and then the Kramers did the Michelle and Al thing
It was the fourth of July and Ben was still away at camp, so we took a long walk and met up with the Kramers but Peter was trying to be Michelle Obama
and then the Kramers did the Michelle and Al thing
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The next day was a beautiful day and being a holiday Sunday in the summer, there was no traffic when driving to New York where we ended up at the Vento
having Bloody Mary's
as Jeff and Ed sat together
and Suzanne
Sarah
and I made up the other side of the table
with this very tasty bread served
as our waiter
brought our main courses for all to enjoy
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after which we began our walk around the city first passing by a wedding
and then some pigs which attracted children
including Geofferson to a store front.
Next we saw some signs; two and maybe three of them delivered a good message to pet owners about proper respect. The third seems to be able wines and fancy words.
Walking along the waterfront we saw wonderful views
and often paused to admire that which we were seeing
including the Circle Line boat.
It was time for Ben to come back but before his return, I ran into Ramon Van Handel, a new faculty member in ORFE, on campus
and then we drove to Newark Liberty Airport and found Ben and his friend Avery who had many stories to tell about 14000+ peaks, trail building and life in Colorado.
A few days later, Sarah came home and Claire and David stopped by to collect her for brunch
which looked better in the (more) proper light.
Back to work, I took Tom Leisten, new chair of Art and Archaeology, to lunch
and Howard Stone, new faculty member in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering stopped by to say hello.
Another summer weekend and another beautiful day, so we drove into New York found easy parking
and a dog appropriate sign
so that Ben and Suzanne could walk
to Ann and Stan's apartment
where this was the spread
and these were the plates
as Ed, Sarah, Myrtis and Suzanne ate
causing me to focus in on Myrtis and Suzanne
Ed and Sarah
and then Ann
Byron (who was unfortunately backlit)
and Stan and Ben.
On our way back to Princeton, we stopped at the Salt Creek Grill where these were our meals -- Suzanne's salad
Ben's ribs
and my portabello
as Suzanne
and Ben
thought I was moving too fast,
so I slowed down
and spoke with Abigail our waitress
before the dessert tray came.
The next Sudnay we went to Acacia withe the Slaughters. Bill came dressed for success (or maybe for Bermuda)
and Martha
and Suzanne
admired this non picture
before I captured myself
and we were served our meals
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before heading off to lunch with Stewart Prager.
The next day, I had lunch with Ted Champlin, the new chair in Classics.
Event hough the day was questionable, Dr Len
and I decided to try out the swimming hole at Neshaminy but weather got in the way so we found an outdoors basketball hoop and then after sweating up a storm went to this restaurant with interesting signs in the men's room
but this didn't stop Dr Len
and I from settling in
to our meals
and then capturing a photo of the waitress
who asked to take this picture of me
before we left the restaurant, Tijuana Flats
and headed to Rita's next door
where they were introducing the Swedish Fish water ice
which I chose
while Dr Len has some form of custard
and as we ate and discussed Swedish Fish, the rains came in a large way so that our stay at the strip mall lasted far longer than expected.
Back at work, I had a meeting with Celia Chazelle, Al Kendell, Andrew Nurkin Gillian Knapp, Kiki Jamieson about prisons.
Next day in the office, I had lunch with Nancy Hass from Bloomberg who wants to find a way to cover Princeton.
The time had come when my office was at full size with the hiring of Susan Giranda
and we also celebrated Nita Cherry's birthday
before gathering on the steps of Nassau Hall
and having Randy Setlock
take this series of photos of our group
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