It was January 18 and Ben Elman (History AND East Asian Studies) came to visit. Then I went to lunch with Walter Lippincott (Princeton University Press) before coming home to see Jane relaxing on the couch. The next day, January 19, I was very excited to see the medal pin preparation for the award ceremony. But first I had a visit from Mike Jennings (German),Eduardo Cadava (English) and Hal Foster (Art and Archaeology) and Beatriz Colomina (Architecture) whose train was delayed. Then I met with Walter Hinderer (German) and Froma Zeitlin (Classics AND Comparative Literature AND Judaic Studies) before it was time for the award ceremony. Since the recipient was there, we improvised in the best of ways. On the way home, I met Sally Osmer who is the head of the Crisis Ministry.

On Sunday January 23, we awoke to lots (15" worth) of snow on the driveway and so the shoveling began. Ben spread the salt along the path and Sarah and then Ben and Sarah showed our excitement about the game that was going to be such a dissapointment later. The Hutner-Flemer's were sledding down the street as we observed our sidewalk and the Odyssey that looked like it would never be cleared. Ben admired the house as the sledders returned and we continued our walk to town. Stockton Street was quite something as I walked behind Ben and Sarah as we made our way past this water valve at the seminary and this tree and the house that couldn't be approached and the gate that couldn't be opened as the snow was all over everything. Morven wasn't plowed but its neighbor was and as we walked the path we knew that this car would have a hard time getting out. Next we made our way onto Nassau Street and past the newspaper stands when a car went by and we dug in to find the Kramer's brick on our first try. On Witherspoon Street we watched this plow work its way in to the curb as Ben discovered this ice rock and SUbway was closed and the bread at The Ferry House looked like it would have a wait. Spring Street was desserted as Sarah made her way to the plowed mountain and posed at half its height as Hulfish Street had its own mountains to climb. All of this called for a good meal. Ben settled in at Zorba's Brother's as I got this collection sign and hot chocolate and decaf arrived with cream which didn't photograph well. This inspired Sarah to take a few pictures before expanding the lens and using white balance to improve on what I had done and even to tweak the settings to make the cream greenish. After Ben finished stuying the menu I got my veggie burger he got his burger and Sarah got her chicken sandwich all of which fortified us for the walk home. En route, we crossed the street and stopped among the crowds who wanted a picture of Nassau Hall though few of them captured this buried piece of equipment or this newspaper stand under the snow.