food and life in the foreign service
Greetings from the State Department ghetto (I didn't make that up: please see this Washington Post article from 2011 -- that being said, it is no misnomer): Oakwood Falls Church. There have been some nice updates since our last stay, two years ago, and we've enjoyed our first few days here. Scarlett is settling in pretty... Continue Reading →
I've been slacking on the blog because I've been so busy loving home leave, which, on a scale of one to best thing ever, is pretty close to best thing ever. For the non-Foreign Service folks reading this, home leave is Congressionally mandated vacation that Foreign Service Officers must take in between tours abroad. There... Continue Reading →
When a couple we met in Grant's A-100 training class got married, we sent them a 10-inch nonstick fry pan as a wedding gift. In their thank you note, they included one of their favorite recipes for the pan. We happened to have received a 10-inch nonstick in our wedding presents, so Grant immediately tried... Continue Reading →
The other night, my sister Laura and I made grilled pizza for dinner, which many people never think of doing. In college, every internship I had was unpaid, but I did manage to walk away with books from every one of them. My first internship was at a magazine and one of my writing jobs... Continue Reading →
One afternoon in Tashkent, I was walking around the backyard with Scarlett when I realized one of the trees in our backyard was a sour cherry tree. Feeling like a modern-day pioneer woman, I decided to make a pie. I wouldn't recommend pitting six plus cups of cherries without any help (a willing friend, spouse,... Continue Reading →
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