Like nomads, but with more stuff

We now have fabulous fodder for our upcoming discussion on crisis management and personal preparedness! Around 2am those who heard the ala...

We keep forgetting to put this up. This is our favorite of the plain vanilla non-gourmet ice cream and not just because of the cover!

In the last 4+ years I have spent exactly one night alone - the night before I took the FSOA. Now I'm about to accomplish two huge feats...

Friday I was asked to go as a representative of the Consulate to a youth hockey tournament being held in St Petersburg. The tournament has ...

A friend of mine was on his way to the airport and either his taxi cut someone off, or someone cut his taxi off. They drew up to a light and...

I have raved about my fabulous nannies before, although possibly not on the blog. I figure let's put a little photographic evidence as t...

It's been almost a year since our friend's husband somehow met a Russian man who had lived in New York a long, long time. This pro...

Because our home leave address is more than 14 transit-hours from our post, when we go to post for the first time (aka PCS or Permanent Chan...

We have been making jam since the early-in-the-relationship strawberry picking date landed us with waayyy more berries than we could eat or ...

Zoltan spends most of 4 days each week with a Russian nanny. It seems the Russian is starting to seep in. He definitely understands a lot .....