While we were in New Zealand, my sister shared this photo of herself with Joe Canelos. He is the son of my cousin Alex (son of my mother’s brother). They met by chance at the Hudson Valley Tango Festival.  Joe has been taking Latin dancing classes with my mother’s former tango instructors and somehow Alissa made the connection.

It turns out that Joe is a budding professional furniture maker. Between my brother, Joe, and I, that makes three woodworkers on the branches of the Canelos family tree. Joe’s website can be found here.