The next day, I turned to the new penny sculptures to see what could be done. With inadequate reading of the documentation, I was only able to fit 5 pennies in a cross section and it didn't improve with the flash turned off and up close the pennies blurred but I could show part of the problem from various angles and then work down to a single cross section where even with one post removed I only fit 5 pennies as Sarah worked on the Rubik's cube and I pondered further the penny situation as Sarah got guidance and eventually moved her hands fast enough so that Rubik was finally put together.

Meanwhile, on the left coast, Jacobo was demonstrating how to fit 7 pennies where I had only fit 5 and growing it out with pens for posts all of which made him particularly happy to pose with Bruce Arden and celebrate Bruce's forthcoming nuptials.

Back in the East, I picked Suzanne up at the airport and we met Lenny and Judy for dinner but only took pictures after the food was consumed which may have been an end of the year thing or maybe it's a new plan -- to capture used plates rather than fresh food. The waiter was amused and with a few more tries, I was able to capture them and then take this self portrait and picture of Suzanne as the desserts arrived which raised spirits even as I captured this sign and with flash for my collection which was amusing since there were no paper towels, just grass in the bathroom. The chef came by to thank us and posed before we visited the leopard next door and began the drive back north.