A family gathering and Adam's Bar Mitzvah

<TITLE> A family gathering and Adam's Bar Mitzvah </TITLE>
<THEME> FamilyDobkin
<p> Next morning we drove to the Upper East side for the celebration  and recorded some of the attendees
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and a friend of Dick and Fran's we ran into on the street
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as I gathered another sign for the collection
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along with the pretty flowers.
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<p> After a drive across the TriBoroughBridge, we arrived at the reception
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and took a few group photos
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before heading to the reception and gathering Larry, Janet, Penny and Eric for first photos
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as Suzanne watched
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and other cousins began to assemble
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as this photographer
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began to snap numerous photos which may have looked like these
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before we headed to our table
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where Dick and Eric held court
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as I admired the flowers (with tennis balls)
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and Rachel weighed in
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as I recorded the menu
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and the plates
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and those at my table in a variety of groupings
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as Fran put on her halo for further pictures
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some of which Toba undoubtedly recorded
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as Suzanne and Larry
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and Larry did halo photos
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as did Dick and Eric
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as challah was served
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and folks gathered
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kids danced
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and Toba's grand daughter arrived
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and then food was served
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leading to dessert
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which was consumed leading to empty tooth picks
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and we bade farewell to the party and the take away gift bags.
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Next we drove to the West Village where I captured these signs for my collection
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and we then stopped off to visit Jane.
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On the way back to Princeton, we stopped for gas and then called it a day.
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