halloween houses

this house is on charles street in the west village.

and these houses are on 95th street, between third and lexington avenues on the upper east side.

a 59th wedding anniversary celebration

we celebrated my mom and dad's 59th wedding anniversary today at el charro's restaurant on charles street. my sister and brother-in-law found it years and years ago when they both went to wagner college on staten island. that's about 30 years, and since then we've had many family celebrations there. i had the mariscada in green sauce and m and g had paella a la valenciana. c had chicken fajitas and others had paella ajillo. k was off at the anime con at the jacob javitz center. i never did get to see her final costume.

walking along washington street to el charro's.

meeting up with a fun-loving uncle . .

and hanging out with a special cousin . .

the whole party talking and posing, with mr. watt in the spotlight that seems to follow him around.