It can be difficult to make new friends, especially when you are in a new neighborhood and in the middle of a pandemic. We can take the page out of one man’s book, however, and make new friends by making pancakes.

After all, who doesn’t love pancakes?

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Curtis Kimball, who just so happens to own The Crème Brûlée Cart, decided to do something nice in the neighborhood where he now lives in San Francisco. He even sold it well, making up flyers that said: “My wife says I’m getting weird. She says I need to make friends. So I’m making pancakes.”

It didn’t take long to realize he was on to something big. In fact, if this had been done online, you would say that it went viral.

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In an interview with TODAY, he admitted that he didn’t know what to expect when he first started and he even said he was terrified of setting things up. Just the simple act of going out and putting up flyers made him “nervous and self-conscious.”

He reasoned: “Like, this could be a really dumb idea and everyone might hate it. But the first people showed up right away, they lived two doors down and they were very excited.”

He wanted to keep track of the event so he posted it on his Twitter account.

In the end, it was a huge hit and not only did people come, but they also brought their kids and dogs.

For Kimball, it was a huge relief and was really something positive, despite the struggles that San Francisco has with various challenges.

In fact, he had such a good time doing it and people loved it so much that he plans on taking it on the road to other neighborhoods. He would like to expand his social circle in San Francisco beyond his own neighborhood.

In fact, Yahoo! reports that he would like to have his Saturday morning pancake parties in other areas around the country!

I guess it never hurts to dream big.