…and mazel tov to their parents Lisa and Bart, too! What a wonderful day this was for all of us who shared in their “simcha”. The kids (who are twins) were superbly prepared, and the “ruach” of the day was infectious. Their family roots go very deep into our community, and it was a rare treat that there were four generations in attendance, including all four grandparents, and even a great-grandma!
Ashley and her family and friends celebrated her big “simcha” this weekend with a wonderful service at Peninsula Temple Beth El and a truly non-traditional bat mitzvah party at the Supper Club in San Francisco. I’ve known her family for a while now, as her older sister and my son were “an item” for a while in middle school. They’re a fun bunch and I really enjoyed myself.
Jonathan and his family and friends gathered to celebrate his bar mitzvah this weekend. He was well-practiced, and it was a beautiful day at Temple Beth Am in Los Altos and evening at the Stanford Faculty Club.
My dear friend Ken Wornick invited me along with him to document some of his work today. Ken is a devoted and talented winemaker, and his La Honda Winery in Redwood City is totally a diamond in the rough. He’s also the proprietor of Post & Trellis residential vineyards, and has built some beautiful vineyards all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ken’s objective is to decorate the walls of La Honda with some beautiful, large prints of some of their vineyards. So we headed of very early this morning with just enough gear to be able to shoot out in the fields. It was a terrific day, capped off by an amazing lunch at the awesome Village Pub in Woodside.
Ken promised he’d write wrote about our day in his blog, so check him out when you have a chance!
Here are a few photographic highlights of our day:
Halie is celebrating her bat mitzvah in a few weeks, and she and her mom stopped by my studio for a portrait today. She has the most wonderful freckles and her personality is a perfect match for her brilliant pink sneakers.
I can’t wait to celebrate with her and her family and friends.
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