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
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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.