This week the Kabbage team from the Atlanta office was in town. I was really excited since I had met a lot of them virtually, but not in person yet. Would I be able to recognize them from seeing them on video or would I totally embarrass myself and mess it up? I am happy to say, yes I was! I may have had to confirm someone’s last name but they had to confirm mine as well!

The team was super friendly and nice, they also brought a sense of the start up vibe, which I missed from my internship at Jango days! (I am surprised to see that Jango still exists after all these years, its been at least a decade!)

Tuesday night we went to PJ Clarke’s, I had not been here in over 2 years, so it was a nice to be back and to spend some time with the team that was in town! I met some new colleagues who I know we will be fast friends! There was even a DTF, Down to FOOD, moment - if you were thinking anything else you have your mind in the gutter!

Last night, the product team had an impromptu dinner at La Pizza & La Pasta a Colori at Eataly! We had not done a team dinner yet, so it was nice to interact with a smaller group and really get to talk more as a group vs one offs and get to know everyone!

After dinner we went to to O’Hara’s for drinks, which was nice to chat with everyone. I ended up finding my Kabbage twin James and new BFF Clint, who is super tall! We also found an old man singing his heart out by himself as if he were at a karaoke - can we please adopt him to be our team mascot?

I am even more excited and invigorated to be part of the Kabbage team after meeting the Atlanta part of the team in person! Can’t wait to see all the great things we will do together!