It was time for the Albemarle concerts again. So, just as we'd done in
2003
and
2002
we headed off to All Saints Church on Friday night to see Ben
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and others
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and then him
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sometimes blocked
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before they did the grand finale
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for Friday night.
On Saturday morning, Fred (aka torch these days)
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showed up for her birthday photos after which Jane
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got ready and she and Suzanne
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settled themselves as we saw Ben
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and then up close
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and facing otherwise
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as he got ready for the concert
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which seems to have amused the Ash's
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and Jane
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as I experimented between profile
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self portrait
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profile
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self portrait
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and angular shots
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before this gentleman
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asked if he could sit next to us.
The concert
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really moved Suzanne
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even as Paul Caldwell
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appeared freshly shorn.
Afterwards there were a few sibling pictures
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and then Ben
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got ready to pose with Nate
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and then the Ash family elders
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posed Nate
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and Nate and Ben
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before taking these pictures of our entire delegation
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for posterity. After a few good bye shots of Ben
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Jane and I went to Olive's and took pictures of the owner
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even as he told us the story of his children.
We were a minute early for wheels up
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and drove to Connecticut to pay these high prices
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to get a lot of gas
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and use the facility where we captured this collection sign
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even as the waste basket
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belied the cleanliness. Next stop, was Cambridge, where I did a
local parking job on the curb
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as everyone tried to escape
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before they noticed the dent in the front fender
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as we made our way to the hotel and Sarah came
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to learn Ben's song
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which Ben and Jane
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continued to sing in the elevator even as we headed out to dinner at
the Border Cafe
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where a short wait
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got us this table
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and Ben
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was amused as Suzanne
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read the menu and I took a self portrait
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before Suzanne dug into her margarita
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as mine arrived
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along with enchiladas
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a burger
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a salad
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my main course
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and Jane's chicken skewers
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after which we recorded these signs
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that prepare us for Gregory's wedding.
We next went to Harvard Square where we met the Hagadorns
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as Kaylen and Jane chatted
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Ben
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watched the dancers
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before we went to the Au Bon Pain bathroom
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which looked like a prison. Jane and Kaylen were amused
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as Chris
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took this picture of me
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and we headed to the ice cream place
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where after getting through the line
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I decided not to have Guiness but rather to have this
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which while good was not up to the ``world's best rating'' it was given.
We next went to Harvard Yard and raced
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in the dark though occasionally Ben
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could be seen even as the dark lifted
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and I emerged
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for these group shots
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by the status of John Harvard. This person
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was too busy to get our picture but these pictures
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were taken by this gentleman
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though he missed Ben the first time.
Sunday morning, we paid tribute to Sen Lee
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and saw the police car at the donut shop
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where we got
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and ate
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breakfast before heading to the fountain at the Science Center
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and noting that Maxwell Dworkin
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is almost Ben's pseudonym. After recording the potato famine
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the ride of Paul Revere
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and the living quarters of John Winthrop
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we watched as they painted the man at Leavitt and Pearce
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and recorded the garbage can
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before Suzanne
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took this picture
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as Ben
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noted the sign of the Inn and we gathered Sarah's bag
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for the trip home. We paused en route to lunch to see the glass harmonica
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which was partly interesting
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before we went to Fire and Ice
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for brunch
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and after eating
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had this gentleman
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take our picture
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even as we promised his group
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that we would vote for Kerry and send George W Bush back to Crawford, Texas.
Our plan to take a family picture under the knowledge gate
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was scuttled by a visit to the book store
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and on our return
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we just worried about being 2 minutes early for wheels up time
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as we planned a stop at a similar gas station in Connecticut
where we paid high prices
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and had Jane wash the windows
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as Sarah got the all important key
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so that we could make the rest of our journey home.