Welcome 2024!

 With Covid-19 gone, we are happy to move into 2024! Let's hope for better tidings.

2023 in Review

Highlights 

• A fabulous trip to Southern Italy with stops in Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Pompei, Salerno, Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, Matera, Alberobello, Otranto, and Ostuni
• An exciting trip to Costa Rica featuring close encounters with toucans, sloths, and monkeys
• A relaxing trip to Spain with stops in Barcelona, Girona, and Costa Brava
• Trip to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, and Sedona
• Watching Las Vegas shows: Awakening, Michael Jackson One, Mystere
• Hiking Bell Rock, Little Horse, Fay Canyon, Boynton Canyon
• Walking around the Grand Canyon
• Fun, short trips to 
• Pismo Beach (enjoying sup surfing and walking on the beach)
• Arnold
• Calistoga (enjoying the thermal pool and nearby restaurants)
• Learning to wing foil at Crissy Field and Sherman Island
• SUP Surfing in Capitola
• Attending Donizetti's Elixir of Love Opera  in San Francisco
• Attending Mashina Vermeni's concert in San Francisco
• Alex completed his first professional 6-month Co-op
• Dog sitting Teddy

Lowlights

• Alex developed problems breathing and had to be taken to the emergency room.
• The appalling attack on Israel by Hamas
  
• The horrible war between Russia and Ukraine
• Boris' outbreak of Colitis
• Inna's spells of dizziness/vertigo
• Additional Federal and State Taxes
• Alex missed his surf camp in Costa Rica.
• Dinging the Fanatic Allwave 9'3" SUP at the Hook (requiring a costly repair)

Home Improvement

• Installed new California Closets in two bedrooms
• Installed six new Nest Fire Alarms to replace ancient Firex models
• Changed Water Filter

Gifts

We prepared the following gifts for New Year's Day:

Boris:

• Hoka Athletic Shoes
• Phone carrier for my Toyota Sienna Van
• Mountain biking pants
• Patagonia Sweater
  

 Inna:

• Bose QuietComfort 45 SE Noise Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones
• Morphing Mugs Harry Potter
• UGG Women's Cozy Slippers
• Gourmet Chocolates

 Alex:

• Travelpro Platinum Elite Softside Expandable Carry-On Luggage (8-wheel spinner)
• Economic Facts and Fallacies, 2nd edition by Thomas Sowell

Vladik:

• Beanie Hat
• Levi's Jeans