boston cream puff: January 2007

I'm very serious

but I'm no Zoolander...

And now....

The Magnum, ala Gina!

Barbara and Erin

Here's Barbara and her grandniece. I love Barbara's hair this way.

Santa Kim

Kim, adorable apron, green beans -- what could be bad?

Linda and Terry

Linda (in the fantastic red dress) is the mother of Terry (in the fantastic black shirt) but looks more like her older sister.

me and Kevin

Here I am with Kevin, cousin of me, husband of Elizabeth, son of Richard and Barbara, brother of Chris (who's in Fla-da).

Elizabeth and Heather

Here are Elizabeth and Heather, from left to right. Elizabeth is my cousin Kevin's wife and Heather is her daughter. Elizabeth and I share a love of figure skating.

Kevin, Barbara, Heather and others

Here are people at Mark and Kim's house, which is in Verona, I think, right next to Montclair. It's a beautiful house.

Claudia closeup

You can really see the green of her eyes here.

while we're on a roll ...

More Claudia!

kitchen Claudia

This is not only Claudia, but more of Linda's lovely kitchen.

Claudia with lamp-horns

This was rather unfortunately framed, but I like it anyway.

dubious dad

Hi, dubious dad!

inside the house

I've always loved this kitchen; It's really warm and homey and the bricks are cool. It's also huuuge. On the table is a copy of Kinky Friedman's book about a Christmas pig. Apparently Gary (husband of Patty, who is Barbara's sister) has always teased Bridget (daughter of Terri, who is the daughter of Linda, Barbara's other sister) about there being a Christmas pig, so when this book came out, he had to get it for Bridget.

As a Kinky completist (I kissed him!) I want this book!

christmas in montclair

Here are some pictures of Christmas eve at Linda's house and then at Kim and Mark's house. It was a lot of fun. This is the front of Linda's house, with the big wreath up over the front door and candles in all the windows.

boston cream puff

Tuesday, January 09, 2007