now i have learned to at least leave the camera lying around somewhere when people are here, to guarantee a photo of actual living, breathing, eating humans will be taken. i myself have a history of photographing floral arrangements and yet-to-be-used table settings and forgetting to take pictures of the fast-moving, distractingly talkative, fast-chewing people.



i wish i had gotten robby and scott in a picture too but since all i took pictures of was napkins, i didn't. i hereby promise to do much better at the wedding in a few weeks. i will have pictures of everyone. and pictures of cakes and flowers, too.



we were so impressed with sal's first kugel. this rosh hashanah was so much better than last year's that we forgot to open tim's mead. maybe next year! (or, maybe tonight.)

ADDENDUM : it is important to note that we cooked this dinner -- including a brisket and a baked apple dessert -- in an oven that had no thermostat control. very rustic, and very challenging. if it had not gone as well as it had, we would have resorted to serving this.

but we instead came out looking more like this -- amy's rather stylized illustration of us which served as last year's rosh hashanah greeting from the artist.