Windows to Russia

I stepped out the backdoor this morning, it was black and the wind was blowing at around 20 kilometers an hour, blasting straight into my face. That was the good part, the bad part was the temperature. I do not know the temperature and I do not care. I just know that it was frozen, […]

In chess terms this is “push (ing) the pawn.” Nothing much may come of it, or it could be a game changer. Russia knows this, which is why they did it… Russia has presented a startling proposal to overcome the tensions with the EU: The EU should renounce the free trade agreement with the United […]

You should read. No, I do not mean the computer screen (nor magazines, smartphones, and or other reading devices,) I mean read, read a book today. I do not care if you read, “See Spot Run!” Just read any book with real paper pages and either hardback or soft back, then read another after that […]

Burger King is in hyper-drive: I talked about this recently; Burger King and Pepsi-co having Coke and McDonald’s for dinner… Now, a month later Burger King opens another one in our town… Officially it opens today on the 4th, it opened one day before New Year and then close for a few more days. Guess […]

S novym godom; They are still shooting fireworks for the New Year, crazy ass Russians. They have this week off and they are going to use it to party hardy. It is why I love Russia, the Russians are the most wonderful people… This year, Russians are saying about the New Year, “Happiness and peace from […]

Donskoy Monastery; founded in 1591, in the south-west of the central part of Moscow. The name of the monastery was in honor of Don Mother of God.. The Donskoy Monastery founded on the very spot where the army awaited a decisive battle with the Tartar hordes, and where there was a small little church camp with […]

Chrin Horseradish Beets… In Russia they do not like crushed red pepper, black pepper, white pepper and or any type of pepper, but talk about horseradish and you find that Russians sneak it into everything and then complain about pepper and hot spicy food. I find it interesting that their mustard’s and sauces will have […]