I live with my cat in the East Bay and am a musician-professor. I enjoy living in California but miss the East Coast and that European je-ne-sais-quoi.
I was born in Connecticut but grew up bilingual (Ukrainian/English) and on a street full of Italian and Irish-Americans. I love languages and speak German and French along with Ukrainian. Some Russian and some Spanish and Italian to
I have lived in Vienna and Montreal (not Europe I realize, but very Franco-Québecophone) and spent several months in Russia/Ukraine. As a musician, I perform music from Europe of various centuries. I took a bike trip in Tuscany this summer-fantastic!