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My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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Hettie's Reflections 
Are you on Caltrain? 🙂
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In UP North Metra 🙂
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Wow – I thought that our Caltrain is unique.
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We have the actual Santa train as well, but you need to be first in line for the tickets, and it runs just a couple of times on each line.
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Caltrain did use a lot of Nippon Sharyo passenger train cars that are basically identical to what Metra’s non-electrified lines use – though WIkipedia tells me that they’re no longer in use now that Caltrain has electrified.
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Yup, and it’s (getting new trains) happened this year. Feels like in Europe now 🙂
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I’d say it’s a real holiday train – just not the Holiday ‘L’ train.
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Ok – it’s not the Santa Train!
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