A Celebration of Sorts

My good friend Sam, sitting in the middle of the photograph, is my mentor in astronomy, and now lives in Florida.  He does miss Long Island and every once in a while he comes up here.  This weekend he came for a "Honeymooners" conference which was up the Hudson River, and he went with his friend Joe, seated at the right.  So Joe decided to surprise Sam with a luncheon at a restaurant and asked some of Sam's good friends if they wanted to come surprise him, which is what we did.  It was wonderful to see and talk with Sam and everyone else.  So I had to take a photo because this is a historic moment!