Good Ol' Charlie Zarzour

Charlie's actual city job was code enforcement officer, driving around town checking for code violations and making sure that people had pulled the required permits. He hobbled around on crutches but he didn't let that slow him down. He also was the guy who set up the table, the coffee pot, and the cake or cookies for the break during city council meetings or at Miss North Miami Pageant rehersals.

When my daughter Elena was little she'd "help" Charlie put out the plates, forks, napkins, etc. and then help him clean up afterwards. Her reward was mostly having a knee to sit on and some interesting stories to listen to, and he was always "Charlie, not "Mr. Zarzor".

Elena Kaplan, Dieting At Seven Months?

She was big for a girl baby at birth, weighing in 7 pounds 6 ounces, but it appeared like it was all head. She had a big head and was skinny as a rail. She's still skinny as a rail and has a fairly large head. Actually, she and I both have big heads and we're both skinny, and we're similar in other ways as well.

Stephanie, her mom, used to like to take this little table out in the yard for a "picnic" and Elena loved it. She liked to look around, see the squirrels and watch the birds, but in truth she'd rather suck on her pacifier than actually eat real food. Why waste time eating when there are so many other things to see and do?

I shot this in November, 1971 with a Pentacon-Six and an 80mm f/2.8 Biometer lens.