July 25, 2002 — Mudeif Productions

In the afternoon we headed out to St. Philip's, the Episcopal cathedral of Atlanta. We had made a connection with them through quite secular means (our accountant), but his passion for the issues of justice around the world - and particularly in the Middle East - brought us to visit them today. We had an small, committed, interesting group, with wonderful time for conversation and questions. Our first non-Presbyterian church forum (we are being ecumenical, aren't we?).

We then went downtown to celebrate Marthame's parents anniversary. Hard to believe it's been 108 years that they've been married! We went to Nikolai's Roof, a very fancy Russian restaurant with a magnificent view of Atlanta's still vaguely forested metropolis. Everything was garnished with "micro-greens", which we soon learned was code for "alfalfa sprouts". But they taste much better when you call them "micro-greens". Not bad to be slumming it like this...