Family Ties

January 15, 2012

After visiting Cambridge I returned to London, where I spent the night at the home of my cousins Susie and Andy. They are always incredibly warm and gracious, and I wish I could see them more often! The top photo shows their 22 year old son Ben, who is modeling one of Vitamin Thick's (Elliott's company) tee shirts. The bottom photo shows Susie with her mum Chris. I had always thought that Susie resembled "our" (her father's) side of the family, but in this photo, she looks exactly like a younger version of Chris. In the middle photo I am with Sascha, my mother and uncle's first cousin, who was a true "beatnik" in the 1950s and always is/was a character! It was so wonderful to see everyone and to end the trip with a lovely family dinner.