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The long overdue selection of our photos of the most enjoyable 12 days in the Northern Italy - Lake Como, Bergamo, Milan. Just ignore our own faces, figures, outfits. Instead, simply look at the beauty, charm, poetry or, sometimes, surprises of the scenery around us, and you may see why Italy remains our favorite vacation destination, why we love her so much. Go ahead, click here to start...

This is a great park for sure. Not totally overwhelming, just right, specially for Saul's age. And, the best thing - everything is included in your entry ticket. And Saul did try everything, well, almost...

Asya too, at one point got very excited and seeing that Saul needed a bit of encouragement, she was there for him, all the way up to the net....

Just a few pictures from summer 2009, a bit of everything, beginning from our Minneapolis visit back in May, then to MIchigan dunes, to our 'home beach' at Chicago Navy Pier, to the family July 23 reunion, etc. Take a look...

It is rather sad when the youngest child who can sing ‘Ma Nishtanah’, the time-honored song of asking in Hebrew the traditional four questions at a Passover Seder, is a college sophomore. Yet, Borya, our 20 years old great nephew, had to do just that last year. To be sure, he did very well considering he sees Hebrew just once a year. But, he has a baritone, bordering on a bass, and ‘Ma Nishtanah’ is simply not meant to be performed in such a low pitch voice!

Saul, on the other hand, has a perfect voice for ‘Ma Nishtanah’.

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Saul’s favorite color has been “red” for quite a while by now, with “yellow” and “green” competing for the 2nd and 3rd places, but hopelessly far behind the “red”. His favorite food, until recently, was simply “lunch”, which, I have to admit, was a bit vague. Lately, however, he began to offer more specifics when answering inquiries on the subject, replying for instance, “kasha”.

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Just a small sample of pottery art pieces Asya created in 2004-2005. Lovely, exciting, unordinary! You have to see it...

Most pictures in this set are taken within 15 minutes walk from where we live in Chicago. Take a tour...

If you have not seen us for a while, you will be surprised that we have not changed at all. Well, may be changed a little. The pictures were made at Passover 2008 weekend, our 1st Seder in Chicago. Also, for 4 of us (guess who), this was our 30th Seder since we left Russia. Click here to take a look...