Shadow Shot Sunday - Stephen's 40th Back in Time...

 

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back, and my subject is the 40th birthday party for my nephew Stephen. theme was the the 1980s. You'd never guess his age, being as youthful as anyone I know - and a great guy! And even more a brave soul, as he loves the NHL Montreal Canadiens while living in Boston where the local Bruins fans hate Les Habitants more than any other hockey team (he also loves the NY Yankees, a real faux pas in the heart of Red Sox Nation)...Anyway, the 1980s styles, music and  ambience at the restaurant were perfect for this decade I remember: The generally reserved me wore a Pac Man Ghost shirt, there was also Def Leppard, Cabbage Patch dolls, Run DMC, a Back to the Future/Pac Man/Rubik's Cube cake and the 1980s Weird Al. As yes, I remember it all :)

Wordless Wednesday - The 1980's Birthday Party

We attended a real fun event on Saturday, a 40th birthday party - with a 1980s theme. A celebration of Boston resident and nephew Stephen's big 4-0...I still think of him as a kid :) See WW

Shadow Shot Sunday - Siblings celebrate

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is a meme that compels us to look for interesting light designs that allow for shadows of varying intensity. Perhaps at a combined sibling birthday party - brother and sister have birthdays that are close enough to share the celebration that included many pizzas and ice-cream cake. Happy Birthday kids!

Wordless Wednesday - New baby nephew

A once young nephew is having a birthday today. 32 years a blink of any eye - Happy Birthday Bobby! See WW and WW

Ruby Tuesday Too - Photo Booth

Ruby Tuesday Too returns two days after a surprise 60th birthday party for my big sister Michele (tiara), with fun, food, several generations and a deejay. It was a fabulous time for all...at the venue, there was even a digital photo booth for fun. Behind the curtain, we posed for the camera with the props provided for photo fun. Such as my wearing of the Elton John/Captain Fantastic yellow glasses, gaudy checkerboard hats and plastic tiaras. I don't miss what passed for style in the 1970s..As for the ruby, the jester hat sitting upon the lovely Patti works very well. Happy birthday Michele!

Whimsical Windows - Happy Birthday big sis...

1956, Brigantine NJ

1968, East Hartford CT

1983

I often return to the past for Toby's fun meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors. Today I must though, for the firstborn and big sister Michele had a surprise 60th birthday party for her yesterday. Planned for and executed by her two fabulous kids with lots of food, fun and music.

We celebrate here as she is seen with in doors and windows over the years. She is amazing, and birthdays are to be celebrated! Although the celebration was yesterday as she is on a business trip today to the frozen tundra (-6°F /-21°C) of Minnesota...Happy birthday!

Shadow Shot Sunday - More Happy Birthday

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 returns this week the day before the birthday of my two favorite ladies, Patti and Allegra. That the daughter and mom celebrate their birth on the same day is amazing, the firstborn had a due date of December 22 but chose to wait a week for Patti's birthday. As I see it :)

The photos may have been posted before. However, I like them, especially the mom and newborn just from the hospital on 1 January 1989, and the Paris school trip. Happy Birthday ladies, and a happy two years for SSS2!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Birthday 23

First week, 1990

University of Hartford, 2009

9th Birthday, 1999

UofH Grad, December 2012

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back as Cameron celebrates a birthday today - 23 years have occurred since this day in 1990 at 8:52 AM, and our son was born. In fact, the day before was Thanksgiving Day and we were and are thankful for the gift...even though it is his birthday, no celebration today - since he received a nice job offer as a software developer in New York City, he is meeting with apartment brokers in Brooklyn to secure a place to live...As parents, we are quite happy. So a pictorial retrospective is in order. Once a helpless babe, he has grown up with a sense of values, honesty and knowledge. So we celebrate not just a birthday,  but also his continued success...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Smokehouse celebration

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back and we celebrated a birthday (mine - 58 should you ask :) yesterday. Instead of a restaurant, I requested (and received) a family meal from a classic low-and-slow BBQ restaurant, the fun, delicious and smoke-house traditional Smoke&Bones in nearby Derby. 

What you see is what we had: ribs, brisket, chicken, 3 large sides, biscuits, Carolina mustard/vinegar and Kansas City BBQ sauces. The food was great with an unexpected side dish of shadows. As good as the food was, the conversation and family time together the best gift...and yes, there are leftovers - supper promptly at 6PM!

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Vintage b-day

Ruby Tuesday 2 today goes back to a child's birthday party in 1983, the guess based on the growth stage of the nieces and nephews celebrating the day. 

Some ruby is there, fulfilling the basic red required...All the kids then are parents now - great kids back then. Outstanding grown-ups now...Follow the trail of more rubies at RT2! 

Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday big sister...

Wordless Wednesday arrives on 20 February...Happy Birthday to firstborn and big sister Michele...See Tina's WW!

Brigantine, New Jersey

1243 Collette Place, St Paul, Minnesota

Omaha, Nebraska

203-11 42nd Avenue Bayside Queens, New York City

Tina's WW - Birthday 1983

A fourth birthday party was held awhile back with cake, candles and Smurfs party hats on all. Still charming...See Tina's WW

Shadow Shot Sunday - Birthday girls...

Shadow Shot Sunday arrives on the quite special day of 29 December - the birthday of my two favorite ladies, Patti and daughter Allegra. It appears that the baby chose to be exactly one week later than the due date of 22 December 1988 - which made her, of course, the ultimate birthday present. The glow of the happy birthday girls might overpower many a shadow - smiles usually do that...happy birthday!

Ruby Tuesday - Party dress

A cousin's birthday party guests Julie, Christina and Amy, 1983

Ruby Tuesday 2 returns this week as do I. Plenty of old prints have been found and scanned, and over the decades there have been plenty of reds from decades past. This is from 1983 and are birthday partiers ready for cake and fun. With one dress and a few balloons to meet the ruby requirement (the Smurf birthday hats explain the era). Too cute, kids then some with kids now - where did the time go?

Tina's WW - Two year old tots

The kids were two years of once, and birthday parties were held to celebrate with cake, presents and fun...see Tina's WW!