sarah in nyc

I recently signed up for 23 and Me. This week a new to me cousin was in touch and I shared photos. Both the conversation with my cousin and the process of sorting through old photos got me sentimental so a visit to the summer time Way-Back machine is in order. These are the oldest photos I have from my family.  This is my great Grandfather Zalman Paysach. We aren't sure of his last name but we do sing some of his niggunim.. Below are my grandmother's parents, Brana and Chaim. They both came from fancy families. you can see it in their regal bearing.  My oldest sister wearing pants with a belt and pockets. She looks like she is playing Katherine Hepburn as a child. This photo was taken on Passover of 1960. My sisters are wearing winter jackets and wool hats. It must have been warm because they are wearing capris and no gloves. My hardy cousins are not wearing coats. Every one in this photo is now a grandparent. The two following photos...

Yesterday my sister went back to the house we grew up in. While we were cleaning out my mother's apartment my sister had found a batch of envelopes my parents had printed with our return address. She also found the embosser with our return address. The embosser was a heavy metal contraption that had a satisfying feel in the hand as you pressed our return address onto the back flap of an envelope. My mother gave me that job back in the day when my parents sent out lots of new year cards. Amazon.com Widgets When we found the envelopes and the embosser my sister thought that she would bring them to  the people who currently live in the house. Yesterday my sister completed that mission.  Last night my sister called me with a description of all of the ways that our old house was changed and improved.  The family who lives there now is lovely and I thought I would send them some photos of us and the house...and I pulled down my box of 1960's photos and decided to shar...