I have been so busy I have not posted in almost 100 days. Did a quick video to give you an update as I will write a more thorough posting with more content soon! As always, thanks for stopping by.
Birthday blessings
Life just seams to be flying by. The time since I last posted has been AWESOME. Before I dig into all of the happenings I want to shout out to all the people in France who read this blog! Rien que de l’amour pour tous les Français et surtout pour les parisiens qui lisent ce…
Happy 4th of July
So last Friday we had our 4th of July celebration at the Consulate. You can check out the local papers coverage here and here. It was nice to meet our Ambassador who has been tapped to be senior adviser to the Secretary in DC. Since it is the 4th of July I would like to announce to…
Better Days
Had a long weekend in Sao Paulo last weekend and WOW! I left last Thursday and took today off of work for the long 4 days Easter holiday weened. Had a killer AirBnB centrally located in the 9th largest city in the world. As I alluded to, I went to see Eddie Vedder in concert. …
Estou aqui
Well I made it! Sorry for the delay in letting you know I made it safely to Brazil. The city as I flew in. Pulling up to the terminal. I went to Florianópolis for New Years weekend. HUGE Island full of 42 beaches. Alex and Mariella are a couple I hang out with. Alex is also…
The universe is smiling upon me
I have had a string of serendipitous events that I have to share. First off, the morning of pack out I awoke to my clock on the wall that had stopped dead on midnight. The battery had expired my last night in the condo. It was a sign to say as if: your time is…
Swearing in, area studies, and meeting a legend
Time is flying by and I am not doing a great job of updating this blog. But in the last month I was sworn in as a Foreign Service Officer by Ambassador Tom Shannon (who was the acting Secretary of State while Sec. Tillerson was awaiting Senate confirmation), done area studies to include Brazilian studies…
Flag Day
This is the day anyone who starts this journey, waits for. An NFL draft is the only thing I can equate it to. Minus all the money of course. But before I write about the flag portion of this day, I have to say this day started out with us taking a trip to Langley,…