As LI was recently in Chicago with my family, and as my family obsessively photographs everything, I thought I’d post some pics.
So first, here we are, or here we are excluding my sister Jenny's side of the family - hmm, we never did take a complete picture, now that I think of it - all dressed up to go to the reception. My older sister, on the left, is very proud of the shawl she purchased in Ecuador. I don’t know how I ended up in the back, looking quizzical... too bad. I purchased a very rocking suit from Goodwill for this occasion. My niece Megan lends a little color to our drab grays and blacks.
Then a Lake Michigan pic, with my two brothers, Dan and Doug, and my about-to-go-to college nephew, Whit.
And finally, a failed theatrical pic of me crawling on a dune. This shot was supposed to be remind us all of the classic New Yorker cartoon showing a guy crawling in the desert. I failed, however, to look like a guy crawling through the desert. If I had only taken a pair of scissors to my clothes and shredded them, I think this pic would have worked. Well, next time.
You all look so American!
ReplyDeleteAh, you should have seen the family my nephew married into - Chicagoan to the core! It would have reminded you, I think, of one of the authors you're reading - Philip Roth. An early story, Goodbye Columbus.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little bummed that my crawling across the dunes pic didn't come out right. It was a very funny idea, God damn it. Although my brothers told me it wouldn't work.