On Wednesday June 15, John Borneman (Anthropology) and Gyan Prakash (History) came to visit to discuss the generation and sharing of knowledge.

Later that day, June 15, I recorded the penny structures which Betty had right-ed to a point where they didn't look so bad and then headed home where Suzanne admired the book I had brought and Jane, Casey and Catherine waited for the rest of the group to assemble which happened in time while we were having a dinner at the Chazelles (we, not them) and so they posed as a group and sang some songs even as Suzanne was putting Ben to sleep in preparation for the last day when he'd wake up and go to Johnson Park and the last day (after 16 years straight) when I'd take a kid to elementary school.

The next day, we came down and the kitchen counter showed some signs of the night before as the singing group (who had slept over) assembled slowly for breakfast and we admired the game that had come in the cereal as Ben was ready to go and Jane was not but no one was going to eat the left over Hoagie even if all of the strawberries were gone. Suzanne wished us well for the last trip to the bus stop where Emily Shea was taking pictures like this one but Ben was not participating. After admiring the statues Sarah bought in Greece we headed to school where Dr. Ginsburg was talking to the PTO mothers and captured a picture of the principal and then of Harry Cummins who was at his last day (at least, for a while) of Princeton schools. Once in the gym, we saw the Resniks as Kathy Klockenbrink arrived and I took this self portrait before capturing the Gelfand parents and Aunt Peggy who is always there. Tony Klockenbrink arrived and so I took a picture of the bus stop parents and siblings and of those still sitting as Tony undoubtedly did the same. As the students climbed the risers, the Schures were amused by James' kilt even as we took a few more pictures of the whole class until our view was blocked and it was time for someone ( thanks to Sarah for volunteering ) to get in position to see those with memories of second grade to assemble and take their turns until it was Ben's and then Stephanie Klockenbrink's and then they finished and went through the process of marching through the teachers and new principal before the ceremony was over. I took the obligatory picture of the Blounts and then the Straus family who gained a new member before going back to their usual size Audrey having forgotten their camera. After the family pictures Ben and Jeremy posed and then Ben showed us the planting he had done around the school. On the way to the car, I ran into Ed Percarpio getting into his and Tony waiting for ours as I bid farewell to JP.

Once home, I headed to the airport for a flight to Monterey so I could attend the Princeton conference on invention and innovation. After dinner that night, I captured Nathan Myhrvold David Botstein and Jody Friedman before heading off to my room and noting the massive size of the bathroom before going to sleep.

The next day was June 17 and I began by admiring my view before taking a picture of Bailey Dixon '07 who had just taken my picture and then heading to San Jose to catch a flight to San Diego.

Larry and Janet met me at the airport and Janet took this picture while Larry tried to do the same with his cell phone camera which replaced the old phone which lost its signal after going through the washing machine. Driving north on I-5, we saw this car from Iowa with surfboards and then reached our destination -- Suite 306 where Syl greeted us as Dan put on his shirt and we were served fruit and nuts as they do in California. Next we saw the card that came with the orchids, the flowers from Michelle and Jason the new orchid and the older one which is getting a new bud. Meanwhile, Syl was unpacking the bells from Sarah and getting ready to install them as Janet admired the Do Not Disturb sign and the bells were shown even as these azaleas arrived from Linda.

But we were there for a reason -- Sylvia's 85th birthday. So, we headed to George's and went in so that each of us

and the birthday girl twice could read the menu as Shane, our waiter, explained the specials and then Sylvia Larry Janet Dan and I in this better self portrait could order as the bread arrived and the cards were opened as the first course of crab was arriving. The wine came and was oriented for a good picture as my vegetarian plate tasted as good as it looked and the server brought the other main courses

so that as the sun set I could join the clean plate club and see the birthday chocolates even as these pictures were being taken by the staff photographer and we were headed back to the apartment. A discussion of who was really taller led to this picture though there was no doubt of who was more handsome.

Saturday morning, June 18, we repeated tradition and headed to the pancake house which still looked the same as last time . DanSyl read the menu as I got ready to order from Kathleen (aged 14) and her sister (almost 21) who brought me decaf and syrups as Dansyl were waiting for my banana pancakes and their shared omelette and pecan pancakes before we headed past the cockteleria and back to the car for further journeys. We went to the beach at the cove in La Jolla and parked the car before meeting these people who gave me a pamphlet and this booth where this gentleman wished to sell us shirts. We walked along the beach to where a wedding party was posing and then left Sylvia on a bench as we walked on and admired this gentleman who seemed to be having a perfect beach day as the life guards had moved on and the info booth told us to be careful of the power of the surf even as we returned to Sylvia on her cell phone and I took this self portrait after which Dan took a picture of mother and son before we met this lady who sold us environmentally correct T shirts. After a rest and a movie, we went to Papachino's where after a few missed pictures I finally got it right just in time for the bread which was a prelude to our pizza and Dan's pasta all of which made me look better as we got ready to leave the restaurant to see the balloons mixed with palm trees and about to descend as day was done.

Sunday June 19, I headed to the airport and my flight on which this was my salad course and this was my main course though the people who ate meat got this as a main course. On the way home, I met the cell phone twins who were practicing for their later life. Once home, Jane and Ben were on the couch and Suzanne was glad to see me as I was glad to see her before the T shirts were modeled and the food and buns were prepared so that this could be my dinner with Ben Sarah Ed and Jane whose food arrived before she did though the skewers seemed to be for Suzanne as we had a delightful Father's Day celebration.