Peter called yesterday and spoke with Catherine (Murphy). He asked if it was my birthday. I was impressed that he remembered, and I think we tried to do something together, possibly last year. nHe told Catherine they would like to take us to dinner. We had been wanted to do something with them for the last few years, and for one reason or another it didn't work out. I would run into them at school or at Adams (mostly Peter at Adams). So, we were free that weekend and wanted to arrange something soon. We settled on Market Street in Poughkeepsie, for that Friday. They did take us out to dinner which was so nice of them, and, as expected, had a very lively time. Luckily it was a loud restaurant anyway.]]> Joe and Jennie own Palace Dumpling. Jennie does most of the cooking. Lulu, Jennie's daughter, very recently arrived from China, from Harbin. They have been working on a visa for her to come to the Unites States for eight years. Palace Dumpling is a wonderful restaurant.]]> We met up for dinner in Rhinebeck. During dinner we discussed titles for this website and Joyce came up with, 'All of Us'. The food was pleasant but nothing extraordinary. One of my soft shell crabs was quite good the other had a tough shell. Tom thought his dinner was boring. Catherine had Veal Marsala, which she found pleasant. Joyce seemed to like her stew type of dish. It is a classic French restaurant and the menu pretty much stays the same year after year, even though they do have specials which still fit the profile of the restaurant closely. It is a small intimate restaurant, and very noisy, which bothered Joyce. They are in the process of expanding into the space next door which was, for many years, a newspaper and cigar store.]]> They were visiting Cathy in the hospital. Yesterday Catherine (Murphy) had a third surgery on the same knee. The first knee replacement on her right leg was in October, 2015. In December it was determined that there was an infection in the knee. This involved a procedure. In January the replacement was taken out and a concrete interim knee was put in. The surgery to remove the interim knee and put in a more permanent knee was last night. I (Roseman, Harry) took photographs of the four others, and a nurse must have asked me if I would like if she took one of all of us, and I said fine, so there it is.]]> Rashida was Catherine's on duty evening nurse. Megan was on the 11th floor, and was extremely helpful to Cathy when she was here in January. She came upstairs to say hello to Cathy and Cathy gave her a copy of the book on her work. Yesterday Catherine (Murphy) had a third surgery on the same knee. The first knee replacement on her right leg was in October, 2015. In December, it was determined that there was an infection in the knee. This involved a procedure. In January the replacement was taken out and a concrete interim knee was put in. The surgery to remove the interim knee and put in a more permanent knee was last night.]]> I (Roseman, Harry) went into Saigon Cafe to pick up some take-out food and they were having lunch after or before either an opening or talk by Tanya Marcuse at the Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College.]]> During the summers, the Mill Street Loft from downtown Poughkeepsie has a program for highschool students in New Hackensack. I went over to the building, for some reason. Todd runs the program.]]> The four of us went to Palace Dumpling for dinner after Marta and Daniel's visit to our house (See visitors 07/22/16)]]> We went to Panzur for dinner with Carole and Helen (see next entry), and happened to see the ??? family having dinner there.]]> We met Helen and Carole for dinner. We haven't been able to see very much of them because they moved to Providence, RI, so that Rose could go to High School there. Rose has now graduated. So they moved back to Germantown, NY. Rose is starting at Brown University in the fall. We ran into the ???? family at dinner (see previous entry)]]> Tom and Joyce Invited us to dinner.]]> I ran into the ??? Family at Adams when I went grocery shopping.]]> Richard and Dee invited Catherine and I to an "Informal House Concert". Richard's sister and brother in law were in town from Winston Salem, NC, so they decided to have a gathering and concert in their honor. Richard played on the piano Bach, Beethoven, a work of his own, and Chopin. See the following two entries.]]> See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> See the previous two entries.]]> Doing business and not at On Location Studios in Poughkeepsie]]> First meeting with my pre-major advisees]]> The opening at the Palmer Gallery, Vassar. Xuewu Zheng facilitates Chinese artist art residences in the United States. See the previous entries.]]> Sam just started this term at Vassar (replacing Didier William who left to run the graduate program at the Philadelphia Academy of Art) Andras is a visiting professor in English at Vassar for a short time. Laura you all know by this time. Jeff '91 is a former Vassar Student. He curated this exhibition at The Palmer Gallery at Vassar College (previously shown at LIU, Brooklyn, NY). Gary is a painter in the exhibition. See the following entry.]]> My camera was switched to manual and I didn't notice, so these pictures ended up very blurry.]]> Gary and Suzanne went to see a concert at Bard. Liddie and Roger sat next to them and they struck up a conversation. When Liddie and Roger came into Panzur about an hour after we had gotten there, Gary and Suzanne waved them over to our table. We were all introduced and struck up a conversation. Suzanne offered them some food from our table so they could taste some of the offering because they had never been to Panzur. We had plenty of food because we ordered a lot of it. It turned out that their son in San Diego owned one of my China photographs given to him by Edith McKennen, who bought it from me and was (she is deceased) a mutual friend of mine and Cathy and the Christianfelds. We all continued to talk and they tasted some food and then the wait person seemed to think it was time she showed them to their table. See the following entry.]]> See the previous entry.]]> Joyce's exhibition opening was from 5-7. I left school at about 3:10PM and headed home to pick up Cathy (Catherine Murphy). First I unset up for her painting in the back bedroom. Then at about 4:00PM we left to go to NYC for the opening. Traffic was so bad in the city that it took us three hours to get to the gallery. We arrived at 7:00PM. The bright spot was that we got a parking spot directly in front of the gallery. Cathy is still not up to walking very far (knee replacement). We stayed at the opening for about 45 minutes and headed back home. Joyce's show consisted of paintings and wall sculptures and looked terrific. See the following four entries.]]> See the previous entry and the following three entries.]]> See the previous two entries and the following two entries.]]> See the previous three entries and the following entry.]]> See the previous four entries.]]> This was the day of the memorial service for Eugene Carroll, who died on May 16, 2016. There were readers and speakers and singing and music. My eulogy - "When I." See the following four entries.]]> This was the day of the memorial service for Eugene Carroll, who died on May 16, 2016. There were readers and speakers and singing and music. My eulogy - "When I." See the previous entry and the following three entries.]]> This was the day of the memorial service for Eugene Carroll, who died on May 16, 2016. There were readers and speakers and singing and music. My eulogy - "When I." See the previous two entries and the following two entries.]]> This was the day of the memorial service for Eugene Carroll, who died on May 16, 2016. There were readers and speakers and singing and music. My eulogy - "When I." See the previous three entries and the following entry.]]> This was the day of the memorial service for Eugene Carroll, who died on May 16, 2016. There were readers and speakers and singing and music. My eulogy - "When I." See the previous two entries and the following two entries. See the last four entries.]]> Donise and Laura and Christina had a three-person exhibition at the Palmer Galler, Vassar College. These photographs were taken at the opening for the show. See the following three entries.]]> Donise English, Laura Kaufman, and Christina Tenaglia had a three-person exhibition at the Palmer Galler, Vassar College. These photographs were taken at the opening for the exhibition. See the previous entry and the following two entries.]]> Donise and Laura and Christina had a three-person exhibition at the Palmer Galler, Vassar College. These photographs were taken at the opening for the exhibition. See the previous two entries and the following entry.]]> Donise and Laura and Christina had a three-person exhibition at the Palmer Galler, Vassar College. These photographs were taken at the opening for the exhibition. See the previous three entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I met David Kirkpatrick and Elena Sisto for dinner and Susan etc. were at the next table. It was Susan's birthday. See the following entry.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I met David Kirkpatrick and Elena Sisto for dinner and Susan etc. were at the next table. It was Susan's birthday. See the previous entry.]]> Art Department Faculty Meeting.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I met Lisa Brawley and Sam Speers for dinner. Brice and Helen Marden, who own the restaurant came in and Brice came over and to say hello. Brice and Catherine had been on a panel together some time ago. The food was very good. I had a spaghetti with Maryland crab, Sam had Duck, and Cathy and Lisa had fish.]]>