Irina Boukharkine, 18, strikes a pose on the Brooklyn Bridge. She traveled with her parents, Lydia Stretchen and Petr Boukharkine, and family friends Gordon and Dorothea Anderson, both of Lawrence, to New York City in March. Petr Boukharkine is a Fulbright scholar at Kansas University, teaching Russian literature. Got a shot for Friends & Neighbors? Send it, along with your name, phone number and caption information, to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence 66044. For more Friends and Neighbors, go to www.lawrence.com/publish/postem/friends.