"Moscow: in *our* i's.
A community blog for all those for whom Moscow has been home for at least a few seconds. This is a space to share your experience of Moscow.
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A few weeks back I blogged about one of the stories that went unreported in 2006: the quiet revolution in customer service sweeping Moscow eateries and cafes, the practice of giving out name… Read More
Today, another installment of an interview with Marina Tsarkova, co-founder of the Down Syndrome Assocation. I wish I could convey with the same poetic language in English what she is saying… Read More
This upcoming spiritual culture festival of Transfiguration is taking place September 7 to 16 in оne of my favorite parks in Moscow, Sokolniki Park.Below is a translation of the festiv… Read More
This upcoming spiritual culture festival of Transfiguration is taking place September 7 to 16 in оne of my favorite parks in Moscow, Sokolniki Park.Below is a translation of the festiv… Read More
Novaya Gazeta, the muckraking newspaper, will now begin making some of its content available online in English. An exciting development. They offer a point of view that is not typically well… Read More
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Marina Tsarkova, one of the co-founders of Russia's Down's Syndrome Association, at a training. I am so grateful she has taken the time to give… Read More
Last year I blogged about Elena Silaeva and her organization Krug (Circle). Recently, she graciously gave an e-mail interview. Here it is in translation from Russian:Q: At first… Read More
Last year I blogged about Elena Silaeva and her organization Krug (Circle). Recently, she graciously gave an e-mail interview. Here it is in translation from Russian:Q: At first… Read More
Another delightful YouTube yummy. Perhaps it's being under the spell of watching Borat that I am posting this. Perhaps, though, there is something to be said for celebrating stereotypes.If y… Read More
Hat's off to cellular provider Megafon-Moscow for a delightful viral marketing move. I'm usually wary of such things, but I had to share.Hangover[phone rings, wakes up young man in bed. He l… Read More
Hat's off to cellular provider Megafon-Moscow for a delightful viral marketing move. I'm usually wary of such things, but I had to share.Hangover[phone rings, wakes up young man in bed. He l… Read More
Call it a blessing in disguise. After changing to a new template, I lost all old comments, carefully chosen blogroll, and more...So, in putting my blogroll back together, founds some new sto… Read More
Just a quickie today.Thanks to Vilhelm Konnander for encouraging me to keep up this blog even though I'm in San Diego. He and I first met on an OpenSource radio show about Anna… Read More
Just a quickie today.Thanks to Vilhelm Konnander for encouraging me to keep up this blog even though I'm in San Diego. He and I first met on an OpenSource radio show about Anna… Read More
One piece of news did not make it to Moscow newspapers and other media outlets (blogs and vlogs included!) last year: around the time Vladimir Putin™ was hosting the G8 in St. Petersb… Read More
Anna and I met briefly at a press forum back in 2000. I asked her if any of her articles would ever be available in English translation. She gave me a surprised look. Came out they did. I wo… Read More
I hate how my shirt sticks to my back whenever I exit the metro. Hot, sunny day. A human billboard offering 50% discount on jewelry. I said I would take the proferred leaflet if I saw a bigg… Read More
My friend, Harrison, a boater, photographer, and professional space-holder (psh), would have called it being in the company of the closest strangers you have never met. Indeed, in all the y… Read More
Indeed, the story of the Friday subbotnik made it to major media outlets, including:The Moscow Timesand NTV.Now, if I had been a bit faster about getting my post up, you would have seen it h… Read More
"Subbotnik" was the name given to Saturdays in the Soviet period when citizens in a voluntarily mandatory manner -as the Russian expression would have it- would give their day - often in the… Read More
Life continues to be stranger than art. I met an American recently who...voted for Yavlinsky in 1996. Quite simply, she was living in Moscow at the time. Her friend had no intention of votin… Read More
I learned of the children's writer Grigorii Oster just recently. How could I have missed him? His Harmful Advice: a book for naughty children and their parents is just a delight. Unfortunate… Read More
"Moscow is like a stepmother. Cool, distant, and harsh." - a pro-Lukashenko Belarussian gypsy cab driver"Moscow in the spring is like a minefield in Chechnya. You better watch your step or… Read More
Good news probably doesn't sell well. And maybe the function of a good blog is to report the happenings that people don't wanna pay money for. The beneath-the-radar story of the organization… Read More
Good news probably doesn't sell well. And maybe the function of a good blog is to report the happenings that people don't wanna pay money for. The beneath-the-radar story of the organization… Read More