The table was set ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180372 Sarah and Ed ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180373 and Ben were relaxing ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180374 though Ed did feel that he should dress for the occasion ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180375 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180376 even as the maror ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180377 and charoset ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180378 were put on the seder table ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180379 and the wine was prepared for Elijah ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180380 and asparagus ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180381 and strawberries ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180382 were being prepared in the kitchen as plates were being assembled for the first course ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180383 as the watched pot ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180384 wasn't boiling ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180385 but many pots were cooking ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180386 as eggs were prepared for a tradition we don't remember (but we know it's an important tradition) ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180387 and cups were given to Ben ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180388 even as the traditional wine found its place ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180389 among the festival napkins ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180390 and as the fish plates (sans fish) ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180391 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180392 were being assembled, the meat was being cut ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180393 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180394 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180395 just in time for the arrival of Willa and Bill (and, of course, Martha) ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180396 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180397 who thought this picture of me had to be taken ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180398 as Jane and her friends ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180399 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180400 and Jeff (posing with Sarah) arrived ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180401 so that hors d'ouveres could be served ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180402 to the waiting crowd ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180403 before OtherJane arrived and the seder (which was not photographed) could begin. ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180404

Then it was time for food and we (or some) began with gefilte fish ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180405 and a mamouth salad ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180406 that looked like this on my plate ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180407 even as the soup was cooling ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180408 and the meat was passed ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180409 and served ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180410 along with the vegetarian artichoke dish ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180411 and potatoes ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180412 that made this array on my plate ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180413 before more meat arrived ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180414 along with a kugel ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180415 so that my plate took shape ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180416 though the asparagus ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180417 and tofu dishes ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180418 were needed to complete the design on my plate ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180419 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180420 as the assembled ate away ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180421 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180422 and Bill and Jeff bonded ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180423 which seemed to embarrass Bill ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180424 even as the meal proceeded ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180425 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180426 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180427 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180428 so that I could take a photo of Willa ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180429 and this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180430 and then this picture of the people on the right of the table ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180431 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180432 as the tofu was completed ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180433 and the strawberries were brought out ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180434 so that Jane could try the whipped cream ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180435 before fruit, ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180436 macaroons ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180437 and cakes (all kosher for passover) ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180438 ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180439 came out to accompany the strawberries for our dessert. ../../../Sabbat/2008/04.19-29.08PassoverSeder//P1180440