Cures for Homesickness

Naturally our heads have started turning towards our summer in the U.S..

Today, in one of those "it's a small world" encounters, I had a meeting to talk about government bidding in Jordan and the guy who was visiting here from the U.S. was someone that I worked with in Kansas City when I was at Accenture a zillion years ago. He now lives near us in DC and was able to share this anecdote about our Starbucks.

Mini Dinner Club

This weekend was supposed to be Dinner Club Cooks French but it was de-railed by the arrival of Senator Mitchell. Instead, we headed to Mawwal, a restaurant that we had all passed a million times but never visited. It was pretty good. Attractive restaurant with fabulous freshly made bread. The menu featured a lot of organs but we stuck with two kinds of ground lamb kebabs (Aleppan-style with nuts and something green and Iraqi style with summack) and two kinds of ground lamb shaped into a patty. There is a lot they can do with ground lamb. We also tried ordering the lamb cubes but the waiter was a little dismissive and cautioned that they would take a long time.

We particularly missed the presence of Dinner Club founders Scott and Sarah who are in Jerusalem with the newly arrived preemie son. We continue to think good thoughts for all of them especially baby Aiden. We look forward to his Dinner Club debut.