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A Moldovian Dinner
 J:
Snow covered our area on Friday morning, four inches thick, so we didn't
have to go to work, yay! Instead we spent the day preparing the house for
our once a month party. I didn't expect a lot of folks to show, due to
the snow, but friends and neighbors packed the place. We ran out of food
but not beer. Last month we ran out of beer but not food. Interesting,
sort of.
On Saturday night Izolda invited a small handful of Greenbelters (and us) to her house for a dinner with her Mom, Ida, pronounce EEdah. They had a wonderful meal with many different delicious dishes, most made with cabbages, potatoes, or eggplants as a base. Ida is from Moldova. She actually managed to survive there after World War II, during the Soviet occupation. Her family, including Izolda, came to America in 1973 I think. She had many exciting stories, mostly about various adventures in starving, and learning languages in secret. After dessert (noodle koogle) and a very strong sweet drink from Africa called Amarula, Izolda and Ida sang some folk songs in Russian and Yiddish, and maybe Moldovian, but I couldn't say for sure. They made beautiful harmonies together, really nice, clear voices. Later in the evening Rich played guitar and sang a song he played at the New Deal Cafe on Friday open mike night. He made a parody of an old shanty, "what do you do with a drunken sailor?" which was changed to "what do you do with a drunk Greenbelter?" He had many verses that pointed out various Greenbelt people and places. One of my favorite lines was something like, "put him in a Zipcar and push it down Lastner." When he debuted the song at the New Deal, it just happened there was a drunk heckler in the audience, so the song brought on lots of laughs. The audience joined with gusto in the chorus. On Sunday Gina went to Rockville to finish a fused glass project she started in Saturday at a workshop. I haven't seen the results yet (I think it needs to fire), but I saw some jewelry she made. She made a colorful, iridescent glass earring & necklace set. After Gina came home we went to see a fused glass show at Montpelier Mansion. Nice stuff there. In other news, looks like I was wrong with my prediction about the date of a U.S. invasion of Iraq. I guess the fear mongers had to put it off for a month, while they spoon feed more fear to the hungry public and try to jump-start the economy at the same time. Here's a funny coincidence: the primary ingredient in plastic sheets and duct tape is oil. My next prediction: - and I hope I'm wrong again - the invasion will begin on March 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, on a clear night. The next new moon occurs on the third, so that's the best time to drop bombs over Baghdad -- when it's dark out. Hey looky! Robin Bliss emailed us some movie reviews of her own: You know, I went to your most recent haikus and I PS - Gina and I both took this silly "which cocktail are you" test. She's a Tequilla Sunrise and I'm an Orgasm.
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