{"id":1238,"date":"2011-01-17T04:46:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T10:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:36:41","slug":"old-friends-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"Old friends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patty, Jimmy, Mary (with baby Will), Billy, John and Dave<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday John and I drove to Jerusalem to visit with some of our friends. Dave and Mary, from our A-100 class, are both there, along with another friend from DC, Bill. We went to Mary’s apartment first to see her family – she and husband Jimmy had a baby in November and I hadn’t met him yet. What a cutie! Then we all met Dave and Bill downtown at a Middle Eastern restaurant for a leisurely lunch.<\/p>\n

It was great to sit and talk with old friends – I guess “old” is relative, since we all just met in 2007! At any rate, it was a very pleasant and comfortable afternoon.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, Petite and I made a pilgrimage to the Hetzi Hinam grocery store – it’s the closest thing to an American-style grocery store here and I love it.<\/p>\n

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. I fought a cold several days, so just took it easy.<\/p>\n

Thursday, some folks from Jerusalem (including Dave and another A-100 classmate Liz) came over to our offices for meetings.<\/p>\n

John and I went to a new place that we like called Whitehall. They played really good music (including Steely Dan, JT, etc.) and it was just a fun atmosphere.<\/p>\n

We watched several movies this week: Suddenly Last Summer<\/em>, Inception <\/em>(I don’t get it), and I am Love<\/em> with Tilda Swinton.<\/p>\n

We’re off today for Martin Luther King Day – a good day to relax!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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