Trip to Russia

Moscow turned out to be more of a surprise than I thought it would. After a week in St. Petersburg I got this notion of modern Russia as qui...

Dear Blog, Stealing from tourists is just another form of corruption, and it's just as dispicable as any other form of corruption. I hav...

Dear Blog, 1) Some people are very sensitive to photographs here. You have to be quick and subtle to get one. Some merchants will let you t...

Dear Blog, At the entrance to the Kremlin there were two men dressed in period costume, one as Lenin and one as Nicholas II. They did an ex...

Dear Blog, I abide by the rules I read in a fashion book by Esquire while in my twenties. One of the principles it gave is never to wear any...