Saturday my family and I zoomed up to Taipei to catch Franc Shelton's presentation at the meet up at The Shannon on Saturday morning. There were a couple of new faces there, and many old ones. Franc, an official at the officially unofficial US representative office here, AIT, gave a ton of information on what AIT can do for Americans here, on visa issues, and on being a foreign service officer. The breakfast menu at the Shannon received a significant upgrade and the service was excellent. Well done to all. Those of you didn't come missed out on some pleasant company.
After that, I spent the afternoon hanging out with Linda Arrigo and meeting interesting people (more on that in the next post).
Evening brought me to the Taiwan Beer Bar on Ba Deh Rd in Taipei, Sec. 2, #85. Had a great time hanging out with the Bushman, Andres, Laowiseass, David on Formosa, Prince Roy....
.....Notes from a Small Island, The Daily Bubble Tea, Doubting to Shuo, the beautiful Battlepanda (Happy Birthday! 23 again!), and sundry other personalities local and foreign, sober and sozzled. Looking forward to espying you there one night...I'm definitely going to make a habit of this....
UPDATE: Prince Roy's account.
[Taiwan]
You shouldn't have to come to Taipei all the time. I must really make more effort to get down to Taizhong or Xinzhu.
ReplyDeleteNo worries, mate. My wife enjoys the monthly trip to see her family. But you should come down anyway, we can do Sun Moon Lake or drive up into the mountains, or hit one of the local leisure farms.
ReplyDeleteMichael
Great to finally meet you Michael!
ReplyDeleteit was a pleasure to meet everyone
ReplyDeletethat was indeed a lot of fun. we should do this more often.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, and I look forward to seeing you next time! I'll definitely give you a ring next time I go down to Taizhong to see Patrick, too.
ReplyDeleteWell, it does look like good times had by all. I'll have to put my inhibitions aside and come up to one of these gatherings soon. Packing list for the trip: Xanax, Desert Storm camouflage and a lamp shade, in case all else fails.
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