some days i just miss my friends back in the u.s. so terribly.

alex and mike came through london this weekend, so last night j and i went to hang out with them at their hotel. we feasted on indian food, then, after the kids were in bed, sucked down several bottles of wine and just talked. and talked and talked. we talked about travelling and politics and second-vs.-third wave feminism and city culture and school systems and chavez and punishment-vs.-rehabilitation.

and it’s not so much that we had great conversation – it’s that they’re the kind of friends where great conversation is effortless. where there’s that intangible connection that comes from being on the same wavelength. where deep affection springs from shared perspective and understanding. get-togethers with them are like a really great date, where you find yourself wanting to be around them more often.

they’re intelligent, adventurous, socially conscious, politically liberal, hilariously funny, and endearingly self-deprecating. they also happen to have two of the most precocious and genuinely engaging kids i know. alex and i took them to the natural history museum today and they were just so cool.

i love ‘em to bits and wish they weren’t a continent away.

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