Like nomads, but with more stuff

After three too-short weeks back in the USA, during which we saw my "little" nephew get Bar Mitzvah'd and got three whole days...

Tavrichesky Park is where Alex and I spent most of our waking hours last summer. It closes for a month or two in spring when things get real...

We went to Yelagin for the first but far from last time with some friends last weekend. What a treat! It is a car-free park, full of trees ...

When you mention "mastitis" to a woman who has ever breastfed, it's like talking to a man about someone getting kicked in the...

I drove to get Alex from preschool the other day to see how bad it is. Took longer to drive than it normally does to walk, not a big surpris...

We've had a heat wave in Piter - it's been in the 20s Fahrenheit. We were going over to a friend's house, driving. We'd go ...

The Russian word for sour cream is CMETAHA (pron. smetana). The different varieties can take up a whole shelf in the little produkty. CMETA...

The Consulate organized a tour of the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory on MLK Day. We took the opportunity to leave the kids with the baby...

We had our first, terrifying to us as parents, experience with frostbite yesterday. Terry and Alex went sledding in Tavrichesky Park, where...

We keep forgetting to mention this astounding fact. At least in Russia, beer is considered a soft drink, like Coke, and is occasionally sold...