Like nomads, but with more stuff

I started to walk into the living room with half an orange I was going to eat in relative quiet while the kids had a snack in the kitchen a...

So if you know my mom - and as she's one of two readers of this blog, I know you do - you know she, um, likes to shop. Last year she ...

In anticipation of the likely upcoming budget cuts, State has decided to return our Kovenskii building to its former configuration of hous...

It's hard to see with all the junk up on the counter, but the kids asked me to turn the lights off and they were just watching the can...

A large part of my job is organizing the celebration of American holidays. There's also the "job" of being co-president of th...

A friend alerted me to what appeared to be a samovar festival. It was definitely some kind of fair thing, sponsored by Petersburg Samovars,...

Thank you Megan for suggesting the bouncy castle!

We're Friends of the State Hermitage Museum. That means that in addition to getting in for "free"* and being able to go past ...

Today was truly perfect. Alex went happily into her classroom at school. Zoltan even chose to wear his boots today rather than fight me for...

On Sunday I went to see SKA host Spartak.  For those who don't know or forgotten from my previous post.  SKA is the local KHL hockey te...