{"id":3343,"date":"2015-06-09T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T09:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T09:42:26","slug":"a-couple-of-really-nice-evenings-6-6-7-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"A couple of really nice evenings! 6\/ 6-7 \/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

SATURDAY, 6\/6\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s plan is to begin the sorting of clothes. We need to make the final decision on what is actually going into our suitcases, and what will be shipped. It\u2019s certainly easier for me than for Judy. Cambodia and Thailand involve mostly summer touring clothes and beachwear. The cruise complicates things because of the need to have a few nicer clothes for dinnertime and the evening shows.<\/p>\n

We do get a nice break in the evening. Alexis, one of Judy\u2019s closest friends at BISS and her husband Scott are celebrating 15 years of being together. They dated long distance for 6 years (New York\/Chicago, China\/Chicago, Spain\/Washington DC, then DC\/China, and several other variations) before marrying. She\u2019s been at BISS for 5 years, and he\u2019s a screen-writer and novelist (as well as a \u201ctrailing spouse\u201d like me).<\/p>\n

They had a party at their apartment for several of the BISS faculty. As with so many of these get-togethers, I\u2019m amazed at the variety of countries and cultures represented.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, 6\/7\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was still some more packing planning and moving stuff around, separating the suitcase stuff from the shipping stuff. Judy had an appointment with several of her friends for a visit to Lily Nails. I decided to head over to the TT park for a workout. We got into another doubles match, and I played with several different partners. Someone went over to a nearby store and brought back some ice cream bars. I keep thinking back to what I thought two years ago I would be doing in Beijing. It wasn\u2019t sitting around eating ice cream and playing table tennis with the locals. If I could speak a little Chinese, I\u2019d be a real member of the group, but language is still a struggle between us.<\/p>\n

Back at the apartment later, Judy and I scrambled to get ready to meet James and Erica for dinner. James is Canadian, and Erica is from Korea. They\u2019re summer plans included Singapore, Bali, and eventually East Timor, before they travel to their homes for visits before returning in August to Beijing.<\/p>\n

\"15.6.7.TRB<\/a>

What a great evening with James & Erica at TRB!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"15.6.7.Temple<\/a><\/p>\n

They took us to \u201cTemple Restaurant Beijing\u201d, or TRB. They had a driver arranged who picked us up, and delivered us to the restaurant. We traveled down several back alleys and eventually arrived at a dead-end where the restaurant had been remodeled out of a courtyard hutong. It was gorgeous, with an art gallery and some interesting art objects in the outer courtyard. Inside, the restaurant was the nicest we\u2019ve visited in our time here in Beijing. The service was impeccable! The food was great, with several courses, and more \u201csamples\u201d brought out from the kitchen than you can imagine. We ordered some desserts to share, but they kept bringing us samples of some of the specialties and then there was a dessert \u201cwagon\u201d with several other items for us to sample. As we left, they handed each of us a small box containing a mug with TRB emblazoned on it. A gift for eating at the restaurant? I\u2019ve never had that before. I wish we\u2019d found this restaurant earlier in our stay here. It\u2019s an experience not to be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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