I’ve been digging around my family history – the sad chapters of it, mostly. When you’re trying to understand some things about the present, the past can be a helpful place to start. Then Yuri Nifatov, a family friend, contacted me and let me have a look at his archive. It features a lot ofContinue reading “Beautiful people: pretty pictures of women I’m related to, a.k.a. hipsters back in the USSR”
Category Archives: Friends & Neighbours
Lisa Taddeo, cheating, power and sexy ladies!*
* – I mostly just threw in that last bit for the hysterical Google search terms that will show up in my stats. Maybe. I have no idea who Lisa Taddeo is, first of all. The fact that I’m even blogging about her just shows you how derivative the Internet is. A friend sends aContinue reading “Lisa Taddeo, cheating, power and sexy ladies!*”
In Russia, it’s the election
Lyovka woke up early today – which was my excuse to set to work early and interview people. I’ve discovered that being a journalist/parent to an adorable, bug-eyed infant is highly convenient. People suddenly want to talk to you. I spoke to an impoverished pensioner who said she voted for billionaire Prokhorov, and to aContinue reading “In Russia, it’s the election”
An observation through the general haze
Director Anastasia Patlay took this picture of us at a party celebrating ten years since the creation of Moscow’s Teatr.doc (which is a whole separate story, when you think about it – the role that this theater has played in both of our lives is just weird to contemplate. Weird, but awesome as well. It’sContinue reading “An observation through the general haze”
The fun, seedy side of Moscow real estate
This is what happens when we have artificially inflated prices + no real regulation of the market. I’m aware of the fact that I’m using the word “fun” rather loosely here.
Natalia A. 