{"id":81,"date":"2004-05-03T17:57:45","date_gmt":"2004-05-03T22:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2007-02-11T08:48:04","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T14:48:04","slug":"it-just-so-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2004\/it-just-so-happened.html","title":{"rendered":"It just so happened&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Some friends of ours were kind enough to provide us with a &#8216;night out&#8217; on Sunday.<\/b>  They babysat for us (ok, toddlersat I guess) and provided us with a little cash for the evening.  We went to see &#8216;<i>Ocean Oasis<\/i>&#8216;, and IMAX movie about part of Mexico.  We decided to make it a Mexican evening and try a new Mexican restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of ours had recommended a place to eat, called &#8216;Salt &#038; Pepper&#8217;.  I found out there was one in Bowness (an area in Calgary) but for some reason didn&#8217;t take the time to check the phone book.  If I had, we wouldn&#8217;t have gone to that one because there are a couple other Salt &#038; Peppers in town and both are probably a lot closer than this one was.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it was Chad who recommended Salt &#038; Pepper.  Chad was our team leader during our first 5 month visit to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, after the IMAX movie (which was good, by the way.  God sure made some cool critters!) we went over to Salt &#038; Pepper.  The food was really good, although I think I would prefer El Sombrero or El Bombazo Latino Market.  But anyway, just as we were finishing up in walked our friend Suzan with her husband and son.<\/p>\n<p>Now you have to understand that this is a very small little place.  You also have to understand that we didn&#8217;t even know this family was in Calgary (they had just moved here a few days ago).  And you also have to understand that we haven&#8217;t seen Suzan for years (although we&#8217;ve been in touch).  Suzan was <i>also<\/i> on our team to Mexico.  Can you beat that?  Her husband doesn&#8217;t even really like Mexican food, so she was surprised that she had been able to convince him to come.  Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, they <i>have<\/i> moved to Calgary, and that&#8217;s really cool.  Their son is very close to Hannah&#8217;s age, which is also very cool.  And just think, we didn&#8217;t even know they were here yet!<\/p>\n<p>We had a good evening.  It was a pretty major thing for me, because I&#8217;ve been pretty sick for a couple weeks and have spent some unwanted time in bed.  I&#8217;m still sick but I think I&#8217;m on the mend now.  Must be the Mexican food. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some friends of ours were kind enough to provide us with a &#8216;night out&#8217; on Sunday. 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