It is always sad when a friend is going away.
This is Risa (and Ed, of course) who’s company we were all able to enjoy at dinner. Risa is crossing the Atlantic to work in far away lands (somewhere with great mountains and chocolates) for her company. Luckily for her friends, it will only be for a few months. That’s what we hope since she may fall in love with that corner of the World and chose not to come back.
Anyway, I apologize that this isn’t a good photo but I got a kick out of the little “beer bottles” lit over each of Risa's and Ed’s heads. It is almost like they both had the same idea at the same time.
I’m going to miss Risa’s compassion and generosity that she shows towards her friends and those who could use a hand.
But, it’s probably Risa’s smile that I will miss the most. Here are two photos from a few moments earlier with that smile http://www.pbase.com/jenfu/image/42064184 , http://www.pbase.com/jenfu/image/42064181 ).