Pictures of 11.16.02 -- Katy's Bat Mitzvah

Saturday morning began with a few flash reflection pictures ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0049 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0050 before I remembered that you only get pictures like these ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0051 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0052 of the Oakland scene by turning off the flash when shooting through a window. We went down to the restaurant where this mural ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0053 almost woke up Jane ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0054 though it didn't keep Sarah's brains ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0055 from draining out to make room for new knowledge. Ben's menu ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0056 convinced him ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0057 that I should have coffee ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0058 as the girls had orange juice ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0059 and the chef got to work ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0060 making the bagel for Jane ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0061 the pancakes for Ben ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0062 and the oatmeals for Sarah and me ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0063 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0064 with sizeable brown sugar ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0065 that Sarah washed down with her hot chocolate. ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0066 Sarah and Jane were ready to go ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0067 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0068 so we thanked the chef ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0069 and the waiter ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0070 and headed upstairs where Benjamin tied his shoes ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0071 as I recorded the room rates ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0072 and the views from across the hall ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0073 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0074 as Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0075 and I decided to get the car and pick up the others ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0076 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0077 by the door so we could drive by the Cathedral ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0078 on our way to the synagogue ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0079 where Katy was the main event ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0080 of the day.
When we returned, Sarah felt that it was important to record that this was a Holiday Inn Select ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0081 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 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0082 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0083 didn't realize that the camera was creating a mess as she also posed ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0084 with her girls. The elevator pictures ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0085 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0086 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0087 were especially bad and Stan seemed in a rush ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0088 as he took a picture like this one ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0089 while Robert arrived. ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0090 We made our way through the crowd recording Suzanne and friends ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0091 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0092 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0093 Stan and Ann ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0094 someone's wine glass ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0095 mother and daughter ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0096 and some other blurries ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0097 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0098 before setting the camera in a happier state to sit down and admire ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0099 the table settings and balloon decorations ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0100 as Sally offered her toast ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0101 and my salad arrived ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0102 to the dancing of the Chatham girls ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0103 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0104 as the photographer ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0105 returned to take my picture and my main course ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0106 and Suzanne's ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0107 arrived.
At this point, it was time to take pictures of people who went to John Minadeo School ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0108 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0109 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0110 ( after all he gave his life so that others might live ) and Sam ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0111 obliging did so as my dessert ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0112 arrived so that i could record my table place card ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0113 to the sheer terror of Jane ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0114 though her spirits were lifted when Benjamin appeared ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0115 and they saw the diet coke ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0116 I was about to drink. Sam did the T shirt and tie thing ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0117 and then joined Jane and Benjamin for a group photo ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0118 as the hula hoop contest ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0119 continued ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0120 while Ben's dessert ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0121 didn't get finished because he was watching ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0122 and the folks at Sarah's table looked like conversation ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0123 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0124 was equivalent to torture. All this activity convinced Dick Dunhoff to train Sam ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0125 and set him loose with the camera ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0126 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0127 to record the event. Not to be outdone, I captured Ben ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0128 then Dan and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0129 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0130 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0131 and the dancers ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0132 before heading to the bathroom with Ben. Fortunately this sign ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0133 told us how to get back so that we didn't have to mail ourselves back ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0134 even over night would have been too slow. We got back in time for the hora ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0135 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0136 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0137 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0138 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0139 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0140 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0141 which really amused Suzanne, Sarah and Jane ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0142 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0143 and brought Benjamin to the floor ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0144 to regroup. Suzanne was like a glowing beacon ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0145 in the darkness ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0146 as the girls talked to relatives ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0147 Suzanne and Benjamin had a laugh together ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0148 and the crowd ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0149 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0150 continued to do the Bat Mitzvah thing as yet another dance began ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0151 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0152 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0153 and Dick Dunhoff gathered the crowds to elevate Katy ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0154 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0155 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0156 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0157 while Suzanne, Norma and Sally watched ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0158 and Sarah and Jane sat on the sidelines ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0159 hoping that their matriarchs would enjoy this conversation ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0160 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0161 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0162 to Milt's amusement. ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0163 The kids got good seats ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0164 Suzanne and Norma were ready ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0165 Dolly was talking to her grand daughter and friend ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0166 and Katy was having one last dance ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0167 as they got ready ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0168 for the limbo contest. She made it ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0169 to the amusement of George and his brother ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0170 and Sarah, Jane and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0171 as the line formed ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0172 and the contest continued ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0173 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0174 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0175 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0176 Next thing, we knew it was the macarena ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0177 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0178 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0179 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0180 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0181 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0182 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0183 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0184 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0185 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0186 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0187 the one dance we never miss. This excited Sam who took an arm picture ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0188 before we said good bye to him ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0189 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0190 and headed off from a very successful party.
Next stop was Shadyside to get my new winter coat from these guys ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0191 and their friend ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0192 who forgot to be in the first picture but was happy ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0193 with the way I looked. She ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0194 sold us these postcards ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0195 so Jane could record vacation memories to send to her friends.
Saturday night, we reassembled at Andy's house where Ben had this sandwich ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0196 and Sarah had this one ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0197 as Milt and Stan chatted away ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0198 and Dolly ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0199 pondered her lost ear ring. Norma and Sally ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0200 and Ann and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0201 were probably wondering why Jane was laughing ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0202 as the fire slowed down ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0203 and Ben was amused ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0204 by his ability to block the photo ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0205 but I caught him ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0206 on the third try. The women chatted ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0207 as we caught this facial closeup ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0209 and this blur ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0210 before Milt ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0211 welcomed Danny ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0212 to the room at which point Jane decided to take some artistic (ie black and white) pictures of the books ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0213 and the plant ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0214 and the collection of chair pictures ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0215 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0216 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0217 as the fire came back ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0218 and Andy did the scraping of cheese ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0219 that Karen ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0220 claimed was beyond her worldly skills though George ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0221 seemed to not believe this. The dark pictures ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0222 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0223 were illuminated by the host and hostess ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0224 and a rejuvenated fire ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0225 as the party rolled on ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0226 with balloons ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0227 and conversation ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0228 so we recorded the pony tail ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0229 and braid ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0230 in Sarah's hair as Dolly ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0231 Milt ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0232 and Ann ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0233 watched. Needless to say, this amused Sarah ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0234 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0235 so we took some people pictures of Ann and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0236 Robert and Debbie ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0237 and David and Norma ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0238 while the birds had a moment's peace ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0239 and the food remained. ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0240 In the back room, Andy and Ben were on the computer ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0241 as Milt and Jane watched ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0242 and we saved Sam's Nintendo game ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0243 to the amusement of the birds ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0244 who felt we should take one last frog shirt picture ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0245 before calling it a night. When we got back to the hotel, we needed to record the Impala taxi ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0246 ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0247 for Claire, so she could know that a job awaited her on graduation. After the elevator picture ../../../Sabbat/11.15-17.02KatiesBatMitzvah//IMG_0248 we all called it a day.