Another great day. I got errands done, cleaned my place from top to bottom, visited a few friends at lunchtime (so some were not at work), wandered the city, tried to check out the remodeled Matenadaran, which it turns out is close on Mondays, and then went to Chez Garo's. I don't want to let out the secret, but this place is a gem which just opened a few months ago and serves fantastic homemade Western Armenian food. It was only a matter of time, and now it has arrived indeed. You just go in, ask Garo what's cooking tonight, and relish the food. The manti is just like medzmam's. Ahhhh... all that and low prices to boot. Oops, did I forget to mention where it is :-) If you must know, this hole in the wall (basement actually) is on Pushkin, just to the east of Mashdots. The sign says Chez Charles' I think.

Ooh, I almost forgot to mention a bit of fantastic news. Yesterday they put a new gas line up the stairwell... so we are all hopeful that we'll have natural gas by winter. We'll see...