On this sad day, some pictures of our family in Paris, by special request.

On the Eiffel Tower.

Looks like the Champs-Élysées, also 1989.

2008. Mickey wearing beret.

And a very sad one. The majority of the deaths were around the route of the Canal St. Martin through the 10th and 11th Arrondissements, near where Elizabeth and I lived for a month (in the 4th) during September 2008, We took a tour of the canal, and this was among the photos I shot. On the block you see crossing the canal in the center is the Restaurant Carillon, a neighborhood restaurant at which at least 14 people were killed.

I've Seen This Kid Before (Boston, MA and Teaneck, NJ, 2011 and 1978)

I was really startled to see one of the Facebook pictures of Naomi this morning: I have seen that kid before. I know pictures of babies can look alike, but the minute I saw this picture I knew exactly who it was (wasn't).

Naomi Sabrina Fisher (Boston, MA, May & July, 2011)

Naomi was born to Allison and Dave 2 months ago:

(Photo thx Dave)

Her big brother looks on.  Note the little pink card, like her Aunt Dora's 29 years ago:

(Photo thx Dave)

Now she's a really big girl (and very coordinated, despite her posture here):

With a great smile...

(Photos ripped from Allison video)

...and a very proud grandma:

Ari rides the Miami Metromover (Miami, FL, Feb 2011)

Ari's biggest interests seem to be trains and construction. I had been building up a ride on the Metromover, and was afraid it would disappoint, but it was great.

The Metromover is Miami treasure, not well-understood nor used by most residents. It is a small, driverless train, on rubber wheels, that goes all through Miami's central city area, usually about 30 feet up in the air. It is free, and cars--the size of typical airport interterminal train cars--come every few minutes. Unless you really study it (as I did, since I often took the train to school at MDC) the route is unfathomable, and you often see people wandering around befuddled.

Henry came with us, and we went through every stop except the school board stop (which was the one stop beyond where we got on), even the stop that's inside a building.

Henry's photo.

This is one of the old-style cars, where you could actually sit in
the front window.   (Henry's photo)

Henry's photo

Elizabeth's photo

Henry's photo

Ari at Maurice Gibb Park (Miami Beach, FL, Feb, 2011)

Ari is visiting while Dave & Allison vacation.

IT'S A GIRL! (Norwalk, CT, Jan 1982)

Happy (2011-1982)th Birthday Dora!!

Sunday 1/24 was Superbowl Sunday (and there was a big football game, too. SF beat Cincinnati, 26-21). Maybe that's why we had a Turkish substitute obstetrician. I looked, and he's still there 29 years later. In fact, he even looks exactly as I remember him, only 29 years older.

Dora & Elizabeth conspired to have a really fast labor, and right out of a bad sitcom I couldn't get the car up the icy slope of our driveway. Fortunately, we got a middle-of-the-night lift from the husband of Diane, Dave's and eventually Dora's child-care person. 

Note the same little card above her head.

It was a really long night.

Ari and Elizabeth (Miami Beach, FL, Dec 2010)

At the playground in Maurice Gibb Park.

Happy Birthday Dave! (Darien, CT, Dec 1980)

Dave gets a pair of threes today. Here's when he earned his first one. That's his child-care friend Tara with him. I assume this is 3 y.o., not 4, because Elizabeth doesn't look 8+ months pregnant (also, Dave looks 3, silly smile and all). Dave's son turns 3 any day now!

Boston Childrens Museum (Boston, MA, May 2010)

Dave Gets That Degree (Boston, MA, May 2010)

Dave's graduation! Good video tomorrow.

Elizabeth at the Sony Ericsson (Key Biscayne, FL; Mar 2010)

Hat and bag by Whittall & Shon (Dick & Elliot brought it as a gift when they came to dinner once). In the house, the hat looked a little silly for a tennis tournament, but seemed obviously superior to all other hats once in context. Church, tennis, whatever.

Thanksgiving in Vermont (Burlington, VT, probably Nov 1985)

From the same visit as the snow scenes in yesterday's post. Once again, Paul using his surgical skills to carve the turkey.

There's that stupid pineapple turkey thing again. I'm sure that was my fault.

Obviously, it smelled really good.

Robert, the cocker spaniel.

The boys work with the help of some beer. The one on the right seems to have made a great discovery of some kind.

Scattering My Parents' Ashes (San Diego, CA, Dec 2009)

Double-click for high-res full-screen version (after the video starts). The hills in the background are in Baja California, Mexico.

Scattering Ashes from Josh Fisher on Vimeo.

The Manger (Bethlehem, West Bank, Nov 1999)

In 1999, Elizabeth and I went to Israel, where I had a conference. We toured a lot, especially in West Bank, where most of the historically interesting spots were. Here we're in the Church of the Nativity, in the traditional exact spot of the manger where Jesus was born.

Christmas at Jessica and Gordon's (NY, NY, Dec 1979)

We visited Jessica and Gordon in their apartment in Murray Hill.


My parents came with us.



Note the little upright piano (it was a Baldwin Spinet), before Gordon and Jessica gave it to us.





I guess this is when I scored the blue bathrobe I'm seen in elsewhere in this blog.