So I left my apartment yesterday, finally [see “Love & Loss“]. Mr. Eickner, my landlord, was happy. He walked in at 10:30 in the morning, seconds before I was done cleaning. I’m so good at doing things at the last second! The last hour I looked like someone on fast-forward spraying Ajax and wiping everything. The place was the cleanest it had ever been. I needed that deposit, you see.
Now I’m staying with Nersi and Bella, my cousin and his wife, until I head to LA in a couple of weeks. Last night our friend Lida came over and Bella made this great meal. My god it was so good. Something like khoresh loobia and brown rice with green peas and curried pieces of chicken with green and red peppers and an alfalfa salad with red and yellow tomatoes and fresh lemon juice.
So we were sitting around talking. Bella said have you heard the story about Boo Boo? Boo Boo is the name of their cat. I said no, what about Boo Boo? Bella said before this cat they had another one also called Boo Boo.
Years ago her cousin Buna was visiting from Prague and he saw Boo Boo’s name tag. He liked it so much, he had one made exactly for his dog. The tag said something like “BOO BOO… If lost please contact owners at …, Berkeley, CA”. It didn’t have his own address, but Nersi and Bella’s. That’s just Buna (remember Buna Nameh?)!
Buna went back to Prague and put the name-tag on his dog collar. One day the dog went missing. After a while a letter arrived at Nersi and Bella’s house. It was from the American embassy in Prague: [LARGE IMAGE]
“Your dog, Boo Boo, has been found at the main train station in Prague.
“Please contact … to locate your dog.
“Sincerely, R H Appleton
“Consul General”
