The Waxing Gibbous

THE WAXING GIBBOUS MOON OVER ROSE PARK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Even though relatively exhausted from my exuberant Super Bowl party the night before, last night was a night out for dinner at Restaurant Nora, with Nora and my food writing Washingtonian colleague, Jessica Voelker. Jessica moved here with her husband from Seattle, started at Washingtonian on the same day as I did in October, and writes about food, restaurants and also, especially, craft cocktails. I had the arugula salad and the sauteed Diver scallops and apple pie. Nora remains delicious and also one of the most beautiful dining rooms in the city. For me it will always be the fond memory of where Howard and I had dinner the day we learned I was pregnant in March 1991.

THE MAIN DINING ROOM AT RESTAURANT NORA

I walked to and from the restaurant, because it was a mild and pretty night and also a chance to walk beneath a glowing Gibbous Moon. Tonight it will be full. 

A BANQUETTE AT RESTAURANT NORA. THE RESTAURANT'S COLLECTION OF QUILTS COULD BE IN A MUSEUM.

I spent the earlier part of the day at the State Department, working on a story for the April or May issue of the magazine, a feature called "Places You Can't Go." We went someplace very special. It was a privilege, and the privilege was thanks to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.