Chicago

Lyakhovetskiy, Lyakovetsky and Lakowsky met for a get-together weekend in Chicago.

We took a river tour of this surprisingly good looking and clean city. Then we settled for a long lunch at Trump Plaza, overlooking Chicago river and lake Michigan. There we performed a field study on what's better: Scotch or Bourbon. The results were inconclusive. We'll have to repeat it again.

At night, Dad took kids to the movies (first time, since early eighties, if ever). We saw Gravity. We didn't like it.

.... Pictures will be here soon....

Eugene Onegin

"I was re-reading Moby Dick the other day ...it's about this whale..." 
                                                                                  (Wonderful Town)

Irene with the kids went to see Eugene Onegin at the Mets. Not to fall behind, I got a recording from iTunes, which led to re-reading of the book.

The book is pure genius. How about this, for example:

XXXIII

...Когда благому просвещенью

Отдвинем более границ,

Современем (по расчисленью

Философических таблиц,

Лет чрез пятьсот) дороги, верно,

У нас изменятся безмерно:

Шоссе Россию здесь и тут,

Соединив, пересекут.

Мосты чугунные чрез воды

Шагнут широкою дугой,

Раздвинем горы, под водой

Пророем дерзостные своды,

И заведет крещеный мир

На каждой станции трактир...

Mind you, it's 1826.

BTW, did you know that the book had no Prince Gremin character. It was written by Tchaikovsky.