The next morning was the Bar Mitzvah itself which we were unable to record on film but back at the hotel as we looked down on things,
Suzanne and Ben posed at the elevator
as Harry and Carol's Uncle emerged
and in the lobby below
Joel
Joel, Alan and Cara
and the Alan and Joel
and Alan and Cara gathered
as we waited for Audrey's elevator
so that we could take the infinite elevator
down to the station where everyone watched
as Alan negotiated the ticket machine
and Ben posed
by the map
as Joel, Audrey and Suzanne
then Joel, Audrey, Suzanne and Ben
then Joel, Cara, Audrey, Suzanne and Ben posed
but then the group broke up
and all reassambled -- Ben, Suzanne, Alan, Audrey, Cara and Joel
before I posed alone
and then with Suzanne, Ben and Joel
as we entered the metro station
took a shoe picture
and then this picture of Joel and Alan
and this self portrait of me and Ben
before we rode the escalator up
and saw the sign for the zoo
which had statuary
even as we followed the signage
but once at the zoo
we saw the lion
and then Joel, Ben and Cara posed in the zoo sign
before we went in and found other places where they
could imitate
as we learned about cooking with dung
checked out the cheetah
and the animal that was on vacation
before catching more cheetah pictures
and then watching sleeping seals
and other animals
before learning about bamboo
and launching into an orgy of panda pictures
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and then Ben
took even more panda pictures
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before Ben compared his growth to bamboo growth
and as we watched Joel focus his camera
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we took this movie
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and then went back to the focusing effort
before taking more panda pictures
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and then they all left
so Ben sat on this rock
and we looked at these
before checking out the web site with streaming video of the pandas
and the tale of the lost giraffe
as we headed to the big animals and saw hippo
and elephants
which Suzanne and Ben watched
as the hippo
went out of focus
and then there was the hippo again
before we headed off to new animals
and the exam room
fit for an elephant
before checking out the ostrich
and zebra
and then with a few distant shots
and a tapir
we checked out the leopards
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before leaving the zoo and seeing the sculpture in front which Ben and Joel climbed
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before we headed to the metro where Joel and Ben
Audrey and Suzanne
Ben and Suzanne
Suzanne, Ben, Joel and Cara
Suzanne, Ben, Joel and Cara (in another order)
and Suzanne and I posed
after which we took the shoe picture
and I headed off to my bed for a rest before the main event.
When we entered, Suzanne and Harry posed
along with some of the appetizers
and drinks
and I tried to capture the blink of my tie tacks without success
before Suzanne and Audrey
and Joel and Ben posed
and we saw Ben's head
and Joel
and then Joel, Sam and Ben
and Ben, Joel, Sam and a girl
and then the girl posed with Joel and a boy
and then I was back with Audrey and Alan
as Ben Cummins posed
as this woman took his picture
and then Emma Cummins posed for some pictures
before doing her dance
and then Arnold Cummins and his wife posed
and then we were seated and Carol Alter came and sat with Audrey
and then Sam greeted the couple who had grown up in Poughkeepsie with Alan
and Carol posed with Audrey and the woman from Montreal
and then with the woman from Montreal
and they were joined by the daughter from Motnreal
when the food came
and I put on a mask
and then Alan put on a mask
and we admired the movie gregors (it being Purim and all)
which led to the Purim play
which Ben watched
and all of this led to a period when I forgot to flash and so the pictures are dark
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before Ben and Joel emerged
and entered the coke and pepsi contest
as the kids gathered
and Ben and Joel
and then the gang
and then Ben and Joel gathered
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before Ben posed for a few
as did Joel
and Alan and his boyhood acquaintance posed
before Suzanne
was excited about dessert
and so did this dance
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before the Straus family made music
as Suzanne
Suzanne and Alan
Suzanne, Alan and Audrey
waited for Ben and Joel to do various Blues Brother imitations
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which amused this woman
and then Ben and Joel posed
and Cara came to sit with Alan
and we made our way out
and through the streets of Bethesda
back tot he hotel where Cara
and Suzanne posed
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Suzanne and Ben posed at the elevator
as Harry and Carol's Uncle emerged
and in the lobby below
Joel
Joel, Alan and Cara
and the Alan and Joel
and Alan and Cara gathered
as we waited for Audrey's elevator
so that we could take the infinite elevator
down to the station where everyone watched
as Alan negotiated the ticket machine
and Ben posed
by the map
as Joel, Audrey and Suzanne
then Joel, Audrey, Suzanne and Ben
then Joel, Cara, Audrey, Suzanne and Ben posed
but then the group broke up
and all reassambled -- Ben, Suzanne, Alan, Audrey, Cara and Joel
before I posed alone
and then with Suzanne, Ben and Joel
as we entered the metro station
took a shoe picture
and then this picture of Joel and Alan
and this self portrait of me and Ben
before we rode the escalator up
and saw the sign for the zoo
which had statuary
even as we followed the signage
but once at the zoo
we saw the lion
and then Joel, Ben and Cara posed in the zoo sign
before we went in and found other places where they
could imitate
as we learned about cooking with dung
checked out the cheetah
and the animal that was on vacation
before catching more cheetah pictures
