{"id":5130,"date":"2018-01-14T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T23:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5130"},"modified":"2018-01-14T17:54:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T23:54:28","slug":"thawing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5130","title":{"rendered":"Thawing out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/DF27C688-F172-414C-9C0B-B26B1887F2D2.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5134\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/DF27C688-F172-414C-9C0B-B26B1887F2D2-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Washington Circle, on my way to work\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DF27C688-F172-414C-9C0B-B26B1887F2D2-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DF27C688-F172-414C-9C0B-B26B1887F2D2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DF27C688-F172-414C-9C0B-B26B1887F2D2.jpeg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Circle, on my way to work<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">D.C. thawed out a bit this week, and even got up in the 60s on Friday! We\u2019re supposed to be back in the teens tomorrow, so it is still winter!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5135\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/FE407F45-5171-4193-A549-8C2A419E72B7.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5135\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/FE407F45-5171-4193-A549-8C2A419E72B7-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Thomas, John, and Adrian\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FE407F45-5171-4193-A549-8C2A419E72B7-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FE407F45-5171-4193-A549-8C2A419E72B7-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FE407F45-5171-4193-A549-8C2A419E72B7.jpeg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas, John, and Adrian<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">John\u2019s work friends Thomas and Adrian came over on Tuesday night &#8211; we cooked burgers and generally had a good time. They are such nice guys!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">I had coffee this week with Mamie from Islamabad. She was a big supporter of the C\u2019Attaches there, and I was happy to see her as she passed through town. She works with the Army Corps of Engineers on her way to help rehab a dam for a foreign partner. What a smart and nice woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">John and I went to see one of his idols Friday night, Sam Harris. He was interviewing Andrew Sullivan and David Frum &#8211; interesting! We went out to dinner beforehand at a Brazilian steakhouse that we enjoyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Happy birthday this week to the best mother-in-law, Ginger! I hope you had a great day. Also this week would have been my father\u2019s 94th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5132\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/1C2D332A-83AA-4D89-B7A2-A6BCAC38FCF5-e1515973864263.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5132\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/1C2D332A-83AA-4D89-B7A2-A6BCAC38FCF5-e1515973864263-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Flavia helping John with War College studying\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1C2D332A-83AA-4D89-B7A2-A6BCAC38FCF5-e1515973864263-200x300.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1C2D332A-83AA-4D89-B7A2-A6BCAC38FCF5-e1515973864263-683x1024.jpeg 683w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1C2D332A-83AA-4D89-B7A2-A6BCAC38FCF5-e1515973864263.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flavia helping John with War College studying<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D.C. thawed out a bit this week, and even got up in the 60s on Friday! We\u2019re supposed to be back in the teens tomorrow, so it is still winter! &nbsp; &nbsp; John\u2019s work friends Thomas and Adrian came over on Tuesday night &#8211; we cooked burgers and generally had a good time. 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