisit relationships with people who were an important part of making me who I am today, and I want to reach out to people who I find inspiring.

Follow Along 

Join me on this adventure and meet an eclectic mix of people who each have their own story to tell by following along at 40Lunches.com. 

And perhaps this project will inspire others to reach out to the people who influenced their lives:  share a meal, tell a few stories, say thank you.

The first lunch will post on JULY 26th.  In the meantime, check back and learn more about the project and its inspiration.  You can also sign up for email notification for each new post.

So join me as I celebrate 40 years, one meal at a time.