{"id":5708,"date":"2019-04-21T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T18:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5708"},"modified":"2019-04-21T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T18:09:07","slug":"finally-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5708","title":{"rendered":"Finally spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that spring may finally be here, although we had some chilly days earlier this week. While I\u2019ll complain about hot weather soon enough, I\u2019m ready for the cold to go! The tulips around town are gorgeous.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5713\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/01067B63-86D4-40FA-8BA3-5B8BE4C662DD-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/01067B63-86D4-40FA-8BA3-5B8BE4C662DD-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/01067B63-86D4-40FA-8BA3-5B8BE4C662DD-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/01067B63-86D4-40FA-8BA3-5B8BE4C662DD.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pennsylvania Ave<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had a nice dinner with Cathy this week &#8211; she treated me to a delish steak at Rare. The next night, John and I met Claire\u2019s parents who were visiting from England, along with a few other of Rick and Claire\u2019s friends. They were absolutely delightful and we enjoyed getting to know them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5714\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5714\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/236AC193-6B14-42B0-B554-1755AAE333DE-300x262.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/236AC193-6B14-42B0-B554-1755AAE333DE-300x262.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/236AC193-6B14-42B0-B554-1755AAE333DE-768x670.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/236AC193-6B14-42B0-B554-1755AAE333DE-1024x894.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love the one red one in the middle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday evening, we took the metro up to Maryland to the Strathmore to see a showing of the movie, \u201cThe Triplets of Belleville.\u201d It\u2019s a wonderful animated movie with no dialogue &#8211; just music and sound effects. The composer directed an eight-piece ensemble live while the movie played &#8211; so fun. The venue is just incredibly beautiful!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5711\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5711\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A8FEF41F-2AAE-4B0C-91E4-2DD33ED5AECE-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A8FEF41F-2AAE-4B0C-91E4-2DD33ED5AECE-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A8FEF41F-2AAE-4B0C-91E4-2DD33ED5AECE-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A8FEF41F-2AAE-4B0C-91E4-2DD33ED5AECE-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A8FEF41F-2AAE-4B0C-91E4-2DD33ED5AECE.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beautiful Stratchmore Music Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday was busy. I took Flavia to the vet to continue getting her ready for our move this summer. In the afternoon, I drove over to a friend\u2019s house to check on him after a nasty fall. I ended up in Falls Church at a great camera store, where I bought a new lens to take to Alaska. John made an excellent Mexican stew for dinner, and we watched \u201cCrazy Rich Asians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that spring may finally be here, although we had some chilly days earlier this week. While I\u2019ll complain about hot weather soon enough, I\u2019m ready for the cold to go! The tulips around town are gorgeous. 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