The whole reason for my trip was to celebrate my Grandpa turning 90.  We had three days of intense celebration during which time I learned that I’m distantly related to a mobster and a boxer.  I also learned how my grandparents met:  My grandmother went to party at a friends apartment and my grandpa was there and there were no more chairs left to sit in so my grandfather said she could sit on his lap.  They got married a few years later.  High school sweethearts!  More about the mobster later….

The 90th birthday cake