Well, it was a year in which my entire life changed. Again. It’s funny how that keeps happening. I got a new job, moved to a new country, met a new guy, and decided to procreate with him. I wrote four short plays, one which turned out to be good, according to independent sources. IContinue reading “2010: the year that was”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Merry Christmas from the family!
In honour of the great Robert Earl Keene, here is some alternative music for your holiday:
Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!
Disclaimer: Deirdre Clark, who uses the pen name Deirdre Dare, used to write a column for The Moscow News. MN is also the place where I work. Just putting that out there. The best part to this piece by Anna Blundy, on the life of Western expats in Moscow, can be found in the comments.Continue reading “Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!”
Ironically enough, there’s rioting and I’m stuck at work
I say “ironically,” because just yesterday, I was blogging at The Moscow News about how quiet my neighbourhood tends to be when there is public unrest in Moscow. Now I’m reading about how even the mosque on Bolshaya Tatarskaya street, which is right by where I live, may be under threat. We’re being advised toContinue reading “Ironically enough, there’s rioting and I’m stuck at work”
Racist violence in the center of Moscow
It was actually happening within walking distance from where I live, but I wisely stayed at home yesterday. The neighbour called, cautiously asking me if I was going to brave the spectacle in my condition. That’s a negative. And anyway, it’s not as if we need to see it happening. The pattern, by now, hasContinue reading “Racist violence in the center of Moscow”
Natalia A. 