{"id":5055,"date":"2017-11-12T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T12:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2017-11-12T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T12:09:11","slug":"brrrrrr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5055","title":{"rendered":"Brrrrrr"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My life these days!<\/p><\/div>\n

Wow, it got really cold this week! I had to pull out hats and gloves for the walk to work. It\u2019s been a while since John and I have lived somewhere cold! Flavia was happy that we pulled out the electric blanket last night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John and I went to see \u201cThe Book of Mormon\u201d at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night. It was funny, as predicted (I have to admit some of the humor was a bit over the top for me, but I still laughed a lot), and it\u2019s just so fun to walk 15 minutes and then be at the Kennedy Center. We love DC!<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I ventured out while John worked on War College. I took the bus (!) to the Mall and visited the Hirshorn Gallery and Sculpture Garden and the African Art Museum. I really loved the African museum and want to go back sometime to take a closer look.<\/span><\/p>\n

John took me to the Tabard Inn for dinner last night. I went there back in the 80s when I was working for RDS. I just love it. It\u2019s in Dupont Circle and is a working inn. It\u2019s very cozy and charming, especially nice on a cold night! They also serve Mountain Valley water from Hot Springs! It\u2019s been turning up all over the place lately (I also found it in Iceland.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tabard Inn<\/p><\/div>\n

On Thursday I went to lunch with \u201cmy posse,\u201d as John calls it – several really neat women from work. We went to District Commons (John and I also had dinner there Monday night) and just laughed and talked. I\u2019m so happy to have friends again! <\/span><\/p>\n

I spent two days in class at FSI this week (the foliage there was beautiful), so I made up for lost time by working in the office Friday (federal holiday). I got a lot done since there was no one else there!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foreign Service Institute<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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