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Day of the Bureau of Technical Inventory BTI/День инвентаризатора (День работника БТИ): HRH Updates His Dream Home

By on 21/05/2013
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Curb Your Enthusiasm!

By on 30/08/2011

So, former Moscow mayor Luzhkov told current mayor, Sergei Sobyanin that the streets of Moscow are paved with gold. So, Sobyanin started digging…

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Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls…A New All-Time Low!!

By on 28/08/2011

Here’s a confession. My daughter Velvet and I are addicted to bad reality TV shows, which is out of character for us both. I’m meant to be the brainy intellectual/witty writer type, and she is supposed to be the outdoorsy/horsey type.

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Face Time

By on 04/07/2011

In social networking terms, HRH (my “horrible Russian husband”) is North Korea. So I was surprised to learn that he wanted to learn how to Tweet. Or, as he said, “Tveeter.”

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Beuracrat

The “B” Words: The Expat Lexicon Continues!

By on 21/06/2011

Billionaires, babushki, and Blat…more key words to hashtag when applying for your job as a Bureaucrat in Russia!

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Transitions: E-Z Pass versus VIP Arrival

By on 20/06/2011

When you’ve checked in three large duffle bags full of harmless kitchen essentials such as a vertical chicken roaster…

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Russian Vodka

Vodka and Me: The Reset Button

By on 15/06/2011

I’m more of a gin or chardonnay gal, but when a reader asked me about bacon-flavored vodka, I was forced to take another look at Russia’s favorite tipple, roll up my sleeves and experiment with its seemingly endless possibilities!

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A Hymn To PIMMS

By on 08/06/2011

PIMMS always reminds me of one of the top three most awkward events I’ve ever attended, which, when you’ve lived in Moscow for 17 years is saying a lot.

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The “F” Words: More from the Expat Lexicon

By on 02/06/2011

Foreign:
A synonym for “strange” or “no longer welcome at this particular time in our nation’s history,” or just plain “wrong.”

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