This remnant will be replaced soon. The FAQ is back, with a new design! What was the "net gift" to Eliza? ... and who's Eliza? On December 15, 199?, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Rosemary McIntosh (past FAQ maintainer) delivered the net.gift to Sue and Eliza Anastasio (that is, Trey's wife and eldest daughter). According to Rosemary, "Eliza is a neat kid -- full of character at only 4 months. Sue was thrilled with the gift... she kept saying she was speechless." "Shelly arranged for us to meet with Sue and Eliza (thanks Shelly!) in the afternoon. We brought the box, which was painted by me and some Phish-loving fourth graders at my school. Inside of the box were: a sloth, a possum (with a baby possum), a stuffed lizard, a crab, 2 plastic lizards, the Horse, a Llama, McGrupp the dog, and a Mockingbird. Held in the Mockingbird's talons was a booklet containing greetings from people who contributed toward the gift. All of the animals but the 2 plastic lizards were puppets! Each animal had a ribbon around its neck, and a tag with the animal's name on one side and "I Belong to Eliza" on the other side. Sue absolutely loved it. She was so excited to show it to Trey! And during the show we saw Trey's dad, and he mentioned how much he liked it too." Each thumbnail image is a link to a full-size photo. The Famous Mockingbird Or, as "Catphish" called it, the Mock Mockingbird. (It looks more like a crow.) In its talongs, it holds the "Eliza Friendly Book" -- all of the greetings from the Phish.Netters who were involved in this gift. McGrupp Oh! Possum This cool possum has a baby possum velcroed to its back. The Horse Not-so-overburdened. Llama Taboot Taboot! Manteca Crab in my Shoemouth. This gift courtesy of Marcie. The Sloth They call him The Sloth. Lizard (cuddly) I come from the land of lizards! More Lizards These sturdy lizards are for when Eliza is a little older The Gift Box Hand painted by Rosemary and some Phish-loving fourth graders. Eliza Trey and Sue wanted the phish.net to see Eliza with her gifts! This Welcome-to-the-World Gift for Trey and Sue Anastasio's baby Eliza was made possible by Tim Murphy, Andy Bensky, Adam Crossland, Andrew Hitz, Allan Keeton, Alek Grabinski, Barton Fiske, Betty Shein, matt urban, andy hall, Arris, Ceri Alun Morgan, Charlie Dirksen, Chuck, Clancy Childs, chris merenda, Tim Hagestadan Samos, Stacy and David, David Schwarm, Eric Shreiber, Erik Janus, DeIvan Troy, David W. Killilea, Gene Hwang, Gary Herman, Jon Gilbert, Daniel Quaroni, Kim Hannula, Jan Baxter, Ellis Godard, jim mcnamee, Joel Cummins, Peter Johnson, Laurie B, Larry Lee (and Claire), Shana Duffine, Lee Silverman, Jeff Lisciandrello, Matt Dallman, Michael G. Corr, Dave and Tiffany, Michael Magyar, Mike Lerman, Gideon, Neal Picker, Scot Hillman, Pete Herr, Mikey Perrott, Carolyn J Bose, Chris Hart, Phil Byers, Randy Ward, MR Patrick J. Murray, Rudy M., Scott Holcomb, Steve Inde, Brigit and Marty, Rosemary & John, seraphin, Jessie Steimer, Andy B. Ball, James Meyer, Marcie Durgel, Tim Frasier, stephen brooks, Tim Stritmater, Kurt, and Zachary Scheiner. Thanks came from Sue and Eliza to everyone who was involved. Special thanks to Kim for gathering the contributions, and to Allan for carefully picking out all of the great animals, and to Shelly for arranging for the gift to be hand delivered. It was a complete success! "When you get inside the music, like musicians do, gravity disappears."" -- Carlos Santana, in All Access" This page last updated January 26, 2007. All contents © 1992-2007 Ellis Godard. All rights reserved.