Gathered near the pool.]]> Left to Right - Sarah Becker, Danny Becker, Linn Becker, Jake Becker (seated)]]> ]]> Joyce wanted to come and see the student sculpture and animation exhibition at Vassar College. She is going to be taking my place when I am on sabbatical in the fall. So thought it would be good to see what the students are doing and meet some of the students she will be working with next year. Tom and she both came to the opening as did Catherine. After the opening, the four of us went out to dinner at the Beechtree Restaurant across the street from Vassar.]]> 2009-08-10 The Burnhams, Monday, L-R, Terry Burnham, Faith Burnham, Scott Burnham. Scott has been teaching at Cordozo Law School at Yeshiva University for part of the summer. He has been teaching there for a number of summers. Although last summer he went to Vietnam to teach about American law. Faith finished her first year at NYU and was also spending some of the summer in NYC as was Terry. They are leaving New York in a few days but because our schedule was so difficult we had to see them near the end of their stay. But it worked out fine. They came over for dinner. This coming year Scott is teaching at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio Sate University. His a professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT, but does periodic visiting teaching at other places.]]> January 3 - 5, 2008, Wednesday-Friday. Ben wanted to come to film at John F. Kennedy Airport on Thursday. I was going to JFK to clean and touch up my sculpture, Curtain Wall. They arrived in the early evening on Wednesday. We had dinner here. On Thursday Ben and Eric Schoonebeck (see next entry) and me left to JFK early in the morning. Tracy and Alexandra stayed in home with Cathy for the day. In the evening I brought Chinese food home for all of us to eat. We invited Eric to eat with us but he headed home. On Friday morning Eric (see entry after next) and I went to JFK and Ben and Tracy and Alexandra stayed at our house with Cathy and left to go to Baltimore about 11 a.m.]]> They arrived on the 28th of December 2012 and left on the 1st of January 2013. (See the last entry in "Groups 2012" for details).]]> They were visiting at our house.]]> They were doing their Christmas rounds.]]> The Busch family came for a visit]]> 2008-12-28 The Busch Family 1, L-R, Tracy Busch, Alexandra Busch, Benjamin Busch. Ben and Tracy came for a visit. Just Arrived]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 1, Monday-Wednesday, Benjamin Busch, Kyrah Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived here on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2008-12-28 The Busch Family 2, L-R, Tracy Busch, Benjamin Busch, Alexandra Busch. The came for a visit. Toy Story 2 is plaing on the VRC player.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 2, Monday-Wednesday, Catherine murphy (just a smidge of her), Benjamin Busch, Kyrah Busch, Alexandra Busch, in front. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived here on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 3, Monday-Wednesday, Tracy Nichols Busch holding Kyrah Busch, Alexandra Busch, Benjamin Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 4, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 5, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> 2009-07-13 - 15 The Busch Family 6, Monday-Wednesday, Alexandra Busch holding Kyrah Busch. The Busch's are on a two week car trip. They left Michigan and headed to Sherburn, NY, then to Maine, then to here, then on to New York City, then to Virginia. Places to go to for various reasons and to see various people. They arrived in Hyde Park on Monday evening. We had dinner here. On Tuesday we had take out Chinese food. They left early afternoon on Wednesday.]]> December 28, 2008 - January 1, 2009. Ben and Tracy came for a visit. This photograph was taken in the Millhouse Panda Chinese Restaurant in Poughkeepsie. We went there for dinner after a tea party at the Lukacher's house (see entry, Brian and Joanne's , December 28, 2008). See the following entry.]]> December 28, 2008 - January 1, 2009. Ben and Tracy and Alexandra came for a visit. Walking in Rhinebeck, NY. See the previous entry.]]> We all went to a lecture by Yoshiaki Shimizu at Vassar. After which we went out to dinner.]]> The Butt]]> At the Galleria Mall, Poughkeepsie, New York]]> Periodically Bob and Sylvia and Cathy and I meet for dinner at The Cherry Blossom restaurant in Fishkill, NY. It is about halfway between where we all live.]]> The Chipmunks Squeakquil - The Regal (Hoyts) Cinemas, Galleria Mall, Poughkeepsie NY]]> Catherine and I went to see Knocked up at the Roosevelt movie theater in Hyde Park, NY. We saw Monica and Robert there.]]> They came to see the Senior Art Show.]]> That day was the inauguration of Vassar's new president Elizabeth H Bradley. I got to Raymond Avenue quite early. Our washer and dryer were broken, so I had to go to the laundromat. I put my clothes in the machines, put the soap in, and the quarters. Then I went across the street the Krafted Kup to get a latte. Monica, Taylor, and Robert were in line ahead of me. After getting my latte, I went back to the laundromat and settled down with my coffee and John Yau's new book, "The Wild Children of William Blake." Then I headed off to campus for the inauguration. See the next two entries of the inauguration.]]> 1991-01-17 (roll date, image #2A), Peter Charlap]]> 1991-01-17 (roll date, image #3 & 4), L, Hannah Charlap, R, Noah Charlap (in focus)]]> 1991-01-17 (roll date, image #5), Sandy Clauson]]> 2007. The Clearing 2007, 27 x 36, digital print]]> First Catherine (Murphy) and I went to have lunch at Purcell Palmer's in Catskill. After lunch we all went to downtown Catskill to see a screening of a short film on the painter Thomas Cole, who had lived in Catskill. Karen Lucic made a presentation on a new website that she developed, with a number of student interns, for the Thomas Cole House Museum.]]> The four of us went to Hudson to the Jeff Bailey Gallery to see Erik Schoonebeek show. In addition to Erik's show, we saw a quite good exhibition of a young painter named Louis Fratino. Then we headed to The Corner in Tivoli, NY for dinner. See the previous entry.]]> Marta Renzi emailed us to ask if we wanted to go see a dance performance by the choreographer John Jasperse at Bard College. They got the tickets and we arranged to meet at The Corner for dinner. This is the restaurant and hotel that was bought and redesigned by Brice and Helen Marden about 3 or 4 years ago. We had dinner there not long after it opened and were disappointed by the food. The food last night was quite good. We were pleasantly surprised. We went to dinner quite early, at 5:30PM, so we could get to the performance on time. We saw Marta and Daniel at Catherine's book event at Rizzoli a few weeks ago. Daniel gave Catherine Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones, Selected and New Poems by Lucia Perillo. The work of John Jasperse's that we saw was "Within Between". We all were taken with it. See the following entry.]]> Dancers from the John Jasperse Show at Bard. See the previous entry.]]> We rendezvoused with Ralph and Elisabeth for dinner. See next entry.]]> I stood up to take our photograph (see last entry), and Barbara asked if I would like her to take a picture of the four of us. I told her that it wasn't necessary and that the photo is for a project I am working on. She expressed some interest, so I told her a little about the Groups project, Friends and Acquaintances and Chance encounters. Then I asked if I could take their photo and that it would go into Chance Encounters since we didn't know each other. Barbara thought my name sounded familiar, so we talked some more and established we have seen each other at ‘T’ Space and possibly other places. Then I pointed out since we all met and talked, their photograph would now go under Friends and Acquaintances. See the previous entry.]]> Portia arranged for us all to meet for dinner.]]>