twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?"

Month: November 2008

  • wake up and vote america

    For Peter and I, it's already Tuesday evening. There weren't any hamburger buns for our Bocca burgers at the commisary, so I'm baking yeast rolls to use for buns and Peter is playing guitar. We are so frustrated with the time difference between here and the US on election day. It's pretty much a twelve hour difference–okay it's eleven but it's easier to figure out if you just remember twelve– between us sitting here in our living room in Moscow and the West Coast…so I guess in the morning I'll find out how it's going…

  • first november

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    The building next door. I told you you'd see it a lot. 

    We went for a walk this evening to a the fancier-than-France bakery Moscow Mom introduced us to, oo la la. We bought ham and cheese pizza slices, bread with raisins, two baguettes and croissants for the morning. Stefan rode his bike.

    Stefan and Camille have POUNDS of candy from Halloween–Stefan had everything for a perfect cowboy costume, but wanted to wear his last year's tiger costume topped by a witch's hat. He said he was a Tee Witch. A very Ramona-the-Pest kind of costume with a high "huh?" factor. Camille reprised last year's pirate look.

    Now the election. Deep breath. To get it to a mail box in time, my ballot was patriotically escorted home by a Marine.

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