Day full of errands.. just settling into my vacation ..
had a great dinner with friends Mat and Matty.. discussing chocolate, AI ,. Yoga , Miami and Pittsburgh.
I just pulled a 1/4 inch piece of metal out of my left middle finger. I’m deep in the middle of a metal working project and didn’t realize that I’dc skewered .. The nice thing about splinters is that they come out..
note much more to report on the day
nite all, nite sam
-me
First a shout out to our nephew Dr. Vincent Mariano.. who graduated from medical school today.. Congratulations Vincent.. We’re all really. really proud of you !
Just back from a half day trip up to Montreal to attend our good friend Matt T’s senior show for the Desin Program at Dawsons University.. and a chance to see the Chagall show at the Montreal Museam. Aroudn 1 we met Deb, Hannah, and Ian and jumped in Hannah’s car for the hour an a half ride up to Montreal. We parked the car at Matt’s and went out on foot in the very warm and beautiful day
the show was absolutely amazing.. it tracekd Chagall’s entire life and work.. i think it’s the best single artist show I’ve ever seen. I’ve always loved Chagall’s work.. and love it more now that I’ve seen it all together. I counted 36 pictures of goats in the paintings cermaics. costumes, music, glass and movies.. ..
sadly.. no pictures were allowed at the show.. but I had to grab this one.. my favorite.. Reminds me of Eugene’s Start Wearing Purple
from the museum.. out to St Ambroise for beer in the 80 degree heat . 
perfect time and place to try on everyones sunglasses 
from there to Dawsons to see Matt and his classmates Industrial Design Show.. It was really impressive. We are really poud of Matt.. he’s got an amazing eye for design
here are soem of his designs from the year
and he lists ‘Friends of Sam ‘ in his CV !
Matt and his GF Inez
\\Matt and his dad Barry
then alate dinner at Summac on Notre Dam.. So tasty !
then a quick drive home (at least for me.. I slept !)
great day./ congrats again to all the new grads !
nite all, nite sam
-me
I used this vacation day to go to the dentist to have a cap reinstalled. I broke a tooth a couple of years ago while eating a really delicious dried apricot in Istanbul. I had a crown made that had all three kids initials on it. I figured it was a good workaround for the jewish taboo around tattoos..
THe crown eventually needed to get replaced … so I had it taken out.. today it was replaced with a new crown.. witht he same 3 lleeters. MSG for Max, Sam and Gabe. Here it is before installation
Here’s Emmy getting it all glued in.. 
and heres the result
i feel better having those letters in my mouth again..
ok. time for bed..
nite all, nite sam
-me
First full day on vacation.. and still sort of in work mode.. woke up with work dreams.. thought about work.. but lessening through evening. DIdn’t really do much today.. which was just what I needed. I did start cleanign my shop.. which really needs it !
. Gabe and I had planned to go camping tonight.. but it rained through most of the day.. so we took the easy way out and met for Sushi tonight instead. We took the newly minted grads Sean and Henry out with us.. It was really fun … and tasty !
they were cleaning their apartment in prep for moving out..
uhhhh.. what to say here.. ?
ewwwwwwwwww !
ok. super sleepy.. more tomorrow
nite all. nite sam
-me