well, we've been busy traveling... our most recent endeavors have taken us across the ohio river, from kentucky to west virginia, then through maryland and into virgina before settling in washington, dc. maybe i should back up a little bit first. a few weeks ago, i had a chance to take a phone interview with the corporate chef from groupe alain ducasse, arranged by my old chef and good friend, bertrand. it quickly led to a few more interviews and eventually to alina and i deciding to buy last minute tickets out of amman, jordan back home to louisville... can you believe that? after 9 months of methodical planning we had to make a decision to get airborn in less than 30 minutes. looking back, i am glad we did it. the job has come through - a sous chef position in alain ducasse's new kitchen at the st. regis hotel in washington, dc. it is called adour and will be opening sometime in september.
we did get to spend a few very short days in the ville before we had to take off - one of my oldest and best friends, kate, somehow managed to delay childbirth for 10 extra days just so i could be there to see her beautiful new baby - john douglas ratliff. he is awesome - we also got to spend time with a few other friends (ainsley) and family before we had to jump in a uhaul and cruise 700 miles east to the nation's capital.
right now we are living out of an extended stay hotel, driving a rental car and using a uhaul storage as our closet... things are still a little up in the air - hopefully within a couple of weeks we'll find an apartment and settle in a bit. we still can't believe that we are back in the united states, let alone in a new city getting ready to start a new job. it all happened so fast and rather opposite of how we had planned... we'll keep you posted on how it all unfolds. david
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Aloha Alina & David,
Just stopping by to check out where you were on your journey and found out that you were here in the states and had to make some quick decisions. All for the best I hope. Well congratulations on the new job. Wishing both of you all the best.
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