higher and higher

it's kind of an interesting thing how when you feel like you look put together, everything else falls into place. maybe i'm shallow. yesterday i wore a royal purple cardigan, a light purple tank top under it, a light gray pencil skirt and darker gray open weave tights with black heels. it was fine, but i felt a little off all day because nothing really went together just right.

but todayy i wore my new black dress, which fits perfectly, my favorite colored cardigan (light aqua), a long string of pearls and black heels with bare legs and i felt fantastic and very audrey. a lot of the day it was too hot in the office for a sweater so i was just in the dress and pearls and it was perfect.

met up with abha and her boyfriend pedro who are in town apartment hunting for their impending move from NYC, and john, becca and her fiance. we had tapas in cleveland park and it was deeelicious. pork empanadas, fig and spinach salad, yucca, chili rellenos, ... a million other tasty things. sangria! it's so nice to chat with familiar faces. the bad part about always meeting new people is giving the same getting to know you speech a million times.
'i graduated two years ago, worked in publishing for a year, taught english in taiwan for a year and got back a month and a half ago.'
'oh cool. how was that? did you learn to speak chinese?'
'it changed my life. i can speak conversational mandarin.'
and then the topic changes.

miriam and i have had many discussions about how frustrating it can be to try to explain what it's like to live in asia to people who have no concept. i'm so glad she lives here. everything happens for a reason.