It was Karen Mink's last day in the office, so we toasted her (or
maybe she toasted us) with one glass
and then two
but no shots and beer.
Then, it being the night of the first seder, we brought the fruit platter
to the Kramers
where the Kramer men
showed their unending love of the kiwi
as our family
and Seva
watched and hoped that I could do a better self portrait
which I did
as Ben
showed his electricity project
and answered questions
from Peter.
Sarah
played the wicked role at the seder and then we caught the
chocolate seder plate
and various views
of the fruit plate Ben made to compliment the kiwi we had already seen.
After a few false starts
we were ready to experiment on this 10 dollar bill
with Peter's elegant pen
that let me pretend to be Larry Summers and memorialized our 3rd cup of win
so that Pesach could be suitably celebrated.
On Wednesday (April 7) I met with Margaret Miller
Andrew Gossen
and
Leslie Jennings
from the alumni office to discuss their proposed alumni travel program.
ON the way home, I met Vivek's new (actually not so new) baby
and Aravind and his friend
who were out for a jog.
Then, on Thursday, I had a visit from Val Smith
and another from Daniel Sieworek
before Phillip Pettit
came by. In the afternoon, the Schmidt's came and their daughter
and her friend (who happens to be Don Dixon's daughter) posed
as Wendy
took their picture before I got pictures of the 3 Schmidts
the four Californians
and the 2 Schmidts
and then a self portrait
to complete the collection.
On Friday, we celebrated that our new E-Z Pass
worked
as we made our way through this gate
to park the car
and walk the lot
past the trains
and the obligatory phone booth picture
until we could enter the train station
with its imagined
and real trains
and get our tickets
to wait in line
while walking past the vendors
outside the station
through a self portrait
a picture of the gang
and a not too bad profile
before the rules of security
became clear
and we waited to clear the line
to get to the boat
with tickets
that would let us board
and accompany the 152 people from the Y in New Hampshire
on the crowded boat
that seemed to distress Ben
as I looked to the distance
but the family
didn't move as we got closer
and could see the Lady
who came even closer
until we disembarked at the sign
and took the requisite photos apart
and together
at the Ellis Island sign.
Once inside, we bought tickets from this man
for a play that didn't allow photography and then headed to the
over priced, under quality cafeteria
where the servers
sold us this food
and the pigeons
waited to see what we would leave.
Next we rented headphones and made our ways
past the suitcases
to march
eventually to the big hall
and pace
and look at the ceiling
and head to the windows
where we could look at the hospital
and the rest of the island
and the city beyond
before getting tot he menu
in many languages
and pausing
to look below
and above
before seeing the tight cots
and the sinks
used by those who stayed.
I particularly liked these posters
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we headed for the gift shop
and then waited outside
as Ben took a few pictures of the other buildings
the grass and a cherry bomb
Suzanne
and our gift bag
before the boat
pulled all the way in
and we headed back tot he line
and took many pictures
as we waited to board.
Once on board, there was the lady
and us
and the lady
and us
and the lady
and the skyline
and more pictures of the lady
interrupted by us
and then the lady
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as Ben watched
me chat further
and Ben watched
and then went incognito
as I finished
but Suzanne talked
as the boat sailed on
and Ben could watch
as the phone call was finished
and we could head to our next destination.
Next we stopped to buy these shoes
from this man
as we got ready for dinner but had to take this collection sign
at the restaurant where my salad
and pasta
sans flash
accompanied Ben's spaghetti and meatballs
and Suzanne's fish
and Suzanne
and Ben
were more enthusiastic than it seems about the dessert
that came.
The next day, we went to Waterfront Park
where Ben
Suzanne
and I
got our seats and then went to get food
as the first pitches
were thrown and the umpires caucused
so that the game could happen after which we visited the more
permanent fans and Ben
then Ben and I
posed with them as the stadium
beckoned Suzanne to join me
to salute them.
On our way home, we stopped at this air station
and Ben showed off his Chase hand
and Yankees basketball
as I bought my air
for 50 cents so that we could venture forward to the mall where Ben
looked down on this booth
as we waited for Suzanne
to emerge from Macy's so that we could overlook this booth
before going to the game store
and the video store
where our purchases were made
and we looked down
before Ben
and Suzanne
decided that we could head home.
Sunday morning, Ben put on his new shirt from Old Navy
which made him able to move faster than the camera but Suzanne posed
and we captured this picture
of spring and these pictures of the Easter egg hunt
at Trinity before marching past the wedding
at the Methodist church on our way to the carousel
where Suzanne
and Ben
enjoyed their meal though we wished that Zorba and his wife
had kept one of their restaurants open for us.