We celebrated John’s birthday on Tuesday night with a great meal at Roux — it’s such a nice restaurant and very comfortable at the same time. Bonus is that it’s just a 15-minute walk from our apartment and the weather was lovely. The jacarandas are blooming and the temperatures have been perfect.
Thursday night was book club. For a change, we didn’t meet at a restaurant; instead, Rachel B hosted us and it was very relaxing and nice. The book was Tiffany Haddish’s “The Last Black Unicorn,” but I’ll be the first to admit our book club doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about the actual book! But it is a good excuse to see some smart and funny women every month!
Yesterday afternoon John and I went to a party at Matt and Katherine’s around the corner – lots of fun and a nice way to spend a beautiful afternoon chatting with friends and meeting some new people.
John and I were wow’d by the last episodes of both “The Diplomat” and “Disclaimer” this week – really great TV. We started Season Three of “Lincoln Lawyer” last night. I finished “Mrs. Chippy’s Last Expedition” by Caroline Alexander, about the cat on board Shackleton’s Endurance – a little silly but sweet and a fun read. I loved reading how the men loved the cat and I’m convinced the cat (really a “he”) was a huge mental boost for them in their horrible circumstances. I used to see the same thing in Pakistan — big tough military guys sitting on a bench petting one of our feral cats. (Speaking of that, I got some great photos from friends in Islamabad this week – the feral cat group I helped start ten years ago is still going strong and taking care of the colony! I was thrilled!)