{"id":7452,"date":"2024-07-07T15:21:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2024-07-07T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:24:22","slug":"happy-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=7452","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fourth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8629.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8629.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8629-300x285.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>At the Embassy\u2019s celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I were at the Embassy\u2019s Fourth of July celebration Tuesday night at the Ambassador\u2019s Residence &#8211; another really big event. Happy 4th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were at home on the actual 4th for the holiday &#8211; unfortunately, I\u2019ve picked up a cold \u2014 but I\u2019ve gotten a lot of reading done between the holiday and the weekend: finished \u201cEntitled,\u201d by Kate Manne; \u201cMadhouse at the End of the World,\u201d by Julian Sanction; and \u201cGenerations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents &#8211; and What They Mean for America\u2019s Future\u201d (a really long title!) by Jean Twenge. I especially enjoyed \u201cMadhouse,\u201d the story of a Belgian expedition to Antarctica in the late 1800s. John and I started Season 3 of \u201cThe Bear,\u201d and are enjoying \u201cA Man in Full\u201d while we wait for the next episode of \u201cPresumed Innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few more photos from the party:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/415ca52b-93aa-446c-abcc-fea158490dee.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/415ca52b-93aa-446c-abcc-fea158490dee.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/415ca52b-93aa-446c-abcc-fea158490dee-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>With Lea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a18229a4-8b68-4c2b-97ec-8e60e7b0a91f-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a18229a4-8b68-4c2b-97ec-8e60e7b0a91f-1.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a18229a4-8b68-4c2b-97ec-8e60e7b0a91f-1-300x218.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Lea and Rachel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"255\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7d2af613-7077-41c3-8b9e-b4cc14cb9f36.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7d2af613-7077-41c3-8b9e-b4cc14cb9f36.jpeg 255w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7d2af613-7077-41c3-8b9e-b4cc14cb9f36-239x300.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><figcaption>Lea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2024\/07\/0ce143b4-d8ca-4ddf-ab7c-ce670405d649.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ce143b4-d8ca-4ddf-ab7c-ce670405d649.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0ce143b4-d8ca-4ddf-ab7c-ce670405d649-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Jenae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"264\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a410a55f-a63f-4173-9811-34130e490722-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a410a55f-a63f-4173-9811-34130e490722-1.jpeg 264w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a410a55f-a63f-4173-9811-34130e490722-1-248x300.jpeg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and I were at the Embassy\u2019s Fourth of July celebration Tuesday night at the Ambassador\u2019s Residence &#8211; another really big event. Happy 4th! We were at home on the actual 4th for the holiday &#8211; unfortunately, I\u2019ve picked up a cold \u2014 but I\u2019ve gotten a lot of reading done between the holiday and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7462,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions\/7462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}