{"id":6791,"date":"2022-10-02T07:22:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T11:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2022-10-02T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T11:43:18","slug":"paint-sip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6791","title":{"rendered":"Paint &#038; Sip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F194C34A-13E2-44D7-8859-606FFE220A95.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6792\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F194C34A-13E2-44D7-8859-606FFE220A95.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F194C34A-13E2-44D7-8859-606FFE220A95-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>At Palacio Bosch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Women\u2019s Program sponsored a fun \u201cpaint &amp; sip\u201d event this week, and around 75 women attended at the beautiful Palacio Bosch, including female diplomats from a variety of countries. It was a fun event! The woman who runs the company did a fantastic job (as did the wonderful staff at the Palacio) &#8211; I was impressed that she said she only hires women over 45, as they often have problems finding work &#8211; so it was girl power all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I had a fun video chat with our old friend Lydia and her husband Cesar yesterday &#8211; they are more famously known for being Honey the Chihuahua\u2019s parents (we dog-sat Honey for a few months in Islamabad). They are bidding on Buenos Aires, so we chatted about life here. Nothing would make us happier than to have Honey (now 13!) nearby, and, of course, her parents, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also a had call this week with a colleague in Riyadh who is working with management there to manage the feral cat population on the embassy grounds &#8211; something I worked on when I was in Islamabad. Fingers crossed that management there understands the benefit in stabilizing their feral population. I was tickled a few weeks ago when a colleague who just arrived from I\u2019bad told me the C\u2019Attaches were still going strong there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two months here, John and I finally watched some television last night, the new season of \u201cTrapped,\u201d an Icelandic crime show. I love seeing the countryside and we like the actors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s my version of the image we were to paint at Paint &amp; Sip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/360CB6D0-B4CC-49D4-A303-378F2BB92359.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6793\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/360CB6D0-B4CC-49D4-A303-378F2BB92359.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/360CB6D0-B4CC-49D4-A303-378F2BB92359-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here\u2019s Flavia enjoying her friend, the sun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"281\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8732EF82-DCC5-4A12-BF98-DADDBE5D32C9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6794\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8732EF82-DCC5-4A12-BF98-DADDBE5D32C9.jpeg 281w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8732EF82-DCC5-4A12-BF98-DADDBE5D32C9-263x300.jpeg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Women\u2019s Program sponsored a fun \u201cpaint &amp; sip\u201d event this week, and around 75 women attended at the beautiful Palacio Bosch, including female diplomats from a variety of countries. 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