Monday, November 19, 2012

Loren's Graduation, Part 1: Pre-Graduation Festivities

After the Senior Picnic, graduation activities got started in earnest.  But first, some pictures of Sophie's awesome face painting from Belmont Town Day.  We stumbled upon the festivities after helping some dear friends move and decided to stay for a ride or two.  This was the weekend before Commencement Week.



Loren attended my Senior Soiree, so I agreed to be his date to his Senior Gala.  I think I actually wore the same outfit to both parties.  Guess I need to go shopping.  It was fun to have a night out with Loren, but he didn't know very many people in his graduating class (long story) so we mostly hung out by ourselves, ate the yummy food and watched as the music got louder, the tent got darker and the students got drunker... okay, more drunk.

Check out his Harvard tie

Warming up for the dance floor

If I remember correctly, Loren's mom got into town first and was the only one who came to the family dinner with us.  It was at the Harvard hockey rink and was crowded, as in, fight-to-the-death-over-getting-a-seat-at-the-tables crowded.  But again, the food was good and we had a fun time, even while we walked back to the car in the rain.


Class Day was next, which is the day set aside for the irreverent activities of the graduating class.  First there was a lunch, where we got commemorative Harvard lunch bags, which Loren still refuses to flaunt at work.


Inside the Yard

Loren and the one and only Zags

By this point my parents had made it to Beantown

After lunch was the Class Day program, where Andy Samberg was the featured speaker.  As you can imagine, he was a bit raucous and inappropriate.


Lastly, there was a reception at Leverett House, which is where Loren would have lived if he didn't have a wife and child in tow.  Too bad, Lev.  You missed out on our company!



So many hors d'oeuvres!


Leverett is across the street from the river.  It was hard to get a good picture with the sun in our eyes!

Loren deserved all the celebrations and events that came his way!  Next up, the actual day of Commencement.  It can be summed up in one word:  pomp.

1 comment:

  1. Harvard lunch bags FTW! (I think mine is buried in some drawer or bin in our closet... and I'm still not sure if it's from my class day lunch or from one of my years doing Dorm Crew, working on the facilities squad during commencement week...)

    And let's be honest, just generally speaking, it's a bit awkward to attend any college dance as a married couple... :P We mercifully missed out on the Harvard senior soiree because I graduated midyear and we didn't come back up for commencement festivities until just before the family dinner. We did enjoy Scott's senior ball -- but mostly because parents were invited, so we boogied with his parents all night long, and students kept a lid on the dirty dancing. It was also in Union Station, which was pretty sweet.

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