Thursday, September 30, 2004

George is retiring and we’ve begun the planning for his big par-tay! After many phone calls to local hotels, we’ve settled upon the Ft. Myer Officer’s Club for the shindig - it’s the cheapest place around and we have plenty of former military that can get us in. Although, I learned that any government employee can join as a member - that’s very good to know.

So the A-Chief, my boss, a former Marine deputy, and I drove out to the base to talk to them about booking a room and the menu and stuff. And then we had lunch at the Club - you know, to test the food and make sure it’ll be OK for everyone. It was tasty.

So now the real work begins - notifying pretty much the whole country about this guy’s retirement. He’s a legend (and if you visit the International Spy Museum here in DC, he’s featured prominently in the Aldrich Ames exhibit - or so I’m told) and much beloved, so we’re thinking we’ll have a ton of people who want to come.