And there he wept when he remembered Zion

Happy Monday morning, E. I'm at work extra early, having dropped El off at the train station this morning. I decided to drop in at S* before heading off to G* for the rest of the day. Twas a good weekend, and lots of delicious food was had. She made shabu shabu, made famous (to me, anyway) by our Hawaiian friend C*. That El made shabu shabu was one of the very first things I learned about her.

I just read over our last couple of posts, and I agree, we are being bombastic and wordy, but what are these blog things for if not for grandiose pronouncements? I will have to check out that book you mentioned, btw, but I have had lots of difficultly lately finishing books. What books are you reading nowadays? I restarted 'City Life' by Witold Rybczynski (almost got his name right the first time!), and though it's an engaging enough book, I get distracted reading the new yorker magazines and sunday times piling up all over the house, and also by the delicious pull of sweet television.

How was your weekend in De_B? One of these days (and I actually mean one of these years) I will find myself up in your neck of the woods. Maybe El would be interested in going to Chicago, and as a detour we could go to De_B. Also, that's great that you're going to be in Washington for New Year's. I should be in town at least part of the time, if not all of the time, and from my end it should be pretty easy to meet up. My mother-in-law will be in town, so while she and El go shopping or something (though I really want you to meet El), we can meet up for drinks and the like.

It's been a while, man. I look back on our Ethiopian dinners fondly.