The Importance of Dessert

Do not talk to strangers and certainly do not get in their cars. That is what I have been taught all my life. Yet, getting into a stranger’s...

With Laila safely returned to her owners, I still took myself out for a walk at 5:45 this morning. It was a little strange to be walking ar...

Laila is staying with us for about a week. Summers in Boston are hot, and this time Laila arrived at our house shaved. She still carries her...

What is the last time you saw a shoehorn in US? Yet a shoehorn is something no self-respecting Russian can live without. Or at least so it s...

I interrupt my impressions on Moscow (more to come soon) to bring you another disappointing letter with have received last week from Mr. Dan...

How did Moscow solve the common problem of people in need of answering the call of nature while walking around the city? In a very simple w...

As I mentioned in the previous post, this year was the first time the tanks took part in the Victory Day parade since the collapse of the So...