Regina Pradam

And got into a master's program in Vermont.

And the same year, I met my husband.

We got married.

He went to Texas, to Austin, because his cousin lived in Austin.

And they figured they'd open an Indian restaurant.

So I was...

on the way to Vermont for fall, and in summer he said, well, why don't you come hang out with us, you know, and then go off to Vermont, and came over to Austin, and we bought the really, really old building on 16th.

Right, 98.

Well, since the current owners are my partners at Tarka, I... She's bailing.

Come on.

What's interesting is that's actually a really good story.

While I was waiting tables in Seattle, right?

This is a really good one.

No, no.

That was my husband and me, and then he had a couple of cousins, so there were four of us.

Got it.

But while I was waiting on tables, I waited on this one guy who worked for Microsoft.

So I had never bought stocks in my life before.

know you're chatting flirting whatever and he goes well was it wait was it chatting or was it flirting whatever between you know what so he he he kind of started talking about things and he's like well you know how microsoft stock splits and i was like that sounds awesome the same thing i have doubles and doubles and you know whatever didn't know what all that was so i withdrew five thousand dollars on my credit card okay

Just out of college?