The International Dinner

Making dinner can be a pain in the neck. My husband is the cook in the house snd I think whatever he makes is delicious. It is really! At least once a week we pick up dinner and order enough to last at least two nights

so as not to have to think about what to make. So last night we had an interesting combination of food - from all over the place. We had pierogi the other day. On top of those we poured the leftover spaghetti sauce. A couple of days ago we ordered Moby Dick kabobs, bread and yogurt, and had leftover chicken. Last week when we went grocery shopping we picked up a new brand of rice. The red wine we drink every night always tastes good with whatever we are eating. When I was looking at the plate it became obvious that this was indeed a very international dinner. The countries represented were Mexico (rice), Iran (chicken kabob, flat bread and yogurt), Poland (pierogi), Argentina (wine), and Italy (spaghetti sauce). Topped off with a salad and it was delicious! We were going to make vegetables but realized that the rice had both corn and beans. The best part was that it was simple to make. All we needed was the microwave. 

A Trip To Dulles Airport

The only time we go to Dulles International Airport in Virginia is when we are traveling abroad. And the only way we get there is by super shuttle bus or cab. It's about thirty miles away, and on a good day takes a good forty-five minutes. And since most flights leave in the evening for Europe, we end up stuck in some sort of rush hour traffic making it all the more longer. For all other national flights we use Ronald Reagan airport that is just over the bridge from our house. It just so happened that our friends were taking an overseas flight last Saturday, and were thinking of taking the bus from L'enfant Plaza here in DC to Dulles. Since we had no plans for the day, we offered them a ride so as to avoid the hassle of lugging around a lot of baggage. It was a relatively quick trip and along the way gave us an opportunity to catch up with one of the parties who lives in Florida. Eventually there will be a metro that will extend all the way to the airport, but that won't be for quite some time. On our way back home there were signs of construction all along the Dulles Access road. Luckily we didn't have to pay any tolls while on this road, but we do have a transponder in the event that we ever have to. I can't help but think the metro will have a big impact on a lot of things - especially super shuttle and cabs. But since we travel so infrequently, I much prefer them to the metro. I didn't grow up in the city and just don't care for mass transit. And, by the way, I still love our Subaru. I'd prefer that any day.