We met in Pre-K, and have loved each other truly madly and deeply ever since. Except for Halloween 1997, when I loved Meredith's mermaid costume so much I bought the same one. Curiously, she wasn't as thrilled as I was to be mermaid twins.
Over 26 years we've grown from a tradition of sneaking "midnight snacks" during sleepovers to midnight phone calls, (because Meredith lives in LA now and that's our only window) but otherwise, not much else has changed. We look forward to retiring in the same complex.
We met at Brandeis University when we were both cast in a play called Everything in the Garden. We played housewives who were secretly prostitutes. What better a spark for a lifelong friendship. I've always looked up to Linnea's bold entrepreneurial spirit and sage upperclassman wisdom (after all, Linnea was already the ripe old age of 20 to my 18). Now we both live in NYC, where we do our part to keep all of the sushi restaurants in business.
We met studying opera abroad in Florence, when the housing gods put us in the same host house (along with 12 other people- two of whom allegedly lived in the attic and never came downstairs). Our friendship started out innocently enough: doing impressions of our program's most egregious opera divas...and it didn't take long before we realized we were each other's forever people. As we've gotten older, we've realized we have some diva in us after all...and will NEVER miss an opportunity to raid a furrier.
Rachel and I were what you would call instant family. How lucky am I, to have a new older and ‘Weiser’ sister whose funny bone is tickled by everything and whose passion for people and zest for life and adventure is unmatched (well, maybe matched by her brother's). There’s never a dull moment and I’m so grateful for our friendship.
