Last Lunch With Melina

The day before we left Virginia we had lunch with Melina out by her workplace.  It was at Coastal Flats, which seems to be a chain centered on DC.  The food was good.  Andreas especially liked the deviled eggs.  We liked the bacon on everything.  I had a bunless burger off their gluten free menu and Andreas had chicken.  Melina had pecan crusted fish.

Egged

The egg's done.  It was a fairly easy stitch, just one I hadn't been doing for a while.  I have a few more eggs to do, but they're still on their way here.  I've gotten several things done since leaving Moldova.  I hope that, at least, continues.

First Fabric Purchase

 There's a monthly market on the Ilha, and we went a couple of weeks after getting here.  That's where I found this fabric.  It is all cotton, bright, vivid, and six yards -for about $25.  Not bad.  Now I have to figure out what to do with it.

Brunch With Sean, Irish Style

The Irish pub around the corner from our apartment in Arlington had a Sunday brunch, so we decided to go with Sean before he hit the road home.  The food was good, though my burger was more like a chivito, in size and ingredients, than a regular burger.  Andreas had the brunch buffet and enjoyed having deviled eggs and corned beef hash.

Banded Up

The blackwork band sampler from EGA is done.  I think it came out as a perfect bookmark and will be making it into one soon.

Reunion Dinner

After going to the Maryland Renaissance Fair, we had dinner with the Perez-Milams and my son.  It was a good time to catch up.  Our dinner was at La Sandia in Tyson's Corner Mall.  Was also kind of interesting to watch all the high school students dressed up for homecoming.  The food wasn't TexMex, but it was pretty good anyway.  I had shredded beef tacos and Andreas had chicken ones.

This Year's Favor

Despite being in Angola less than three weeks, we went to the annual Marine Corps Ball.  These are the favors from it.  Practical!  This ball was very different from most I've been to in two ways: one was that the food was served buffet style.  Evidently wait service isn't very good for large groups here.  The second way was that there were a LOT of non-embassy associated Americans, including a whole table of teenage girls.  Made for an interesting night.