{"id":3781,"date":"2012-07-30T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2024-12-03T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:18:44","slug":"business-and-the-bffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=3781","title":{"rendered":"Business and the BFF’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Linda Burton posting from Edmonds, Washington while traveling between Juneau, Alaska and Helena, Montana <\/em>\u2013 Okay, okay, capital cities are great, and two-year journeys across the entire United States are awesome. But sometimes you need to stop and take care of business. It had been six months since I last visited the dentist at home in Alabama; how fortunate that my former dentist from Seattle days could schedule me in today! Taking care of business. And the Scion; another 5,000 miles have added up since that Austin, Texas checkup at Charles Maund Toyota back in March, so a visit to Magic Toyota in Edmonds was on tap too. It\u2019s all about maintenance. But the most important item on the ticket is touching base with friends. It\u2019s been almost three years since I left the Pacific Northwest; but super news, Carmelita and Jennifer both can get together with me in my waning hours before I start driving east again. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Carmelita and Jennifer. One my former co-worker, one my former bus-mate, working together and riding together every weekday during ten years at the University of Washington.\u00a0 A lot of times shared, both good and bad; a lot of headaches weathered through. A lot of jokes! A lot of code words and understanding nods; a lot of wisdom bandied back and forth. You know what I mean. A little tune started bobbing around in my head; I stopped to look up the lyrics. Remember the old I Love Lucy<\/em> TV show? Back in the 50\u2019s Lucy and Ethel sang a song about friendship on one episode; actually, on more than one. Friendship<\/em> is a Cole Porter tune; it was on Broadway in Anything Goes<\/em>; it was in a film of the same name. It says it all!\u00a0<\/p>\n