On Tuesday, September 13 at 11:30 am, AAFSW/FBS cordially invite you to join us to a guided tour of the Japanese Exhibit, including the rest of the museum. You are welcome to visit the lovely gardens on your own before or after the tour. The style that came to be known as art deco, which…
Moving is always stressful, whether it is down the block or halfway across the world. For those in the Foreign Service, moves happen more frequently — and at greater distances — than for most other people. We have the benefit of joining a ready-made community with support there to make settling into our new lives…
The AAFSW Volunteer Luncheon on June 14 was a great success, with a huge crowd of current and past AAFSW volunteers attending. Many enthusiastic guests kept on arriving, even well after the planned ending time. Once again, an enormous variety of homemade delicious food and desserts were prepared by the AAFSW Board and enjoyed by the…
Roughly 20 AAFSW members got together on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 and enjoyed a guided tour of the beautiful Mexican Cultural Institute. After that, the AAFSW members enjoyed the stunning “GM de Mexico Collection of Drawings and Graphic Art.” Later, we had a tasty lunch at a great Mexican pupuseria close by. The Mexican Cultural…
The Tai Chi performances offered by Alfredo and Shunying Barela captured both the heart and the mind with their movements that were gentle yet strong enough to tackle a bull. Gentle floating movements connected the entire body from head to toe, from the end of the fingertips to the toes grabbing like tiger claws onto…
In early June, AAFSW members Elaine Neumann and Ann La Porta were at the resort village of Chautauqua, New York where their husbands were speaking about current foreign affairs to about 100 participants in a week long program for Roads Scholars (formerly Elder Hostel). A session was added so that Elaine and Ann, along with…
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