When Sean and Cathy Cummings commandeered Johnny Wofford's kitchen at the Homeless Alliance's WestTown day shelter, the place was jumping.

Anyone who's ever dined at Vito's Ristorante or its sister restaurant Land and Sea wouldn't be surprised to hear that. And if you ever raised a mug at Sean Cummings Irish Pub or are one of the lucky few that dined at his first local restaurant, Boca Boca, you would expect to hear nothing less.

This high-energy, dynamic duo of the dining world has made a mark wherever it's been, whether running restaurants in Kansas City and Oklahoma City, engaging in local politics or raising awareness for social injustice using social media.

The Cummingses are the kind of empty nesters we should all aspire to be. They haven't slumped back in their easy chairs in the wake of raising six kids; they've looked for new places to deposit that energy. They've gone undercover in a local school cafeteria, traveled to each Oklahoma county during Cathy's run for lieutenant governor, lived on minimum wages for a month and, most recently, they brought volunteers, awareness and great food to the day shelter at WestTown, 1724 NW 4 St.