My good friend Nadya and I together.
Nadya is from Novisibirsk in Siberia. She came to America
as recently as November 2000. She and her husband Howard were married
on New Year's Eve!
If you look closely at the signs outside this
store, you might think that we are somewhere in Russia.
But, we are standing on Brighton Beach Avenue
in Brooklyn, New York. It is home to approximately 75,000 Russians,
and only one-hours drive from my home in New Jersey.