Requiem for Winter'23

- spending Christmas with family in Tennessee
- having Kirsten and R meet Biscuit in New York
- learning new recipes from Anna Voloshyna’s “Budmo” and Claire Saffitz’s “What’s for Dessert”
- spending a relaxation spa day in Philly with Olya
- enjoying early morning coffee with Nastya
- cooking eastern european classics for new year’s eve
- receiving miracle package with gitfts for Biscuit
- making weekend waffles tradition
- hosting my dear sweet Julie and introducing her to my family
- receiving the coolest gift from my dear coworker - robelife forever !
- drinking chilled red wine
- walking around New York
- reading books
- being much better with separating work and life, I haven’t opened work emails during weekends for about 2 months now (!)
- renting a very disappointing Airbnb and laughing about how silly that it
- preparing for the upcoming homeymoon
- seeing dearest coworkers for coffee and for drinks and catching up, jobs changes and people stay
- reuniting with distant family and visiting my cousin’s solo show in George Addams Gallery
- laughing for an hour with 2 complete strangers from Berlin
- learning things about mechanical keyboards
- celebrating birthday on the phones with friends
- dancing it all out at Yelle show



Requiem for Fall'22

  • getting married and celebrating with a closest friends and family

    • making a wedding bouquet out of Trader Joe’s flowers

    • strangers congratulating and sharing champagne and buying us onion rings

    • bartenders letting us play Madonna for free on a jukebox

    • staying at the Beekman

    • being happy and excited even though it rained all day

    • seeing families being together

  • visiting Stockholm and finally hugging dear friends

  • dancing and singing at Broken Social Scene show… and freaking out when Meryl Streep showed up

  • taking ferries

  • dealing with a lot of stress at work, but also finding more clarity

  • going to Bamonte’s after watching a lot of Sopranos

  • daydrinking with husband in Bushwick

  • spending time with friends enjoying dinners and conversations we have

  • being a guest on a video podcast

  • checking out Hopper exhibit

  • trying out Kodak Portra

  • tasting childhood with Picnic chocolates brought by my colleague from Ireland

  • cheering for people during NYC Marathon

Requiem for Summer'22

  • being grateful to my crew of girls who threw me a non-bachelorette bachelorette: the foods, the talks, the hot tub, the winery, the company ❤️ very thankful to have this crew

  • spending an evening with my very dear friends from Minsk - Masha, Zhenya and their kiddo - being so grateful for conversations, sharing life changes and being optimistic

  • visiting TN and meeting Lo for the first time

  • meeting with Kirsten in real life after working together for 6 months every day

  • dancing at the Future Islands show with Julia

  • taking ferry rides

  • staying at a friend-owned airbnb and enjoying all the love they put into it

  • dressing up and celebrating Dasha’s birthday in Philly

  • joining protest in New York after the overturn of Roe v Wade

  • saying goodbye to an office building I have been going to since 2014 💔 and organizing cupcakes for the dearest facilities and security people

  • visiting an amazing aquarium in Chattanooga , also stumbling upon jazz festival

  • surviving company layoffs, trying to be there for those affected

  • going to Finger Lakes and visiting a place C. used to have adventures in his childhood

  • celebrating Dad’s birthday with the whole family

  • watching after frenchie puppy Pretzel

  • getting marriage license in Manhattan city clerk bureau

  • sharing neighborhood walks and foods with a friend from past life (welcome to New York, Kostya!)

  • reconnecting with old family friend and feeling so proud of her