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Happy Purim Everyone

(Mag, send me more pics)

Well, it's been awhile since we've used the old Flam News. But why not?

Sim got his salami and my clothes have smelled better (kidding) but we did arrive safely to Ben Gurion at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Both of us forgot "the third bag." I clearly had a vision of it in my head on the luggage cart. Amazing how sleep deprivation will do that. We had spent two nights in a row on airplanes. Sunday night we took off, woke up in Zurich, spent Monday there, then were back on the plane to Tel Aviv Monday night 10:45 pm.

The Swiss are very prompt. There are clocks everywhere. It made me crazy. Seriously.

We got the third bag the next day. Spent quality time with Leesa and Michael.

Here are a couple of pics. ALL the Gorens, minus Ellie, are coming to Yerush for Shabbas. We're hosting! The mousse cake weighs more than Sim.

See our fridge.

I'll try to get pics up of the concert. But check out this one, notice the spelling.



You do know, right, that Mark (Aba) is on tour. And Meira Merlis, Rachelle's sister, is playing comedy clubs in Yerushalayim. More on all that later.


Good Shabbas and love to all,

Mom

It was billed as:

Buba and Grampa’s

(Sid and
Sarah’s)

60th Wedding Anniversary Poetry Contest

And the poems WERE good, and the food was great (Shallots). We all sat around a grand square table so we could see one another. Guests included:
Buba & Grampa
Aunt Tammy & Uncle David
Aaron, Jake, Brian, and Abby
Dovid & Chammie,
Safta & Aunt Leesa,
Mom & Aba (no pic because I hated the only one there was on my camera) He looked good, tho.

Grampa toasted first, then Buba followed, then Uncle David gave us some family history and quizzed us about the prices of homes in 1947, the year that the 'rents got married. 1947 also, little known fact, was the year that Uncle Barry was born, although Dave left that part out, didn't know it at the time.

And I think I learned that one of the parakeets we had when I was a kid was named. . .Beno. The other was Cecil.

We ate and sang to to tunes of Say a Little Prayer . ..Forever, forever, you'll stay in our hearts and we love you, . . .Lots of underwear jokes, coming to the door in underwear, that sort of thing.

Aba's rendition of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady was hysterical.

Aaron offered up

Roses are red, violets are blue,

I love my grandparents and you should, too

Dovid's limericks will be posted another time, as will the rest of the words to the rest of the stuff. Sim AND Beno both sent poems and they were great, well appreciated.

Brian promises to post on Schayerness! so someone please remind him to keep it clean. Oh wait, it's Bri. No problem.

And that's all the news. Wish you were there. Did I mention the food?

Here are some pics from our OVER-A-WEEK-TOGETHER.

It was great. Thanks yac/RAC and special thanks to Hannah Honey, you get it or you don't.

Here's the video.

It rocked. You have to read Dovid's blog to read more on how much it rocked. Or mine. But here are some pix:

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Well, we're all really stuffed. No matter how much running around we do during chol hamoed there's no getting around that matzah. Here a couple of pics so far. Those that are not in my living room are from the Kohl Children's Museum.
Chag Sameach, more when Hannah Honey comes to Chicago!