For the first time in living memory, we all managed to gather in one place, and what a place!  a wonderful Jamaica Plain restaurant called Vee Vee, owned by our friends Dan and Kristen Valachovic.  Unfortunately, the event that finally motivated us to gather en masse was John’s going-away dinner.  Today was his last day (tiling to the end!), and Saturday he starts the drive back to San Diego, via Vermont, to honor his love of non-Euclidean geometry. Best wishes and happy travels to John, and we hope to lure him back to the fairer coast soon.