In Her Prime « Canadian Notes & Queries

“I grew up in a very liberal Jewish family,” she told me, in our informal Russian “classes,” and when I'm her age I'll probably be saying, “I grew up in a Hindu family.” Madame's idea of Russian lessons is to talk of her life, ... He sold that at just the right time and bought and sold a few more things at their peak, and then he bought a hotel in Napa. He built it up with spas and a gourmet restaurant and hiking trails, and then he opened a winery: AW Estates. ...