Vlad has been home a week today. He's doing really well. A little less hair, but back to his old self, if a tad weaker for the moment.
Thursday, April 10, was a day to celebrate. It's not only my sister's birthday, it's the day Valiya got her new car, which Vlad helped broker by phone in the hospital from "his" Lexus guy Art. This is the 5th Lexus he's made the deal with through Art. Making the deal is Vlad's passion, but, like Hyman Roth in "Godfather II," he always makes money for his partners. So Art is always glad to see him coming with another ex-Ukrainian needing a nice car.
Valiya's RX-350 is a 2009. Two weeks ago it was in Japan. It had 4 miles on it when she got in. It's beautiful. Matador red with a beige interior. It has little individual washers for the headlights. Hysterical. It's a beautiful car.
We went over to their house last night briefly for a light meal and to drink to the car and to her mother, who passed away three years ago April 10. They were close and her passing is still a hard thing for her to talk about. Vlad, I, Valiya and Sasha shared the dregs of the Nemiroff vodka, which they brought back in 2006, when we all were in Odessa. Barely one shot each. A gathering of Russians is almost always ceremonial.
Thursday, April 10, was a day to celebrate. It's not only my sister's birthday, it's the day Valiya got her new car, which Vlad helped broker by phone in the hospital from "his" Lexus guy Art. This is the 5th Lexus he's made the deal with through Art. Making the deal is Vlad's passion, but, like Hyman Roth in "Godfather II," he always makes money for his partners. So Art is always glad to see him coming with another ex-Ukrainian needing a nice car.
Valiya's RX-350 is a 2009. Two weeks ago it was in Japan. It had 4 miles on it when she got in. It's beautiful. Matador red with a beige interior. It has little individual washers for the headlights. Hysterical. It's a beautiful car.We went over to their house last night briefly for a light meal and to drink to the car and to her mother, who passed away three years ago April 10. They were close and her passing is still a hard thing for her to talk about. Vlad, I, Valiya and Sasha shared the dregs of the Nemiroff vodka, which they brought back in 2006, when we all were in Odessa. Barely one shot each. A gathering of Russians is almost always ceremonial.
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