Leslie and Dave came to visit on Saturday, August 22nd. We explored Carrboro together, first catching a late lunch at the Southern Rail. Leslie and I split a vegetarian burger and BLT... I wasn't too impressed with the mushy bean burger... but then again I am not used to vegetarian food. We went there for the uniqueness of the ornately decorated train car. Dave commented on the marble slab tables with scrolled iron legs, as being the real thing... with their unpolished underside. After lunch we went shopping in the Weaver Street Market, and checked out the PTA thrift shop. We saw some really interesting things, like black light reactive clay monster shadow aquariums, and some very interesting comic, and gold paint art, Extremely dark red glass chandeliers, that look black. There definitely were some points of interest: Dave was delighted to find a brown bandana, and considered adding some hats to his enormous collection. Leslie loved the rubber toed shoes, that really looked more like a glove for your foot... with thin rubber soles. We ended up having Italian Ice at my favorite icecream shop Ritas. While Chris and Dave bonded over some hilarious stories, Leslie and I had some quality "girl time" on some swings, catching up... and it felt great... we realized that we had been doing this since we were so very young... since kindergarten. There is a word in Polish: Przyjaciel which means very best friend. Everyone else is a Kolega which means more like a colleague or aquanitance or friend, but real trust in a communist society is hard to come by... since the government rewarded those who spied on their neighbors and loved ones. The term Przyjaciel is a word which the Polish do not use lightly, because it holds such great significance in terms of trust and the bond of friendship. The Polish believe that it signifies life long friendship, a bond that is very strong... and that people usually only have two Przyjaciel's in their lifetime. One being their spouse, and then usually another of the same sex... their very best friend. I have been blessed with more than two in my life, but Leslie has shared the journey for as far back as I can remember... we were in Brownie Scouts together. We still love exploring the world together. Saturday was far too short, as with our work schedules such visits are a rare and special treat, a real treasure.
