we just got to san antonio tonight after a long day. we are staying right behind the alamo in a high rise mariott residence inn that is actually right next to a very old synagogue that has been turned into a night club and there was a line of about 100 people outside waiting to get into the club when we walked by.

kinda strange to see this re-use of such an old jewish structure. the star of david was still above the door (it's actually part of the building).

it was a nice ride down and we got here, walked to the river and had dinner on the river walk. here's a shot i took of ruthie on the way back to the hotel.

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yup, this past weekend was my nephew dillon's bar mitzvah. he did a great job and really sounded great. this photo was from the thursday 6:45am service, which is the actual bar mitzvah itself. the rest of the weekend is really for the assembled crowd and the parties and food orgies.

we had a whole bunch of relatives and friends come in from all over the usa. this is called a simcha in our religion and this is pretty standard in this family.

it was a great weekend. i took lots of photos and may even get them up on the rooty jr. site soon.

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