and Janet
who must have been jetlagged because they couldn't keep their eyes open. JonMarens
but seemed to make Jane
and Benjamin
engaged Janet in conversation. But perhaps, Matt and his pals
were having the best time of all as many of the Dobkin women posed together
and Jane showed Benjamin how to walk down the aisle
so he could practice in the parking lot
followed by the people at our table Jane
Sarah
while Jane and David were getting salad dressing samples from this man
For dinner, we went to this old restaurant
at the reception. Jane liked the hors de ouveres
as did Benjamin
and ?, Rosie, Jane (front row) and Sarah, ?, ?, Lucy, Liz (back row)
Jane
it was also possible to greet Janet
left. This inspired Larry to try his hand at photography taking pictures of Janet
at the dinky station and brought him home. Before we knew it, the door bell rang and Janet and Gregory
had an excellent hand and Jane started to help her
partly in focus, partly out of focus. This caused Sarah to climb on Jane’s back
All contestants had a chance to present their results starting with Janet
Jane recorded Larry’s efforts at carving the turkey
Larry, Janet and Gregory
as Janet watched
On arriving in Pittsburgh, we went to More's where the food was better as was the company. Jane was stunned by the speed of Sarah's hand
Jane and Katie posed for group pictures
in conversation while Srah and Jane compared heights
and Jane and Devon got a chance to visit
Jane and Devon hooked up with friends
and eventually Jane and another friend
Sarah taught Jane how to make a remembrance cup
and Jane got up to let him in
after the guard had told me I could not take pictures. The next day, I took a morning picture of Jane
then Jane got her award
Here is the certificate that Jane got
posed in front of the refreshment stand and Jane and Kaylen
while Kaylen and Jane watched
and Jane did her classic golfer pose. The third activity was soccer where the kids ran the field
that defined the day.
didn't seem quite so sure and Jane
our five dollars and got in line. Jane was there
while Jane and Kaylen had their lunch
and Jane
and Jane and Benjamin
Jane and Suzanne sat down for lunch with these nice people
watched. All this eating made Jane want to curl up
drove Jane home from swimming in the rain. The next day, even though it was raining and the doorstep was wet
and Jane.
Suzanne and Jane with the Spanish teacher
Sarah and Jane had coke
much to Jane's amusement
when Lucy and Jane appeared
which Jane and Lucy did
beyond Lucy and Jane
Jane and Lucy rested
and Lucy and Jane gathered shells.
and on the way home, we took this picture for Jane's
in Bon Marche for Jane's collection. After a rest, we headed out for our last dinner. We took the obligatory phone booth picture
and Jane could record her new haircut.
We dropped Jane off on the way there.
and we saw the room where Jane and Rachel were practicing
as Jane got warmed up
with the teacher filling in for Tyler. Jane played in the last group piece
and Jane
and Jane had her clock sign
stood ready to help us spend Jane's gift certificate. She was faced with a choice between these 2 Limp Bizkit CD's
and Jane
were ready to enjoy their food but Janet
Jane had the chicken enchillidas
that came with black beans and Janet had these quesadillas
is David's green corn tamale. After Janet modelled this mask
and then came back to find Larry and Janet
the top knot. Janet and Sarah thought we had to take the
to Sarah and Jane. We really liked the idea of
so that Jane and Larry decided to go here to get French fries
Once in Westwood, we saw a theater playing Jane's favorite movie
when Janet made a phone call, We recorded this guy at Dominos
seemed calm enough, Janet
showing Jane's favorite movie. Walter Mathau was there,
was the latest to be added. Jane wanted this star
as Jane rushed past Suzanne to get one last thing.
and then Jane and Lucy went in
Jane and Lucy went in further
Jane had these chicken tenders
were sitting in the heat as Jane concentrated on eating
trying to gather more shells as Jane's attention shifted to seagulls
for our collection of similar signs.
was camera shy, Jane
and Jane had chicken fettucinni
as we dropped Jane and Els
and waiting for Jane to emerge
where Jane showed off her new ink.
as Jane got ready for the Italian
Jane posed her braids
as Jane pondered whether to take the elevator down.
becuase the waiter couldn't get the chef to make the risotto. Jane had the chicken Caesar
at which point Jane put her wig back on
grandparents house, so that Jane and Kaylen
while Jane from this very state
while Jane watched (from the back because she was moving so fast}
Jane took this picture of me
was enjoying the event as we finally got out food and proceeded to the table. Once at the table, Jane and friend showed the best
in front of Janet Dickerson. The final event was the football game. We went to Lucy's house
so that it was climbing time. Jane was first to make it up
were on the computers when Jane
Good luck to Melissa and Billy. Have a good life together!!
to go pick up Jane at her dance. As the table cleared
and the topic of some discussion as she tried to convince us that Jane
All of this amused Benjamin and Jane
Jane finally got her picture of the house
We came out of the movie to see Fred and Jane
I wore the neck warmer that Jane had made for me
Jane did her turkey imitations
and then Els (with Jane)
as Jane dug into her food
Another Thanksgiving well celebrated. It was the days after Thanksgiving and we were all full of food but still involved in activities that come only at this time of the year. We spent Friday afternoon at the tree lighting where Jane ran into Els and Matt Traylor
which we unfortunately could not until later ( see below ). Jane played the flute
it was time to head home. Saturday was a beautiful day. So, Benjamin and Jane
partly obscured the preparer. Jane
On the way home,w e stopped at Jane's thoughtful tree
came to spend the night. She and Jane
Gentle viewer... I have made no effort to upgrade the presentation of the images that I've just shown. The artists had something in mind when they shot this collection and it would be a mistake for me to try and deconstruct their efforts by doing such questionable things as changing the orientation of their pictures. The art speaks for itself! What follows is a somewhat more mundane retelling of the events of the day Later that day After recording the home events, Mary and Jane walked into town to see the Revolutionary war reenactments in progress. The soldiers' encampment
Some kind soul recorded Jane and Mary
where Jane caught her breath
where Mary and Jane
After one last picture of Jane
and Mary and Jane did one last picture
as Mary and Jane
Jane stared into space,
after dinner when Jane returned from her walk down Prospect Street with her battle scars a scraped arm
Together, Jane and Rosie took this picture of the triple header
led to the end of the game. It was Christmas day in Princeton. We had many things planned but began the day with a visit to TASK, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, where I took no pictures. We then came home and observed Jane's wound
played NBA Street Smart as Jane
that highlighted the Ja Rule concert. But, we went to the concert anyways. Unfortunately for you they would not let us bring our camera to the concert. Unfortunately for us they didn't bother to tell us this until we had done some time in the waiting line to get patted down for the concert. Things being what they were, we have many happy memories of the concert and Jane has this fine shirt
pasta and Jane had this good looking salad
Next came Jane's Bat Mitzvah gift,
that ended with two pictures of Jane's gift.
with Jane on the other coast. For some reason, I forgot to record the wonderful dinner meal, perhaps it was tiredness. After dinner, we started a game of O Hell that ended the next morning with me as the victor as the scoresheet shows
try to justify the Rose Bowl as Janet talked on the phone
and Janet grinned
but the green ones were eaten before I could get the camera out. Then came Janet's sangria
for Janet, burrito dorado
for Jane's birthday even though this created a massive mess
that was broken when Jane, Daniel, Kaylen and Lucy went downstairs
but got Jane, Lucy and Kaylen watching
so that Jane made a face
as Benjamin played vs. Jane
seemed ok with the idea. Jane
and we ran out of film.
that I'd be using for my meeting. Then it was outside where Jane and Benjamin
had been drawn. Jane moved well without the ball
the ball went out of bounds. Jane threw it in
He showed it to Jane.
for these 2 pictures. Then it was Saturday. Jane got this manicure
looking away as Jane
Jane recorded her hand
As an experiment, Jane made this movie
to ultimately get Benjamin's soccer shoes on. Jane and Kaylen
of Jane's breakfast and prepared this
Forget-AllOfUs-Not and so gave her the seeds. Next we gathered Jane and Kaylen
pictures of Benjamin's haircut. After picking up Jane and Kaylen, we did our
to Kaylen's house. Unfortunately, our battery died so that we couldn't capture Chris mowing his lawn. Once she saw Jane's camera testing, Sarah needed to do the same. She began by making this movie of
her foot and Jane's tongue
because I have to read the manual more carefully. But, I did capture, Jane, Lucy, Rosie and Kaylen (or is that Adele?),
and then Jane and Kaylen (real one this time!).
was not nearly as awake as Jane
while Kaylen and Jane
which inspired Jane to make
and Jane's beautiful socks
before heading home for the night. A few days later, Jane took this picture of me
to avoid being broadcast on the web. Jane took these pictures of me
Now it was time for Jane's prom. She got her hair done fancy in the back
for the game winner. I'll let you, gentle viewer, decide if these shots are in sequence ... Next Jane posed in her prom dress
while Jane watched by the chess board.
before they left for the dance. Next morning, I went to get Jane at Lucy's which was showing signs of wear
Jane and Lucy slept sitting up
arrived to go out to dinner while Jane
reacting to the news of the 7th graders much to Jane's
got me back to regular zoom'ing. Sunday was the flute concert as Jane posed with her teacher
including Jane (in out of focus, digital zoom)
Eventually, it was Jane's turn to tune
zooming. Jane played away
had more important things to do. We left after the piece to take Jane to the choir party where we ran into Daniel Suo.
and then the proceedings mercifully ended. JWMS promotion and the celebration afterwards Jane was far in the corner
and Jane got her diploma
and led to a bunch of pictures of Jane and Fred
at the same time. Next there were Lucy, Rosie and Jane
as Jane and Lucy
which made Jane
and Jane had the strawberries
and then Jane joined them
kept at his game. Jane recorded all of this
until we went outside to assemble the hammock stand and let Jane be the tester
which made Milt and Jane happy
For your thoughtful inspiration, Jane dutifully recorded this
herself
couldn't wait to eat them which made Angela happy
and ran in the race for the cure.
and then we all sat down to lunch where the vegetables
Sylvia
had arrived. Janet was still in motion as you can see. This excited Jane
into total chaos. A trip to Newark airport brought back Sylvia
which brought Gregory out with his clementines
and the rest of us called it a day. The next day was the main event. Thanksgiving day at last. We awoke to a quiet room
with a brief interlude when Jason arrived
We sat at the table and saw the turkey butter
and Jane
all seemed to be enjoying themselves as Gregory did his eyeball trick
and so did Larry
Suzanne was her usual cheerful self
which caused Jane to sprout extra arms
to the amusement of Adele and Milt.
Once in the car, Jane did experiments with CD cover photography
and random shots of the car's interior
The next day, we saw this great license plate
David found the bar tender
until all were lit
that they explained to Devon
I dropped Jane off at school
and found the road blocked on my way to work
and then thought better of recording yet another day in the life of ... It was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and we also celebrated Jane's honorable mention in the essay contest celebrating his birthday. We began by recording mother and daughter as we got ready to go
The auditorium was set for the event
and Janet Dickerson spoke
we ended with 2 pictures of the award winner with her parents
and here is the text of her essay
played a warmup game of air hockey. The rules of the day were explained carefully
and Sarah and Jane got their drinks
and Benjamin and Kurran
and eventually Benjamin got to play goalie
But this was really about Benjamin's birthday. Sarah modelled her new glasses
reverted to her party animal personality. The cake
as were Kaylen
Next, Jan Woods arrived
had bagels and Suzanne
became part of the next sculpture. But they were unable to figure out how to join this sculpture
while the waiter
and then Benjamin joined her.
Suzanne
We took Benjamin to play with Gabriel and Jacob
before heading back to Judith's garage
and Benjamin toasted us
Whatever possessed them we'll never know, but there was great inspiration to measure hands, feet, faces, ... It started with Joyce
and took a picture of the fan
to Suzanne's amazement.
as Suzanne
and then got ready to move
All of this digging
Armani collection. The next day was Tuesday and the banana
and a picture of the elephant statue
so that Melissa could take pictures of JWMS
A day at ATT
I gave Sarah a ride to work
First there was the hoir presentation
Jane's flute concert
The next day, Saturday was Jane's flute concert. She left the house
and stopped at Abel's bagels
There was a full show planned
and then played in the group piece
as Suzanne
each took their turns at the wheel. Next, we went inside to see the grapes,
while Jesus bent metal
and we hope that she made the right choice. Coming out of the store, we took the obligatory phone booth picture
were reading as our neighbors
and Suzanne
Sarah had the vegetarian ones
but only 1 serving. Larry had this tostada salad
we knew it was time to call it a day. Saturday began with a visit to international headquarters where there was a shortage of static cling letters
who found the man with the man with
picture of the lime house after which we saw this man
NameOnRice.com
while the rest of us ignored his
and this storefront with 8
and noticed that no one was honking -- you decide. Then, there was the key picture
didn't but Jane
did and who can forget when Elizabeth, the waitress,
so was Tom Hanks,
so that she could doctor is to shwo her name and we ended te day
Before we knew it, we found Melissa
so that we could slowly
where this wave passed them by
and Benjamin and Lucy had chicken nuggets
Lucy sucked up her lemonade
back to shell gatherers
as Suzanne started down the stairs
and David
and Benjamin had the famous mack and chack
off to see Bubble Boy. Then we continued on to the Liberty Science Center
so that we could head to Philadelphia and the ball game. We stopped here
Everyone
Benjamin munched on the turkey
as the Phanatic danced on the dugout
We met this guy
After a few final umbrella pictures
Sarah making her lunch
so that she'd be ready for what the day brought. We left Sarah off at the high school and then snuck around to get this picture of her greeting her friends out of the range where she could see us.
could walk to school together keeping up their tradition. Finally, Benjamin
turned the oven on
and also she (Jane) got the chocolate
and melted it
and of me with Meredith.
of the collection of desserts
and Jane and Lucy emerged
and got into the car
before we paused to take a picture of the guy
came home and spurred us to action. So, David
Jane had to do a project for Civics
so she took a poll on how many people believe we should switch to the metric system.
October 12, 2001 as told by Sarah. Today was Class Spirit Day at Princeton High School. Being a senior, and the class president no less, I was particularly excited about the anticipated pep rally. Claire decided last night that we should get to school incredibly early, 7:15 AM even, so that we could see what our classmates had done for the senior prank, since we had nothing to do with it. Yet, at 7:10, when she was already 5 minutes late, Claire had still not arrived to pick me up
as I tried, but failed miserably, to document.
Finally Claire showed up
and we drove down Nassau Street, under a foggy air and a cloud-streaked sky
so that we could get to Joyce's house where Joyce was waiting eagerly.
We got to the school a little later than expected, but didn't realize that parking would be a problem since the Old Senior Lot was still blocked off from the painting. We usually like to arrive inconspicuously to give Claire a chance to park her massive Impala or in other words, a type of African Gazelle or Antelope depending on whom you believe... To our great chagrin, the Senior Girls who had purchased "Senior Girls '02" t-shirts were already congregated, all, of course, wearing their aforementioned shirts. Claire, Joyce, and I had chosen not to participate for reasons better off left unmentioned.
We did take this opportunity to dress ourselves up in green and gold ribbon and gold glitter like the rest of the crowd.
Even though they had already cleaned up the Senior Prank, we ran over to the front of the school to observe the genius of Andrew Hood.
The painting of the Old Senior Lot turned out pretty well (in case you can't tell, it's a picture of the yellow brick road to the Emerald City - our colors are green and gold, if you hadn't realized yet)
and if you look closely enough you can see the nearly-fatal risk I took in expressing my creativity. While waiting for Jess's mom at the back of the school, I decided to take some pictures of the lovely foliage
and an attempt to capture the secret clock on the roof which no one else seems to believe is really a clock.
John Byers
and the food was put away
might want hair like this although Jane prefers to focus on her nails
until now. Michael and Sarah gave us a variety of views
who were watching from the porch as we recorded the CROP walk taken today.
and then by the tree.
before I took control of the camera for the rest of the day. It being Halloween, we had pumpkin seeds
preferred to be incognito as she slaved at her homework
and on the way out of the mall, we ran into Kevin and Ned
to get warm for the game and we displayed the holiday icons of Sarah's plate
as we looked at other flowers
and Kaylen.
and John kept carving the turkey.
who were dancing very rapidly
and Sarah played the piano
and I decided to head out once Jane
finished her picture. We walked past the veboten field
liked hers as did Ben and I
for some final pictures and then ran into Nathaniel
posed for a bunch of pictures and then Suzanne
got bigger
by the cannon as they took this picture
as we ran up the hill
and then Benjamin
we ran down the hill
before they hit the road for the ride back to the snow.
watched and Lauren showed off her cosmopolitan
Peter stared further,
and torn pants
atop the wall and then Rosie captured Jane.
After this, many adjourned from the heated discussed of the possible need of a Star Wars defense shield to engage in a game of dominoes where Benjamin started with this hand
which seemed to be healing as the pistachio nut shells
watched their game
so we decided that we could go to Trenton and the Sovereign Bank Arena
to show for her efforts. Since Jane had her shirt on, Benjamin got together his list of Pokemon cards
and Sarah decided that it was time to think about finishing her colelge applications
even though it had shrimp on top. Bill and Suzanne had this veal chop dish
the wreath again,
Another wonderful meal on another holiday night made us happy for friendship and worrying that we'd have to go back to our diets.
and as you can see the deck
and Larry
while we waited to be seated. Janet was also nice enough to take this picture
so that I didn't have to do a Blair Witch version of myself. The chips came quickly
for which I forgot to record the lime ,
for Gregory, Chile relleno and cheese enchilada
in the kitchen and a darkness
to write messages
as was Justin
and Benjamin
These crowd scenes
was happy to finish her book as Jess
Everyone seemed to be affected by the events of the day. Sarah had helped Jane with her makeup for the black tie Bat Mitzvah party and so decided to make a fashion statement hereself.
Benjamin was worn out from the day
and Jane
was on the couch waiting for picture time which began with this closeup
of her face. We went outside for the picture with shawl on
facial closeups (for makeup)
and ceremonial pictures
under the basketball hoop. All of this activity caused Sarah to highlight her outfit including her belt
her shirt
and all of her.
Next we took a few more pictures of Jane
without her shawl followed by this artistically dizzying picture
and a picture of Sarah's window
to show who the photographer was. It was time to back out the car
(notice the exhaust)
with Jane
and Suzanne
aboard to say good bye to the house
and leave their parking place empty
as they headed off to the Bat Mitzvah.
and some movies
across the room. Then I recorded the empty chair
were about to start a basketball game since the line for 3 point shots
to get in good position
and Benjamin got ready
He started to dribble.
and posed for the camera
was amused by the Capri Sun
and fingers
and then we marched on
continued to have their online experience as I heard my shoes
vaguely unhealthy food for Benjamin's lunch which looked good
to drop them off at the mall
along the road
from the front porch. Of course, she couldn't resist the urge to record
which seem to be the key artifacts of our lives. Jane followed with this movie of Sarah
Justin Kulackabacki (aka Kujowski)
On the adult side, Caroline and Michael were there
and Kaylen
worked at a PS2 game. Jess and Claire arrived to show us their doos front
and the room
Then John
before turning to more artistic mode
and then this collection
and then they added color to her
while Ben and Sarah consulted this catalog for possible accessories
The camera battery died as I recorded Cindy George
as Kaylen slept lying down,
and Rosie smiled
stayed home to babysit. First we took this group photo
great amusement. After a little more conversation
and then Rachel joined
and then the teacher welcomed everyone
and get going
for her proud mother
One fine day, Michael stopped by to show me how to play basketball. He began by stretching his arms,
and hardly visible even with the digital zoom
which really excited the grandparents
and an attempt to get Jane
and Sarah
Then Fred joined
then Caroline
and Kaylen happy
covered in chocolate that I also added to my fruit salad
as Benjamin played his game
as did their mother
before Benjamin
as Peter made his point
Picture from Jane's graduation party
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