Ariel Joy Fybush

Born September 15, 2003

(At left: Ari's official 12-month portrait, courtesy of Expressions in Photography)

 

 

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February 27, 2005

Now is the winter of our discontent...

...If you're Ari's grandparents or great-grandparents, who have been anxiously awaiting new pictures! We have no excuse. We haven't managed our times well enough. We do agree now that we should jump forward to more current pictures. But we also have some oldies but goodies that we want to share. So we'll post the most recent pictures we have, but we'll mix in some of last year's. Consider it "The Best of Ari."

Ari and her family visited Manhattan last month. I've already lost track of how many Big Apple trips this makes for Ari. I think three, but that's only if you don't count the metropolitan area...she's been to Westchester and Rockland counties way more than that. Here, Ari rides the subway with Nanny.

Catching up with our good friend Jeremy, due to be a dad in his own right this summer!

Ari got to meet yet another Erman cousin...Michael, the youngest in Lisa's generation, who took time from his very busy schedule at Reuters to have lunch with us at Ben's Kosher Deli.

Ari's radio friends Famous Amos and Anita Bonita also joined us for lunch. Anita actually picked the restaurant, which was a pretty good stand-in for the now-defunct Second Avenue Deli...but Second Avenue, we will never forget you! (boo-hoo)

Ari and Nanny stroll through Midtown Manhattan, just past Times Square.

Ari meets the alien ambassador of Mars 2112.

 

Even though the pictures are quite old now, the tease on the last page said "Red Sox Nation," so we're going to deliver!
So scroll down for Ari's visit to Boston after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series!

Nanny stopped at the Hello Deli (a great place for lunch, especially because they're really inexpensive for Manhattan!) around the corner from the Ed Sullivan Theater, to meet deli owner and Late Show with David Letterman regular Rupert Jee.
   

Ari was decked out in her best Red Sox garb for Game 4, which we watched at the home of WXXI personnel and fellow Sox fans Peter Iglinski and Julia Figueras.

Ari admires the Boston Globe's enthralling headline at cousins Alan and Suzanne's house.

 Ari and her daddy mill around Fenway Park the day before the victory parade, along with thousands of other fans.

 Ari really enjoyed the parade the next morning, even though it meant getting up at 5:30 a.m. to head into Boston to secure spectator space, and Ari barely slept the night before!

 

 

Ari dressed for the parade in her Red Sox wind suit. Members of the Nation thought she was so cool that they helped her onto the subway and cleared space for her by the police barricades! 

 The parade group: Ari, Mommy, Daddy and cousin Elizabeth.
 

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