Bye bye Liz

We were really sorry to see another good friend move away last week. We've known Liz since we arrived in Charlottesville in 2005. Troy and I got to know Liz well when we lived in the apartment above hers for a couple of years. We threw some really memorable joint parties.

Liz is a beautiful, stylish, funny and incredibly smart woman, not to mention a kind and considerate friend. We will miss her dearly.

We were lucky to be able to host Liz at our house in her last week here. We made her a special, farewell dinner of beef stew cooked in Belgian beer (stoofvlees/stoverij) and homemade Belgian frieten with mayonnaise.

The musgrad community also got together to throw a terrific party for Liz. There was a delicious potluck of "hot dishes," including my first attempt at a tater tot casserole. There was also an improvisational, avant-garde "good-bye" performance and a ukulele sing-a-long. What will we do without Liz and her ukulele?