It had been a delightful week of weather with each day a little bit nicer than
the one before. So, of course, people were out walking and on Thursday (4/14)
on the way home from work. I ran into the Sandersons
pushing their baby (eyes opened for the first time)
towards town. Then, on Saturday (4/16) as I made my way home, there
were John Sully and 2 friends
cleaning things up at Trinity. This inspired Ben and me to start
our project of photographing the paperweights
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The next day, I took Ben to Flemington for a chess tournament. If you look carefully at this picture
you see this image of him hard at work. Afterwards,
the award ceremony began
and Ben waited
until he was called up
to receive the trophy
for 1st place (4 wins, no losses) in the grade 4-12 section. An exciting time.
We came home because it was time to celebrate our anniversary. We gathered the
clan including these respectable people with an umbrella
and this younger man who replaced me
and then just Sarah and Ed posed
as Ben was amused
as we got ready to enter Rats
for a celebratory dinner.
I had a martini
which threw off the next picture
but my plate
was quite nice before it was removed to make room for the radish soup
and other courses
as the others had fish
and chicken
and my ravioli
and rissoto
kept me happy even as Jane dug into her filet mignon
as the bread person posed
which made the waiter
want his picture taken too.
Then it was time for individual pictures, so Jane posed
Ben posed
and then got amused
Ed posed
Sarah posed
and I took this self portrait
before capturing Suzanne
and letting someone else capture me
in the family group.
Sarah next did an excellent job of recording a trip to the lady's room
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in the stall.
After dinner, it was time to celebrate Sarah's birthday and so we started
the ritual of present opening
with a display of earrings
and a large bow
and then more presents
with a break for complimentary pastries
and more presents
until the hands
were tired and the desserts
including fries and shake
came along with the bill
which showed that a night out with the family isn't as cheap as it used to be.
After visiting with some people in the garden
and seeing the mother and child
we admired some sculptures int he dark
before having some tea
with the old timers and taking one last picture
with which to close off the celebration.
On Monday (4/18), there was a camera crew at the bus stop
to record Seminary parents who take their kids to the bus. Then at the
end of the day, Meredith's car
was loaded with balloons for Sarah's real birthday.
While we weren't invited to the celebration, Devon Louise Cecilia
Wessman-Smerdon took these pictures
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On Tuesday (4/19),
a faculty group
came to lunch
but took a while
to pose as
Left to Right: Josh Goldstein (Woodrow Wilson School and Sociology),
Alexandre d'Aspremont (Operations Research and Financial Engineering),
Michael Bender (Geosciences), Katherine Newman (Woodrow Wilson School
and Sociology), Mona Singh (Computer Science),
Gaetana Marrone-Puglia (French and Italian), Susan Taylor (Art Museum).
Then, on the way home from work, I saw the new bust of Albert
who was chatting with the man with the newspaper
as I went to vote in the school board election.
On Wednesday (4/20), Spencer Meredith '53
and Mary Baum (Development)
came to discuss the Dominican Republic and later in the day, Sabine
Kastner (Psychology)
came to explain how she could push neuroscience in a direction that
would allow them to not put electrodes in my brain.
Thursday (4/21) began with coffee with Marsha Gilman
after which I met with Ron Witte
and Sarah Whiting
whoa re job candidates in Architecture. I ended the work day in a
discussion with Slobodan Curcic (Art and Archaeology)
before heading out. On my eventual way home, I ran into Jan Woods
on Nassau Street.
