book club

The two gringas in my office brought me as their +1 to their book club last night where I had the best food I've eaten so far in this country - Turkish food cooked by the Turkish hostess and even some brownies just cooked long enough to hold together, mmm comfort food. And we had all of the familiar liquid comforts of home, like Barefoot wine (oh Trader Joe, I miss you!) and Sam Adams and Red Stripe (not my favorites but still). Apparently the trick is to get yourself hitched or otherwise attached to someone who works for the Embassy, and then you can get whatever you want brought in to the country. The book was actually discussed for a while, but thank goodness we also talked about things like why McDreamy's redheaded ex is the one getting her own show - I could participate when those topics came up, since I didn't read the book (not my fault). Hopefully I can go to the next meeting and play expat again.