I was working with some friends recently to find a house for them.  We found a great place in the Euclid Park neighborhood – an old bungalow in a peaceful neighborhood with a nice detached garage apartment.  Their friend, a contractor, is updating it now, and they’ll be moving in soon.  My friends are actually co-owners of the home, along with her dad.  Her dad moved to Moscow sixteen years ago, after the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, to operate the first Caterpillar Construction Equipment operation in Russia. Interesting man, and fun to talk to.  After the closing, I arrived home to find a present on my front porch – it was from, as the card put it, “The Russians”.  It was a bottle of vodka, but not just any vodka.  It’s from St. Petersburg, Russia!  Just so cool!  Click on the photo below and you’ll get a larger image and then you can see “St. Petersburg”, both on the main label and the small upper label.  I know we’ll start sipping it soon, but I just have to wait a little longer so that I can enjoy the wonderful bottle!  I have to say that any transaction that ends with me receiving a bottle of vodka from my clients is a great transaction!