Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Briana's Bat Mitzvah in 4 minutes - with a little jellyfish break. I'm reminded how beautiful my friend Melissa is inside and out, what a great job she did pulling this together, how much their family loves each other - and what a cool chick Briana is.
Especially compared to Melissa and me at that age! Melissa and I went to each others' Bat Mitzvahs - I remember riding up and down on the elevator at the Top of the 7s hotel in Clayton for entertainment during it - of course during Briana's nobody dared leave lest we miss the awesome DJ for even a minute. And I found a photo of Melissa with my other friends at my Bat Mitzvah the other day - hmmm you know what, I think we were "late bloomers." Fortunately I would rather be an interesting 43-year-old than an interesting 13-year-old cuz that's what I got.
Looking at this makes me excited for Sarah's. Even though I'm scared out of my wits. And I am old enough to have a Bat Mitzvah age daughter. Well in 2 years anyway. And it's going to be hard to top the jellyfish.
Music: Don't Stop Believing by Journey (a Briana favorite)
6 comments:
Wow! That bat mitzvah DID look like fun! Thanks for giving us another way to re-live the memories! Great pictures and video. BTW...Bri wants to know...what's with the jelly fish?
Thanks so much for being part of the event. We were excited that so many people could be with us, but in particular, we were excited that you and your family could join us! Yes, I agree, there's a HUGE delta between us as 13 year olds...and my daughter as a 13 year old!
Mel
The jellyfish were filmed at the New England Aquarium the day before Briana's Bat Mitzvah. I have no explanation other than... they are mesmerizing...
This looks as expensive to put on as a wedding reception. Too bad you're not from Arkansa where you could kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
HAH! Well, yes, it is like a wedding reception. I am not sure they pull off many Bat Mitzvahs in Arkansas... just not the hotbed of Judaism I don't think. Though there could be pockets.
Since I haven't planned a wedding, I don't know how much one costs to put on...my guess is it's more expensive than the bat mitzvah...and believe it or not, we were pretty conservative in what we did!
Shel, Briana now wants to interject "jellyfish" in random places...I believe she put a picture of a jellyfish on the bottom of her science paper. She anticipated her teacher being rather perplexed and asking about it, and basically responding..."why not"? You've started something, Shel. My guess is "jellyfish" will become an inside joke among many at Needham middle school! ;)
Mel
I'm telling you - they defy explanation and yet... they are so mesmerizing... also every time that part of the film comes on, Becca cocks her head to one side, not on purpose - it's like they are affecting her nervous system or something. They are just random.
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