Do you own clothes that, when you put them on, suddenly make you realize that “OH DEAR CHRIST, I was wearing THIS when [insert fateful event] happened”? I do. There is this tunic that I own – it’s very pretty, with a cowl neck, glittery and embroidered, and in the sort of grey-blue colour thatContinue reading “Monday music: more supersonic sigh than silent sigh”
Category Archives: Russia
Snow! In May! In Moscow!
Lolz – not really, no. Just poplar fluff. It’s VERY annoying – but looks good in pictures, I think.
Nothing ever goes right
Obviously, before I typed in the title of this post, I knew it to be incorrect. Things go right all the time. You cross the street, a Bentley driven by someone who may or may not be coked-out at the moment emphatically does not run you over, and something has gone right. It’s just exhaustingContinue reading “Nothing ever goes right”
This is why I’m glad I’m currently in Moscow, as opposed to New York
On a completely unrelated note to Jill’s post about parents, kids & public spaces in New York City, these lines about New Yorkers stuck out at me: You don’t chat with people in line at the grocery store; you don’t talk to strangers on the subway; you don’t interrupt or disturb other diners in restaurants.Continue reading “This is why I’m glad I’m currently in Moscow, as opposed to New York”
Monday music: abject writerly boredom
The traffic outside sounds like the sea. Also, the genius of Julian Barnes appears to be ruining my life, but more on that at a later date. Who The Fuck – P J Harvey Control – Poe Favorite Thing – the Replacements As If By Magic – La Roux The Bad Thing – Arctic MonkeysContinue reading “Monday music: abject writerly boredom”
Natalia A. 