It was the beginning of a weekend of celebration which began when Ben, Milosh (aka Mel) and Will came up the driveway as we were preparing to depart and then Ben took these pictures of Suzanne and me and we highlighted Suzanne's shoes before we went to the Kramers where Peter was in darkness but once they were ready we began our journey ending up behind this bus in Jersey City as we made our way to through the back streets and traffic to the Holland tunnel in green and red and then emerged through city traffic to the Riverpark where the dinner was to be held. After parking the car, we gathered and found our way to the room where dinner was where we were greeted by Penelope and Lauren and then we adjourned to the cocktail room where Seva took these photos of Peter and me and then of me with the empty chair as the bride (to be) and groom (to be) arrived with their friend who had forsaken MIT for Williams. At this point, a missed setting and some irrational exuberance caused my camera to take some artistic, but not particularly clear, photos as others arrived and Peter greeted Richard Just. This waiter assured me that if I switched wines nothing bad would befall me and so I spoke with Lee and Peter and Jane and Jessie before meeting up with Vance and Candace who had talked to Seva and Suzanne about Lindqvist Beach on St. Thomas where they grew up.

Now it was time for the dinner and we entered the room where shabbat was being organized and found our table where we met Will whose grandfather was Princeton class of 1918 and whose family owned Elizabethtown Water at one point in time. Manolo appeared next with his wife Anita and then Adrian and Richard completed our table as Sara and Steven led the Shabbat blessings and so I could record the menu and the bread which was quite good and so the orecchiette was served as I captured Will, and Katie with their daughter who had gone to Williams with Lizzie and Stephen. Lizzie stood with Richard and then as the photo was taken of the Kohn, Kramer and Ignacio and wife table, I did my share of photos of their table before the photographer took these pictures of our table and then I captured the Just family as my vegetarian plate was served along with potatoes for all and scallops for most as Peter joined our table before I made a trip to respond to the call of nature and observed some of the nice architectural touches on my way back. I returned to discover that my place had been taken by Seva and so I took her seat and sat with Judy and Ignacio to be joined by Stephen and Lee before returning to my home table and meeting more of the Williams/Puerto Rico children of Penelope's friends after which dessert was served. Being fully fed, Suzanne joined with Judy and then they were joined by Jane who offered an informal appraisal of Suzanne's mother's charm bracelet. We bid farewell to Penelope, thanking her for a wonderful evening, and began the trek back to New Jersey which fortunately was traffic free.

Saturday, we packed our bags said good bye to the shoe horns and made our way through the Lincoln tunnel to the closed street which caused us to be stuck in traffic as we made our way across 42nd street with our trusty Garmin until we passed the street market made one last turn and reached the parking lot where we left our car and headed to the Princeton Club where this was our room and our bathroom. Suzanne and Jane went off to have their makeup applied so that Jane could try on the Spanish shawl as Ben watched multiple episodes of a hunting show on the History Channel 9all in the name of intellectual betterment) which made Suzanne ready to start assembling jewelery and charm bracelets for Jane and herself before we took this picture of Jane for cellphone transmission and then boarded the elevator down for family photos in the hotel lobby (note Bob Goheen in the background)

and took the obligatory phone booth picture before finally finding ourselves a cab and getting to the museum where we were greeted by this sculpture and making our way in but not before we noted the time capsule. Once Rory was checked in he was able to greet Adrian as Ben and Peter posed and we admired the chupah as Seva and Suzanne discussed what was about to happen and the ketubah was mounted as Josh arrived allowing for a picture of almost all of the Kramer party. The photographers arrived and decided to use their lights in a way that caused some of the pictures to follow to lack light or blur. Unclear why they thought they should interfere with my pictures. The wedding party began to assemble with the groomsmen as Stephen waited at the altar and out of the blur he waited as the bridesmaids appeared and out of the dark there was Stephen at the altar groomsmen by his side and he was joined by Lizzie as the bridesmaids watched as the service continued until Stephen and Lizzie turned to face the assembled for the seven blessings

of which one was delivered by Richard and then the blessings continued for those assembled as the bride and groom were told to wait for their first kiss as husband and wife and then admired one another in joy as the service would down and Jane came over to evaluate the next charm bracelets. Meanwhile there were Richard and Adrian as Richard told a tale and they greeted cousin Ilsa as this photographer took this picture of me with Jane and Ben as Suzanne, Seva and Renee watched and I then found the bride and Katie and her daughter before talking to Lizzie's former room mate, the Opera person and her husband, the IRS person soon to be a lawyer and brought them together. These pictures of Suzanne and me and our family extended to include Jane S. were taken by this photographer as we found our way to our table where we enjoyed the flower arrangement and had water and wine (though we didn't seem to be able to turn one into another) as the band appeared. At the so called children's table, I greeted Josh and Renee Ben and Jane Rory and Lindsay as the bride and groom had their first dance soon to be joined by Jane and Suzanne before chairs were brought out and the bride and groom were elevated as Jane, Ben and Suzanne continued to dance though the challah suggested that soup would be served once Sara and Steven made the blessings over bread and wine. Richard offered his toast and Stephen's a cappella group featured him in a solo before more photos were taken of me and Suzanne by a photographer who preferred to remain incognito. Back at our table, the water still wasn't turning to wine (of either color) and the chicken and vegetarian courses were served as Steven's sister and brother-in-law came to visit and then the bride danced with her father and the groom danced with his mother before we returned to the dance floor as desserts including the individual key lime pies circulated and Suzanne and Ben were too busy dancing to notice the trio on all plates -- carrot cake, key lime pie, brownie -- which including something for all palates but Jane enjoyed the ice cream treat as Steven danced with his sister and blueberry cobblers were served which seemed to set Jane off as more individual ice creams passed by before Josh and Renee began their departure for babysitter rescue causing a moment of darkness which Peter and Seva Suzanne and Jane Seva and Peter and Jane and Ben brought us out of as the band ended its sets and so we found a taxi and made our way back to the hotel.

Sunday morning we woke up and drove through limited traffic to Leroy Street where Suzanne entered Jane's building and then her apartment and we greeted a tired Jane and a tired Ben before we made our way to Market Table and checked out the food and drink menus. The orange juice made us appreciate how nicely the brown sugar and salt were presented and the cappucchino did the same for the ketchup as Ben's burger Suzanne's eggs and bacon my fallafel and Jane's pancakes were accompanied by buttermilk biscuits and bacon with butter and jam to spread. after making the clean plate club I noted that I was supposed to make an entry in the guest book and so provided this poem as the bill was paid this collection sign was recorded and we made our way past the restaurant not chosen to the bakery with this interesting sign and these products before heading back to Jane's apartment briefly and then going to the car which was parked in in front and tight in back and making our way out of the parking space and into traffic on our way back home. Good luck and a wonderful life together, Lizzie and Stephen!!