Lots of socializing today. "Sunday Brunch" for all the specialists and spouses/partners staying at our apartment complex. We then headed to "Eden Center" a premier Asian center containing approximately 120 stores and is located right behind our apartment complex. This place is fantastic...besides all the stores there are many places to eat. We went with another agent and his wife, who are Korean. They just returned from a vacation in Vietnam, so it was perfect. We ate at a "hole in the wall" restaurant, where none of the wait staff spoke a lick of English. Communication on our part was done non-verbally just with hand gestures and pointing. Man the food was good and fresh, fresh, fresh! Who knew we would be in little Saigon in Falls Church, VA?
For dinner, we went to a "Meet and Greet" at Rock Bottom Cafe in Balston, Va. The energy in that room was so positive. Specialists, spouses, kids, and dogs (ha,ha) had been waiting for so long for this day to arrive, and it's finally here. Each and everyone of the FSO's as well as the spouses/partners have a unique story and come from different backgrounds, but we now are, all in the same boat working together for the same purpose.
Eden Center is one of my favorite places! The best Asian (mainly Vietnamese?) foods in No VA. I hear Three Sisters, where we went two/three times a month, has moved to Dulles Town Center? Check to see, maybe my information was wrong. It's wonderful. Strong positive vibes to BL as he begins his quest, you too Ceee as you navigate around DC. Miss you!
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