"TIA"

Friday night I had the privilege of dinner at The French in Tangier. The have recently added a jazz bar - very nice. I happened to be in the right place at the right time when a bet was placed regarding the moving of earth at Playa Vista. Richard Padget one of the developers lost the bet by approximately 12 hours. While waiting for Richard to show up (he tried all day to get out of it) we sat in the bar and had a drink. I was chatting with Erik enjoying a Casablanca Beer and some olives. The 2 of us stopped talking and started cracking up because they were playing a very jazzy version of "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" How bizarre! Just when you feel like you may have found a spot that makes you feel like your at home for a few hours you are quickly reminded "TIA". For those of you that have seen Blood Diamond ,if you haven't please do, this acronym is from the movie and our new favorite to use. TIA = This Is Africa

The first time we went to The French it was raining terribly and we ran out of washer fluid. Chuck pulled into Afriquia Gaz to get some. No one in the car could speak Arabic so we knew it was going to be interesting trying to explain what we needed. After what we thought was our best sign language, apparently not, the guy ended up washing the entire car. In the end we did get the fluid but it took about 20 minutes for what should have been a 5 minute pit stop.

In one of my previous posts I talked about no power in the complex for over 12 hours. This is one better - - NO WATER for over 24 hours - excellent!!

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