Chairman Moe

Melissa's daughter and granddaughter Jaelyn

Argyle (Scott) Pictures

Dec 25, 2014

Picard and Cacti

Picard and Ed Asner

Steve Marron

Feb 7, 2018

This was yesterday morning in the middle of London. When I say "in the middle of London" I mean the exact center. I'm standing on a brass plaque marking the geographic center of the city from where all distances to and from the capital are measured. The gentleman over my shoulder is Admiral, Lord Nelson atop his column in Trafalgar Square.

Mike Alpern

Joann and Gary

Gary's Pizza Christmas gift for Elise

Elise, Christmas, 2017

D-Otto The Potato Dumpling Master

From D-Otto:

"The grinding is finished and the roast is in the oven.  We're in a brief window before the mixing/boiling stage has to begin.  Here's me with at the controls of the Shred-O-Mat (in glorious Harvest Gold), attired in the official dumpling uniform of the day -- blue jeans, sacrificial tee and no watch."

Chairman Moe (Chris)

Misty and Rowland

 

 Misty and her husband Rowland

Minnesota Constructors Gathering (2017)

Dec 3, 2017 Sunday

Seated, L to R:  C.C. Burnikel, Theresa Horan (Teedmn), Kathy Jaschke (LAT debut earlier this year)

Standing:  George Barany, Tariq Samad (Cryptics constructor), Stew Lelievr (been to the ACPT for about 20 years straight), Andrew Sand, Amy Bemis, Jay Kaskel, David Hanson (Rosebud), Marcia Brott, Christopher Adams, Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper

Picture from Tom Pepper, who also gave me the extra info on constructors. Thanks, Tom!

JD's Grandsons

Here is a sweet picture of JD's grandson Truman and Grady. Truman is 10. Grady is 8.

Lemonade's Grand Kids

Charlotte

Harper

Owen

Lemonade and Oo

Lemonade and Oo

Lemonade spent three weeks in Thailand with his wife Oo. Look at these two pictures. Lemonade said "It was good to be king"

Madame DeFarge & Abejo

  Madame DeFarge's License Plate

Story from Abejo (Nov 15, 2017):

To All: What an amazing experience I had about an hour ago. I was taking a pile of letters to the post office to mail and I walked by a restaurant on the way. A car was pulling into a stall at the restaurant. The license plate said MME DFRG. The driver was the last to get out, so I asked him what the license plate meant. He said a character from an old novel, Madame DeFarge. 

I stopped for a few moments and then decided to follow them into the restaurant. I had to know! I went up to their table (a man and two ladies) and asked if any of them worked the crossword each day and was on a crossword blog. One lady said that she did. I told her that I saw her every day on the blog because I was on the same one. She asked me my blog name and I said Abejo. She knew me at once. She is Madame DeFarge on the same blog. We had a nice talk for 10 minutes or so. They live many miles away, but were visiting their friend in Bartlett, where I live. I got her real name and she now has mine. Her husband took our picture with my cell phone. I will send it to CC. What a small world!

Picard

Picard, Brooklyn Bridge, 2009

 Tahoe, 2016

2017

Melissa's Granddaughter Jaelyn

Lemonade's Grandkids

 Harper, Owen, and Charlotte at the grocery store.