It was early May and after talking with David Blei who I hope with
join Computer Science
and Bernard Chazelle who is already there on the 5th
I decided to take the next day off and drive to Philadelphia where I
came to Tony Lukes
and saw DrLen
on the roof even as I was guided elsewhere
for parking as the sign was assembled
and we drove in tandem
to get this fallafel
and desserts
that Len
and I
thought we'd enjoy as he dug in
and we felt the sugar surges.
This led us to the river where the geese and goslings
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Next we headed to Dr Len's house
where there was coconut cake and pie
and liquid
to wash it down as I ate away
and Judy appeared
to start the next course of food.
Back at home, Suzanne
was ready so we went to see Jane
and the gang
give their flute concerts as Ben and Jane
were ready for celebrations afterwards.
The next day was the next Behrmann dinner. So as we had done in
2004
we put on our fancies and Suzanne posed with Ben
and then Ben and Jane
and then Jane
and finally me
with a pause for Jane's opposites
before we took a few more obligatory photos
recorded the back yard
and Ben
shooting
and the ball hitting the hoop
so that we could say good bye to Jane
with her opposites
and head to the dinner.
Along the way, we ran into Karin Trainer and Bill Stowe
and Bill was nice enough to take this picture of us
before I took this picture of Steve Weiss and Martha Himmelfarb
though I did not take photos at the dinner itself.
The next morning, we walked into town for Mother's Day coffee
and met the Girrleman's
with their wallet eating dog
before heading home to assemble the troups for the annual Mother's day
lunch.
As we'd done in previous years
2004
2003
2002
2001
we went to Main Street where we sat at the same table but in different seats
as Ben and Sarah were one side
Suzanne was at the head
and I
sat next to Jane
even as Ben
posed for a few more pictures. We began with Bloody Mary's (as we
did last year)
and then con queso dip
as these family pictures
were taken by the waitress
who remembered taking our pictures last year as well.
Suzanne had salmon
Jane had the sandwich
Ben had the burger
Sarah had the salad
and I had vegetarian chili
all of which represented only slight departures from the year before.
For dessert, we added carrot cake
tot he Mississippi mud
and the brownie with ice cream
from the previous year.
Somehow, I think we'll be going back to Main Street next year.