Saturday morning began with a few flash reflection pictures
before I remembered that you only get pictures like these
of the Oakland scene by turning off the flash when shooting through a window.
We went down to the restaurant where this mural
almost woke up Jane
though it didn't keep Sarah's brains
from draining out to make room for new knowledge. Ben's menu
convinced him
that I should have coffee
as the girls had orange juice
and the chef got to work
making the bagel for Jane
the pancakes for Ben
and the oatmeals for Sarah and me
with sizeable brown sugar
that Sarah washed down with her hot chocolate.
Sarah and Jane were ready to go
so we thanked the chef
and the waiter
and headed upstairs where Benjamin tied his shoes
as I recorded the room rates
and the views from across the hall
as Benjamin
and I decided to get the car and pick up the others
by the door so we could drive by the Cathedral
on our way to the synagogue
where Katy was the main event
of the day.
When we returned, Sarah felt that it was important to record
that this was a Holiday Inn Select
and not just a Holiday Inn. Somehow in the process of doing all this,
the P setting on my camera was set causing a lot of photos to
come out Pretty bad. I guess this is what P means. Suzanne
didn't realize that the camera was creating a mess as she also posed
with her girls. The elevator pictures
were especially bad and Stan seemed in a rush
as he took a picture like this one
while Robert arrived.
We made our way through the crowd recording Suzanne
and friends
Sarah
Stan and Ann
someone's wine glass
mother and daughter
and some other blurries
before setting the camera in a happier state to sit down and admire
the table settings and balloon decorations
as Sally offered her toast
and my salad arrived
to the dancing of the Chatham girls
as the photographer
returned to take my picture and my main course
and Suzanne's
arrived.
At this point, it was time to take pictures of people
who went to John Minadeo School
( after all he gave his life so that others might live ) and
Sam
obliging did so as my dessert
arrived so that i could record my table place card
to the sheer terror of Jane
though her spirits were lifted when Benjamin appeared
and they saw the diet coke
I was about to drink. Sam did the T shirt and tie thing
and then joined Jane and Benjamin for a group photo
as the hula hoop contest
continued
while Ben's dessert
didn't get finished because he was watching
and the folks at Sarah's table looked like conversation
was equivalent to torture. All this activity convinced Dick Dunhoff
to train Sam
and set him loose with the camera
to record the event. Not to be outdone, I captured Ben
then Dan and Suzanne
and the dancers
before heading to the bathroom with Ben. Fortunately this sign
told us how to get back so that we didn't have to mail
ourselves back
even over night would have been too slow. We got back in time for the hora
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Next stop was Shadyside to get my new winter coat from these guys
and their friend
who forgot to be in the first picture but was happy
with the way I looked. She
sold us these postcards
so Jane could record vacation memories to send to her friends.
Saturday night, we reassembled at Andy's house where Ben had this sandwich
and Sarah had this one
as Milt and Stan chatted away
and Dolly
pondered her lost ear ring. Norma and Sally
and Ann and Suzanne
were probably wondering why Jane was laughing
as the fire slowed down
and Ben was amused
by his ability to block the photo
but I caught him
on the third try. The women chatted
as we caught this facial closeup
and this blur
before Milt
welcomed Danny
to the room at which point Jane decided to take some
artistic (ie black and white) pictures of the books
and the plant
and the collection of chair pictures
as the fire came back
and Andy did the scraping of cheese
that Karen
claimed was beyond her worldly skills though George
seemed to not believe this. The dark pictures
were illuminated by the host and hostess
and a rejuvenated fire
as the party rolled on
with balloons
and conversation
so we recorded the pony tail
and braid
in Sarah's hair
as Dolly
Milt
and Ann
watched. Needless to say, this amused Sarah
so we took some people pictures of Ann and Suzanne
Robert and Debbie
and David and Norma
while the birds had a moment's peace
and the food remained.
In the back room, Andy and Ben were on the computer
as Milt and Jane watched
and we saved Sam's Nintendo game
to the amusement of the birds
who felt we should take one last frog shirt picture
before calling it a night.
When we got back to the hotel, we needed to record the
Impala taxi
for Claire, so she could know that a job awaited her on graduation.
After the elevator picture
we all called it a day.