Saturday, we packed our bags
said good bye to the shoe horns
and made our way through the Lincoln tunnel
to the closed street
which caused us to be stuck in traffic as we made our way across 42nd street
with our trusty Garmin
until we passed the street market
made one last turn
and reached the parking lot where we left our car
and headed to the Princeton Club where this was our room
and our bathroom.
Suzanne and Jane went off to have their makeup applied
so that Jane could try on the Spanish shawl
as Ben watched multiple episodes of a hunting show on the History Channel 9all in the name of intellectual betterment)
which made Suzanne
ready to start assembling jewelery and charm bracelets for Jane
and herself
before we took this picture of Jane for cellphone transmission
and then boarded the elevator down
for family photos in the hotel lobby (note Bob Goheen in the background)
and took the obligatory phone booth picture
before finally finding ourselves a cab
and getting to the museum where we were greeted by this sculpture
and making our way in
but not before we noted the time capsule.
Once Rory was checked in
he was able to greet Adrian
as Ben and Peter posed
and we admired the chupah
as Seva and Suzanne discussed what was about to happen
and the ketubah was mounted
as Josh arrived
allowing for a picture of almost all of the Kramer party.
The photographers arrived and decided to use their lights in a way that caused some of the pictures to follow to lack light or blur. Unclear why they thought they should interfere with my pictures.
The wedding party began to assemble with the groomsmen
as Stephen waited at the altar
and out of the blur
he waited
as the bridesmaids appeared
and out of the dark
there was Stephen at the altar
groomsmen by his side
and he was joined by Lizzie
as the bridesmaids watched
as the service continued
until Stephen and Lizzie turned to face the assembled for the seven blessings
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of which one was delivered by Richard
and then the blessings continued
for those assembled
as the bride and groom were told to wait
for their first kiss as husband and wife
and then admired one another in joy as the service would down
and Jane came over to evaluate
the next charm bracelets.
Meanwhile there were Richard and Adrian
as Richard told a tale
and they greeted cousin Ilsa
as this photographer
took this picture of me with Jane and Ben
as Suzanne, Seva and Renee watched
and I then found the bride
and Katie and her daughter
before talking to Lizzie's former room mate, the Opera person
and her husband, the IRS person soon to be a lawyer
and brought them together.
These pictures of Suzanne and me
and our family extended to include Jane S.
were taken by this photographer
as we found our way to our table where we enjoyed the flower arrangement
and had water and wine (though we didn't seem to be able to turn one into another)
as the band appeared.
At the so called children's table, I greeted Josh and Renee
Ben and Jane
Rory and Lindsay
as the bride and groom had their first dance
soon to be joined by Jane and Suzanne
before chairs were brought out and the bride and groom were elevated
as Jane, Ben and Suzanne continued to dance
though the challah
suggested that soup would be served
once Sara and Steven made the blessings over bread and wine.
Richard offered his toast
and Stephen's a cappella group
featured him in a solo
before more photos were taken of me and Suzanne by a photographer who preferred to remain incognito.
Back at our table, the water still wasn't turning to wine (of either color)
and the chicken
and vegetarian courses were served
as Steven's sister and brother-in-law came to visit
and then the bride danced with her father
and the groom danced with his mother
before we returned to the dance floor
as desserts including the individual key lime pies circulated
and Suzanne and Ben were too busy dancing
to notice the trio on all plates -- carrot cake, key lime pie, brownie -- which including something for all palates
but Jane enjoyed the ice cream treat
as Steven danced with his sister
and blueberry cobblers were served
which seemed to set Jane off
as more individual ice creams passed by
before Josh and Renee began their departure for babysitter rescue
causing a moment of darkness
which Peter and Seva
Suzanne
and Jane
Seva and Peter
and Jane and Ben brought us out of as the band ended its sets
and so we found a taxi and made our way back to the hotel.
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