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2011 started early for Simson and Sonia, who greeted the New Year while on vacation in Japan. with Simson and Sonia in Japan Simson and Sonia spent Winter Break 2011-2j
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One of the department stores in Japan had this conceptual art project made from spraypainted monitors, keyboards and old magnetic media systems.
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2011 also marked three major real estate transactions for the Garfinkel-Rosenberg family. We sold our house in Belmont MA and bought a townhouse in Arlington VA. Separately Simson's father sold his house in Narberth, PA, so we got all of his old furnature that we could fit.
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We completed this terribly hard periodic table of the elements jigsaw puzzle. MIT here we come...
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Sonia sang in the Virginai District 12 (don't laugh!) honors choir. She's front row, second from left.
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Jared and Simson traveled to New York City, where there just happened to be an art show at MoMA that Jared was studying
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Jared and Draken, outside the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC
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Here's our new place, before we moved in. At the far end is what became the dining room.
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Simson took the boys to Colonial Williamsburg over spring break. It was so cool that just the adults came back over the summer.
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Including getting more chances to view the Colonial food in the Colonial kitchen.
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The boys enjoy the stocks.
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Sonia was coxswain for Washington Lee's women's "Novice 8." Here she is before a big meet.
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2012-05-07 10.07.36
Simson continued his work in digital forensics.
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We moved .75 miles away from our old place May 22. Here Sonia gets ready for school in the midst of chaos.
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Simson took the boys with him to his 25th MIT Reunion. In the Liberty Hotel, which used to be a Boston prison.
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The boys had fun in at the new MIT Media Lab.
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As part of their end-of-year project, the 5th grade had to create and perform John Cage-inspired "sound suits".
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After the boys' 5th grade promotion ceremony. Sonia left for camp immediately after this photo was taken.
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At Camp Tel Yehudah, Sonia's favorite place on earth!
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We continued our tour of the area art museums at the National Gallery. Here is Draken in front of a picture.
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Simson attended a conference at Snowbird. Such a great photo he doesn't even need to be in it.
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Waayyy up in the mountains, in the rain and fog, with no jacket. It was worth it.
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At Tel Yehudah, Sonia was the Red Team captain for Color Wars
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And when she became a counselor-in-training at Camp Sprout Lake (where the boys are campers), she was a leader for the Green Team.
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Boys being flag-bearers for the Red Team at Sprout Lake.
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It was great having all three children in the same place at the same time for nearly four weeks.
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Meanwhile, Simson and Beth did go back to Colonial Williamsburg. Here, in the Governor's Mansion.
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2012-09-21 18.14.30
Going back to school (Sonia in 11th grade, the boys in 6th) was an exhausting change.
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The children got to spend Thanksgiving with their cousins in Austin. Group activities included dress-up...
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…group movie watching...
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…and time on the trampoilne.
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Mother and her dressed up daughter. Sonia is going to a friend's sweet 16 party.
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The annual Latke-making marathon.
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What? You mean Jared doesn't love genuine jambalaya and okra, right on the Mississippi in New Orleans?
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2012-12-26 14.03.32
The Aquarium at New Orleans has not a single mention of the BP oil spill. Nor there is a mention of climate change or the impact of global warming on sea life. We were surprised, but we finally found out why.
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At Café du Monde, where yes, they did like the food.
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2012-12-26 14.47.47
Beignets!
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The whole family spent New Year's Eve in Alexandria, where we watched fireworks on the waterfront. Happy 2013!
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