I met Lizzy in DC in 2001, right after she got back from a backpacking trip around Thailand. She and I were in a close group of friends who used to meet every Monday night for "Ladies Night Billiards" at Bedrock Billiards in DC.
Lizzy has always had an altruistic streak, working for NGOs, volunteering in the Peace Corps, and managing an inner city computer center (which is what she was doing when I met her).
After Hurricane Katrina, she moved to New Orleans to help out and ended up founding the St. Bernard Project to help rebuild homes for the poor...
AND... drum roll... it was just featured on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 this past week!!! Holy shit!
Check out my wonderful friend, Liz, and her boyfriend, Zack, on CNN... she even gets a live interview with Anderson at the end of it!!!! Watch how calm and articulate she is -- I'd be a bumbling wreck...
Funny thing is that Lizzy and Zack first got together at my 29th birthday party in DC several years ago! So I take partial credit for their union...
Here are a few more funny memories I have with Lizzy:
A little tipsy with other friends during New Year's in Key West...
Hanging out with our friends in the house we rented there...
Peeking in the showers at Key West's best restaurant...
Excuse my ridiculous antics, please.
And very hungover the day after New Year's...
... but at least we were on the beach!
Here we are camping in northern Maryland...
Paola didn't seem to have any problems with her kebab, but Lizzy and I just couldn't get ours to cook (thus the nonplussed facial expressions).
I think she finally got it cooked here...
Even if she'd probably kill me if she knew I was posting this picture.
Anyway, just wanted to brag about a great woman doing great things.
I'm proud to call her my friend.
3 comments:
That's really great that your friend is doing that, kudos to her!
With respect to your trashing of the movie "Wimbledon". Reminds me of how I wanted to kill myself after being forced to watch "Love, Actually". I'm still scarred.
OMG, I also was forced into watching "Love, Actually" at a friend's house one time, and I almost died before it was over. That movie was wretched. But believe it or not, "Wimbledon" is worse.
Thanks for the update on Lizzy - I had completely lost track of her!
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