Silver in Marriage Olympics

Medals were presented to the happy couple by their children.
Marseillaise was heard playing in the background.

Digital Shorts

Выходной

(featuring Prof. Ryskin)

Утро

Recital

Father's Day

For Father's Day, besides this fabulous card, I got a fully cleaned and re-decorated basement, equipment with homemade workbench.

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NYU Cycling Team

NYU Cycling Team - cartoon by Leon's teammate. Leon is on the far right.

See NYU Cycling Team Instagram page for more pictures.

Beauty and the Beast

Max played Beauty's mad-inventor father Maurice in SLS production of Beauty and the Beast

Happy Birthday Leon

Mogul

Наш парень из Сочи

Maximus

The handiwork of winter storm Maximus

Maximus is cleaning up after the namesake storm

Night Skiing

Night Skiing at Park City, UT
(stolen from Leon's Instagram)

Skiing in Park City, UT

Alik, Daniel and Leon are at 2-day skiing trip in Park City.

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At 12,000 feet - Film by Alik

Happy New Year

The traditional January 1st annual outing on the skate rink in Westport...

... followed by Master Art Class on "... how to draw deda..."

... and the lesson continued a couple of days later by sculpting an anatomically correct and rather excited snowman

More pictures from the outing are available here

Today we lost A.F. Popov. The most devoted, if not the only, fan and reader of this blog. He will be forever in our thoughts.

... у нас было такое "мужское" общение - мы никогда лично не разговарили, очень редко обменивались письмами. Но я знал, что он там есть, что он про нас знает и думает и мне было от этого хорошо. Надеюсь, что наши редкие сообщения тоже доставляли ему радость...

Happy Birthday, Irene

Irene is in Paris

Irene went to a short trip to Paris, where she met Olya and her beaux S.

... The pictures are coming...

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.

Leon's crossing the line in a race (second place)

Martha's Vineyard

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We spent the last week of August in "our" house on Martha's Vineyard. This year, it was quite cold, rainy and windy. No crabs.

The highlight of the week was our childhood friend Yulia with her daughter, on tour of the U.S., visiting us on the island. That, and Max's getting a picture with 30 Rock start Jack McBrayer.

Players

Happy 13th birthday Max!

Cousins

Stranger

Andra, Rachel and Dana flew in for a quick visit.
And then we had this stranger show up unannounced. Guess who this is?

Battlescars

Max in E.R.

Max, attempted a trick on his bike, but (he was wearing flip-flops) slipped and fell. His chin needed 11 stitches. He had the stitches removed on the day of his birthday. It is all healed up by now; Max proudly sporting a small scar.

Leon's trying to reconstruct the accident
(следственный эксперимент)

Text from Leon on our wedding anniversary:

Thanks for getting married, it helped me a lot

Hudson River Bike Ride

Max and Dad went on a bike ride across Hudson River over the former railroad bridge (now Hudson Walkway) near Poughkeepsie, NY.

See more pictures here

France 2013

Irene came back from business trip to France. Pictures from the trip are here.

At Bobby's BBQ

After Max's Piano Recital, at Bobby's BBQ in Westport

Recital

Fritz Spindler Op. 157, No 4.