i attended an event at the house of representatives. it was a little gathering at the house speaker’s office, with the u.s. ambassador and a few other local officials. after it ended i went to the ladies’ room and found that is was large, well-lit, and deserted. ahh, what’s a girl to do? green dress…

i wore this to work and a male colleague commented that i looked like i was going to little red riding hood’s grandma’s cottage in the woods. i laughed appreciatively, because a) i had the exact same thought before i left the house and b) it knew it was his way of hitting on me….

in a span of five days, i had managed to attend two events with the president. one was at an imax movie theater (my first time!) with swiss president pascal couchepin and the other was at malacañang with kuwaiti prime minister sheikh nasser al sabah. after the movie premiere, we were served with cocktails. now,…