Class Notes Maximus, has become both a chess and soccer champion (from NYC to Tokyo!), and I am creating (designing and contracting for my company) three dream projects at the moment: 6w9, a gut renovation of an ultra-modern, minimalist townhouse; Ideal Food & Drink, a green locavore Belgian-influenced beer garden (both on lower Fifth Ave.); and finally, the GlassRock 0. house, a prototype (hopefully, the first of many) for an ultra-modern “passive house” being built this spring in Coldspring, NY. Life is good and extremely busy!” Charles Bender responds with just the facts, “My daughter, Isabelle, turned 6, son is 4.5.” No word on his son’s name, but I always love to celebrate half-birthdays! Susan Lowen Mainiatis’s birthday is my half-birthday, so I always remember to give her a call. I know she is busy, having gotten very involved in the parent organization at Sidwell Friends. I was in D.C. last spring and went with her to pick up her daughter. She pointed out where the secret service waits for Sasha; no sign of Bo. I was happy to run into a new book by Nick Bruel. His “Bad Kitty” series is a big hit with my nieces, we are all excited about Bad Kitty Gets a Bath . Nick writes: “On January 6th, I was part of a four-person-panel of writers at Friends who spoke with seniors about the glamorous lifestyle of making a living as a writer. I had a great time, and MAN-OH-MAN has that school changed since back in the day. On a personal note, my wife Carina and I have a magnificent two-year-old daughter named Isabel now.” As for more artists in the class, I was sorry to miss Glenna Allee’s art opening “Refractions,” in the trendy Nopa area of San Francisco. If you want to see some more beautiful art, check out Jennifer Geldard’s glass beads at www. glassgirl.com. Thanks for the updates everyone, still trying to squeeze some news out of all of you. I recently “friended” Colin Eversley in Baltimore, and Emily Issacs Samuels and Jennifer Berman in NYC. I would love to get the whole class there online. I know some of you are not into Facebook but it would be great to get everyone together. Our 30th (gulp) reunion is not that far away! All the best, Martha.”
Rebecca Moore ’84 with Ann Sullivan, a former Friends English teacher, college counselor, and development director. Today, Ann is head of School of the Holy Child in Rye, NY. The two recently met up at a school conference in NYC, where Ann was one of the presenters.
1984 Suzanne Gottlieb Calleja (CS)
Class of 1984 classmates Dan Blum, left, and Lucas Miller in the VIP lounge at Greenwich Treehouse in January.
Alexandra Levinsohn (CS)
Rebecca Moore (CS)
Rebecca Moore writes: “Lucas Miller and Jen Sale’s daughter, Alice Quisenberry, was born on December 17, 2009.”
1985 Linda Baer (CS, RC)
Philip Fisher (CA*)
Rendall Howell (RC)
Anne Kner (CS, RC)
Julie Raggio (RC)
Class of 1984 mini-reunion in January. From left: Lucas Miller, Rebecca Moore, Alex Levinsohn and Matt Samton.
1986 Schuyler Allen-Kalb (CS)
1987 Ellen Deutsch Diamond (CS)
Rachel Shapiro Axinn (CA)
Robin Weiswasser Markus (CS)
Nathaniel Caldwell (CS)
Leslie Werthamer Rottenberg (CS)
Lida Moore Musso (CA)
In October, Jessica “Tiffany” Queller gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Sophia Maeve.
Compiled by Robin Weiswasser Markus: Rosie McLaughlin writes: “After many years on the west coast and a few in Mexico, I’ve come back to my ancestral home. I’m about to start my second semester of a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at SUNY New Paltz and I live in beautiful High Falls, New York.” Doug Budin
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