You know the feeling of awkwardness that you feel when you are in an elevator surrounded by complete strangers? I realized this morning that that feeling has been normalized here. Moscow is a world of encountering new people each day as you take public transportation. That awkward silence you feel and trying not to get [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Elevator Syndrome
Posted in Life on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Godfather era lives
Posted in Life on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always been fascinated by those greasy, stubble-faced, italian suit wearing mobsters from the Godfather movies. Even if they did illegal things, they were relatable and even charming in their own [...]
Buy ‘em while you can
Posted in Life on April 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Although a new Russia is developing, some soviet practices are still in effect, like customer service….or the lack thereof. Another law at work in my dilemma this morning (tues.) was that it was raining and I wanted to forego my usual 10 minute walk from the Metro station to the office. So I thought, “well, [...]
Overnight Spring
Posted in Life on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I was walking to work this morning, something else struck my mind is how quickly the weather changed from bitter cold to pretty mild in just one week. Literally, the landscape has gone from brown and grey to green and grey….Ok, to some extent the greyness is due to the rain. But check out the [...]
Pastor Bling
Posted in Life on April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Most people could not afford good dental care in Soviet Times and so you saw many people with Gold Teeth??? I don’t understand this, but it’s true. I guess they wanted to keep their inheritance on their person. Anyhow, at church on Sunday we had a visiting pastor who received his dental work pre-90’s, so [...]
After work-Moscow style
Posted in Life on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So yesterday, I’m heading for home, leaving the metro by our house, and at the top of our metro station when I saw the usual: various characters congregating (and I don’t mean like a church service). Plus, last night was particularly warm so you can imagine the scene. I wanted to get a picture of [...]
Daily Route
Posted in Life on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the morning, I walk 15 minutes to the Polezhaevska Metro (3 stations NW of the circle), the Pink line (7) to Pushkinskaya station (3rd stop) and switch lines to the Grey line (9) and exit 5 stops later at Nagatinskaya (3 stations South of the circle). I walk another 12 minutes to the Office, and then [...]
