{"id":2933,"date":"2014-03-10T09:47:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:35:52","slug":"spring-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=2933","title":{"rendered":"Spring in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rawal Lake, Islamabad<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday was a gorgeous day in Islamabad, and the perfect weather for an outing with my photography class to Rawal Lake. Around the lake there is a big park, with an amusement park, picnic areas, vendors, beggars, an aviary, boats to rent – you name it.We walked around for a couple of hours taking photos. We were certainly the object of curiosity from the locals!<\/p>\n

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Last week started off well last Sunday – a much needed trip to the spa, something I’d been putting off for quite a while. Afterward I went to work for a few hours, while John entertained his gaming crew at our house. I joined in after work – the last folks didn’t leave until 9 PM, after eight hours, so I think they all had fun!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Friday night, John and I went to the Canada Club to see a theater production of scenes from Neil Simon plays. We howled with laughter – especially fun to see some of our Embassy colleagues enjoy their roles. It was a very professionally done production and we really had fun – so much so that we stayed for a late night dinner with friends afterwards.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Saturday morning I worked for a while, then John and I went to Bridget’s for a truck art and jewelry show. It was fun to browse the goods and visit with friends. Alas, we came home empty handed this trip. In the evening we found a different pizza delivery that was very good and watched a few episodes of “House of Cards.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sunday I put my nose to the grindstone. After a fun spinning class at the gym, I worked on my annual review, and then knocked out two of my five employees’ reviews. It’s the time of year that everyone hates!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Last week, John made balloon animals at a party our Marines sponsored for a local orphanage – he was quite the hit! Here’s a photo:<\/p><\/div>\n

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Balloon Animals by John<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On a very sad note, a wonderful man passed away this week. Ray Von Bobo of Hope, Arkansas, the father of my bestie Mike Bobo and his wonderful sisters Charlotte and Sheila. Ray Von led a full life and he’ll be missed. RIP, Ray Von.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday was a gorgeous day in Islamabad, and the perfect weather for an outing with my photography class to Rawal Lake. Around the lake there is a big park, with an amusement park, picnic areas, vendors, beggars, an aviary, boats to rent – you name it.We walked around for a couple of hours taking photos. […]<\/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":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}