consular officer
Abbey finds herself in need of a consular officer. Continue reading
Tag Archives: nyc
new traditions
I can’t remember how or why it started, but when we lived in NYC we had a cheap subway map mounted on a foam board, hung it on the wall, and then stuck in push-pins to mark every subway station we visited together. Continue reading
ouch, my knee
Andy finished his second triathlon! Continue reading
on real estate
DC home prices are not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but they’re also not in the it’s-never-in-your-wildest-dreams-going-to-happen range we grew accustomed to in NYC. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, Life in DC
Tagged architecture, logan circle, nyc, property, real estate, rosslyn
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first post
On Flag Day we found out that our first official post abroad is going to be in Cotonou. But the real truth is, since we’re going to have spent 11 months in Arlington by the time we leave, it kind of feels like this is our first post. Continue reading
packing up and packing out
It’s been two weeks, but with the arrival of our unaccompanied baggage to our apartment in DC, it is finally time for the recap of our big pack out. Continue reading
so long nyc…
…although I’m bringing the Empire State Building with me.
calm now, storm later
My first entry in this blog was about how Alex’s joining the foreign service was starting to feel real. After a year of tests and essays and clearances and uncertainty, we were finally making preparations for the big change. We … Continue reading
what i’ll miss most about nyc
A list of things I’ll miss about NYC, my home for the past five years. Continue reading