I rushed out to meet my friends on Livoberezhna metro station last night, to see the new Almodóvar film (we all got the sense that we were watching some sort of illegally downloaded version, judging by the quality; also, I HATE DUBBING; also, “Broken Embraces” is pretty awesome, even if it leaves you feeling aContinue reading “And you can tell everybody, that this is your song – on the Kiev metro”
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A moment of marshrutka goodness
I was coming home late from the center today, riding in a marshrutka (a small bus where you can request stops). I wasn’t really paying any attention to the people around me, engrossed as I was with the latest playlist on my iPod and the wind on my face, but I did notice a coupleContinue reading “A moment of marshrutka goodness”
Some thoughts on turning 25 :)
I want to thank the people who’ve joined me in celebrating this occasion. I normally hate birthdays, but this one felt even more special and, consequentially, daunting than all of the other ones. I think that 25 is a good time to stop, think, reassess and re-imagine yourself and your work. Sometimes, doing it aloneContinue reading “Some thoughts on turning 25 :)”
I am going to a wedding where I don’t even know anyone
Don’t you hate that? I will repeat – don’t you haaaaaaaate that? I wish I could bring a date – but my designated date is asleep on a couch back in Amman, and everyone in Kiev appears to be “asleep,” “busy” or “washing [their] hair.” It’s nice to go to weddings in the summer, evenContinue reading “I am going to a wedding where I don’t even know anyone”
Dew-covered chocolate on Trukhanov Island
I think that every person, every once in a while, must greet the sunrise in a strange place, preferably a beautifully strange place, and perhaps with a breakfast of last night’s champagne leftovers and a bit of dew-splashed chocolate. In the case of Sasha and I, we also had the apricots that some guy droppedContinue reading “Dew-covered chocolate on Trukhanov Island”
Natalia A. 