Almost One

A few stars and moons on the pumpkin, which is now almost finished.  One of three...

Kompot At sarkis

 When we went to Sarkis in September, it had been about a year since we'd gone.  The reason it took so long for us to go back was the very slow service.  For a lunch break, it's really inefficient despite being only two blocks from the embassy.  Anyway, it was a nice day, we were tired of the Loft, and we had seen that the cafeteria had three! fish courses and borscht for the soup.  A very unhappy meal there.  So of we went.  Andreas, as usual, had Greek salad.  It was a bit different than most in that it had a lot of lettuce.  They had fresh forest fruit compote though, so that helped.  I had a decent zeama.  We had lavash with cheese too, and I had chicken tabac.  I didn't realize it was going to be a -whole- chicken.  Needless to say, I brought 3/4 home for a chicken salad later.  Andreas' main meal didn't get a photo for some reason.  The food was good, the service was still really slow.  This means we just can't do it in an hour for lunch.

Air Show - Last Day

By Sunday, nearly all of the indoor exhibits had been packed up.  The exhibit halls looked rather sad.  On top of  that, the weather was definitely chilly, overcast, and rainy.  These are the interesting items we saw indoors.

Four Letters (Kind Of)

All four of the letters are in the squares, but two are still not quite complete.  Progress for sure, though!

Off To Grill House

 Nearly thirty embassy people descended on Grill House one Friday in September.  Grill House did surprisingly well with that number of people ordering straight off the menu.  These photos are from the dinner and different people's food.  we were pleased with the taste of everything; it was freshly prepared and nicely presented.  We'll be back.

Big Band

Time for the big band.  I've gotten the whitework and its separation band done, so things are closer to finish.

Last Of Paris Downtown

 These are just the last few photos of Paris taken while walking downtown on a Saturday.