She revives her passion for African-American culture as she associates with other African-Americans for the first time since moving to Ghana.
She spoke of the values from the U.S. that she associated with as a child, the values of truth and justice, compassion and fairness.
She was not strictly religious, but she grew up in a time and place when, as she said, "like associated with like".
Betty has curled her lip upwards to sniff the air, to find out if the father and son have any food for her, as she probably associates children with having food about their persons.
A native of Taiwan who attended graduate school at Stanford University, Yao had worked for years in the San Francisco Bay Area as a director, where she was associated with American Conservatory Theater.
She and her father work at law firms in Washington, she as an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and he as a partner in Bingham McCutchen.
Mr. and Mrs. Gantcher work for CIBC World Markets in New York, the securities brokerage subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, she as an associate stock trader and he as a stock salesman.
The bride, 37, and the bridegroom, 36, both work in Manhattan for ABC News, she as an associate producer for "20/20" and he as a producer for "World News With Diane Sawyer".
On the "Peggy Lee Songbook," Ms. Midler plays it for both, as she revisits 10 songs associated with that great Benny Goodman vocalist turned legendary nightclub singer.
