Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Beautiful place - hot,
dry, sleepy, cowboys, no rain, no snow.......
I thought I would go
crazy there. Nice for vacation. Imposible for living
if you were born in
place like MOSCOW, RUSSIA. It took me 2 years
to get out of there
and still there are some great memories of Albuquerque.
Anyway, this is me 2 years ago....
Wow, that 1+ year in
Chicago was a blast. Chicago is number 2 now in my "Best Cities on the
Earth"
list (I still love
that crazy city of Moscow too god damn much). Those guys on the picture
are my work friends - Howdy Steve? Whasup Rene? I miss you guys...
After the rural Albuquerque Chicago was some fresh air to my lungs. Full
of life. I have 21 relatives in Chicago and I love them all. Rare situation.
So many friends in one year... The weather sucks - no doubt about it, but
screw the weather. I love you Windy City!
New York
Well, nothing is forever...
So Chicago is behind and I'm in New York Metro now. This photo is the first
taste of beer in Manhattan. What can I say about Big Apple? I don't know
yet. The beer was nice though...
(BTW, I hated the name "Alex" the whole first year I was here, but finaly I gave up and even got used to explaining everyone, that SASHA doesn't necessary mean female's name. There are some weird parts of this world, where those weird people call men SASHA, ALYOSHA, JENYA, etc. Even "BABUSHKA" and "DEDUSHKA" aren't bad words in those places... :) After all the whole mater of liking or disliking our names is just a game of recalling associated people.
I was born in Jewish family
in Moscow,Russia (lucky me, huh?) in 1967. Next day after my birth USSR
terminated diplomatic relationships with the State of Israel. Here
is a tip for those, curious of how much fun is to be Russian Jew nowdays:
Russia
and Jews are incompatible forever... Click
here
to see it for yourself .
HERE is another picture and if you never seen Russian car LADA it could be interesting for you...
HERE is my last look at the former Soviet Union.(Vilnius Lithuania). Without these people I wouldn't be able to make it out of there. Thank You: Teresa and Petro, Yadviga and Vladek, Yadviga and Vadim. You keep telling me that what you've done for me is nothing. Let me be a judge here... God bless you.
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