Patricia Linderman gave a great performance and presentation to “Change Your Body, Change Your Life,” detailing how to lose weight and keep it off, look good, feel great, and live a longer, healthier, happier life. Patricia lost 40 pounds and has kept it off, qualifying her for the National Weight Control Registry. She reached her…
AAFSW/FBS cordially invite you join us for lunch and an interesting presentation by one of our members, Yunhui Mao Singer, about Chinese green teas from the Hongzhou region in the Zhejiang Province where her paternal ancestors are from. She has kindly offered to host us at her residence in Reston, VA, on Thursday, June 16,…
AAFSW’s BookPlace is celebrating “Beach Week” with a half-price sale on all fiction during the week of June 6-10. To get you in the mood for summer reading, the store has been decorated with a beach theme. BookPlace, which sells used books of all kinds, is located in “Foggy Bottom Mall” in the basement of…
It was an honor for AAFSW to host Ambassador Valeriy Chaly of Ukraine, who gave us the opportunity to learn more about the past history and current historic challenges and opportunities for all Ukrainians in this beautiful country in Europe. The Benjamin Franklin Room on the State Department’s 8th Floor is a unique and regal…
Marilyn Holmes, a member of AAFSW for almost 25 years, was an award-winning documentary producer for the U.S. Department of State and a former Director of the State Department’s Family Liaison Office. She died on Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 at Georgetown University Hospital. She was 82. Marilyn was born in Paris in 1934. In 1940,…
The Renwick Gallery is one-of-a-kind museum that dazzles the eyes and blows the mind! It features magnificent, colorful art made from all types of materials, and in Cyclopean sizes in its huge rooms with two-story high ceilings. During our visit, the Renwick Gallery displayed an exhibit called “Wonder,” with masterful artworks by well-known artists such…
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