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Tuesday, June 21st THE FIRST ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF EULANIYA
This event is dedicated to Eugene, Lana, and Mariya, whose birthdays we celebrated this evening.
But of course, there are many others whose birthdays were not included, due to the constricting syllabic nature of the English language (e.g. Eulanzoljulmarpauliyas...?). In subsequent years, I may extend Eulaniya to include the rest of you, if you truly wish to be a part of this Eulaniya, but I will need much help constructing acronyms. The first annual Eulaniya celebration was held at Casanova, a lounge in Brooklyn with Russian Karaoke on Tuesday nights The attendees were many.
Some familiar faces....
Karaoke:
Then, Eugene and I sang some Nautilius...
And so ends the first annual celebration of Eulaniya. Thank you everyone who attended, and I hope that this tradition will continue in the years to come. Saturday, June 18th
And a visit to yet another roof.
Thursday, June 16th Went straight to the Edge from the airport. And went out to our team celebration dinner, at Joe Shanghai's, or some other similarly awkward sounding named restaurant. Food was gooood. Too bad the whole team wasn't there.
Friday, June 10th-Thursday, June 16th Serafina and Zlata's Caribbean Vacation
We left New York on a rainy day.
As it turned out, we
brought the bad weather with us...
Santa Marina Beach Resort and Reef. Top left photo is the reef. Every evening, there was a show. The first night was Dominican dancing and acting out the history of the Republic.
At 11 PM, the show is over, the free bars are closed, and everyone heads out to the disco or to local bars and clubs. We went to the resort disco.
Especially when the water
knocked me over.
But we played some volleyball, some billiards (by the way, on the most awful tables I have ever played on, incomparable to not just any table in New York City, but I truly think I'd have a better game putting holes in the sand, using a palm tree branch for a cue, and coconuts for pool balls. Perhaps that's what they were modeling).
It was slightly amusing.
Another cloudy and rainy day,
with another beautiful sunset.
Tonight's show was a women vs. men competition.
Finally got somewhat of a tan. For about 15 minutes.
Tonight went out to a Mexican restaurant. Played some pool.
Today, Zlata and I walked around town. We were extremely surprised to find that there was a synagogue and Jewish museum next door to the resort! Apparently, at the Evian conference during the second World War, 32 countries, including the United States, sat down to determine where the Jews should go. Only one country, the Dominican Republic, agreed to take them. After some figuring, it was determined that the Dominican Republic can fit 100,000 Jews. However, the number that arrived was much less. This is because not all the Jews were "fit" to go- they were not considered "farmer" material. This is of course ridiculous, considering they otherwise die. Nevertheless, many Jews were transported to the Dominican Republic, and many into Sosua, the town in which were now were.
Then we went out to a local bar, because I was challenged to a game of pool by our British friends. Then, another bar
Then I bet someone that I can eat a lime without making any expression on my face. Yes, stupid as that sounds, I did find someone to bet with me, AND someone else was taking pictures of this exciting happening.
Day 7 Time to go home... Thursday, June 9th
Afterwards, moved all my stuff to Brooklyn. No point in paying rent for the next two months since I won't be in New York. Afterwards, went to watch the sunrise at the beach. I missed Brooklyn. I didn't even realize it, but when I left the city, and drove down Ocean Parkway at 5 in the morning, with the windows open, no one on the road, it was so nice, it felt so "open", in a sense. Everything is so close together in Manhattan; I didn't even notice how trapped it was. But I still love the city.
Tuesday, June 7th Lunch at Union Square
Later, played killer at Alligator, in Williamsburg
Sunday, June 5th WE WON THE CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WE'RE GOING TO LAS VEGAS!!!
Stick It In, the Champions
And happy birthday Julie (as I'm writing this, that is, on June 6th)
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Above pic is Paul, the addition to our Sunday team. ***
In the first pic, note the busted nose. Hahaha, that was from last Saturday.
The girl next to Lucas in the third pic above is an awesome singer. We had a very pleasant musically filled evening. Until later. Went out for a walk with Mr. George the pretend cop, who slickly dropped his cellular phone into the sewer.
Saturday, June 4th
William Michelle and Julie Ronnie
Peter Serafina Michelle
Julie and Peter Rachel Bill Thursday, June 2nd
*** Then, to Broadway Billiards, for some daily pool practice.
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*** To top the night off, we went up on what is now my third roof of the week.
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