Talalay Tag Teaming

The May issue of The Foreign Service Journal is out and we're honored to each have a piece of our work included in the magazine. Playing to our specialties, Sarah wrote a cute article and James took one of the photographs that graces the cover.

Here's the cover. The black and white photo shows members of the Foreign Service in 1912, while the color photo James took shows what today's Foreign Service looks like. The modern group represents a cross section of entry level officers currently serving in Chennai, India.

Sarah's article is a nice look at the history of the Husbands of Chennai calendar. Look closely at the accompanying photos to find James a couple of times. All in good fun! And a well-written story.

Please click on the images to see them full size.

Calendar Boy

James belongs to a social group that's casually labeled, "The Husbands of Chennai." It's comprised of husbands of US Foreign Service officers. They don't have dues, officers, meetings or activities beyond the occasional open-ended lunch. In the relatively new and great paradigm of more women in the Foreign Service, the little social club has fluctuated between roughly eight and 14 men, a great sign of employment equality (and a triumph for manly leisure!).

One productive activity the Husbands of Chennai do is a yearly calendar for charity. The theme for 2013 is an homage to Indian cinema, purely for fun.

Here's the cover.

And here are the months that include James.