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”
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I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent
Despite being broke and living in the jungles of Novogireyevo. Lev and I listen to the Marriage of Figaro on Saturday mornings. At night, I can leave Lev with daddy and go trudging through the snow. The soldiers outside the barracks near the ponds still offer me their cigarettes. Nikolay Khomeriki still tells me allContinue reading “I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent”
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.
“Like a circus trip on mescaline”
That’s how I feel about the Moscow real estate market at the moment. And not just because of our personal issues – which are numerous, and involve my mother’s own contested property in the center of the city. Meanwhile, our living arrangements are staying the same… for now… but there is a war between ourContinue reading ““Like a circus trip on mescaline””
For the sake of perspective on student debt: my husband got two first-class educations. For free.
He studied theater direction at the Russian Academy of the Theater Arts. For free. He studied documentary filmmaking with director Marina Razbezhkina. Also for free. And while he studied for free, he always had ways of “giving back” – whether it’s helping organize a drama lab in a remote town, or put on a playContinue reading “For the sake of perspective on student debt: my husband got two first-class educations. For free.”
Natalia A. 