The Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany.
Scare photo: Ruslan couldn’t see himself in the mirror at the Empire State Plaza.
It had to happen sometime. Boasts like “I will catch this straight off with one hand” are punishable.
Meanwhile, Foshik is already in Vermont.
Foshik safely arrived to Times Square in NYC and left right away to come back in September.
Subway entrance in Brooklyn, NYC, NY.
Alla against a refined interior background of the New York subway.
An intense game of chess in Union Square.
Ruslan is choosing a wardrobe for himself for Burning Man at Halloween Adventures store on 4th Avenue.
Young and, in their own way, stylish wanderers in Manhattan.
Amusing shoes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The youngest member of the Crowd Pleasers (literally: crowd pleasers) family team is making the first steps in photography with the help of Alla’s camera.
Gala cleaning.
90% humidity in the form of fog in the air at our last night’s lodging in the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Alla is racing seagulls at the Atlantic Ocean shore.
Defective pixel or perfectionist’s nightmare at the Ballys Casino-Hotel in Atlantic City.
Typical voluntary victim of One Arm Bandit at the Caesars Casino.
To all who asked: we really do earn part of our living off of this blog – for publishing this photo we were given an advance – one huge cheese pizza slice.
At night time service entrances in Atlantic City could be more attractive than some downtown streets.
The Ohio State’s Capitol in Columbus.
The owner of this Russian store called “Russian Home” in Columbus, Valeriy Petrosyan, is sharing the history of a photograph with the legendary hockey players Valery Kharlamov and Boris Mikhailov.
An Ohio farmer-mennonite in his office.
An Amish girl at the farmer’s auction near the town of Charm, Ohio.
A biker on the exit of Hwy 69 near the city of Lawrence, Indiana.
Indianapolis – one of only a few cities that are both the largest in the state and its capital.
A young soldier of the national guard is missing his home.
On a stroll through the very hot and very humid capital of Indiana.
Alla and Nikita in the half-empty neighborhood that surrounds the long-dead Packard Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
The view of Canada across the Detroit river from the hall of the GM Renaissance Center skyscraper.
Piano duet.
Ruslan is playing in a huge sandpit in downtown Detroit.
Papa with his two daughters are observing the aftermath of papa’s inattentiveness in the town of Belleville, Michigan.
Alla is capturing the successful crossing of a high-speed street by a low-speed reptile.
It didn’t occur to this proud Michigan turtle that we saved its life twice: once by not running over it, and a second time by protecting it from the tires of an oncoming truck.
Ruslan is trying to fly our Phantomasik in the heart of Chicago (though unsuccessfully – the skyscrapers are blocking the satellites).
Riding around on the Chicago Metra system.
A nice rear side of a veteran skyscraper.
The metro selfie.
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