Archives for: "June 2010"
McInfluence
June 20th, 2010This instant coffee is sold in local stores. The "3?1" is read «??? ? ?????» and means "three in one," in other words it has coffee, sugar, and cream in it. more »
Happy Jellyday!
June 20th, 2010The card reads "Happy Jellyday!" In Russian "jelly" rhymes with "birth."
I guess you can't have a blog without some obligatory kitty shots. Yesterday I was in one of the older parts of town. Lots of little old ladies, lots of poorer citizens. This… more »
Tea
June 20th, 2010Russians drink a lot of hot tea, even when it's hot out. They seem to have this theory that if you drink hot tea, then you sweat, and sweat cools you down, so drinking hot tea cools you down. Don't try to argue with the logic of that. They won't buy… more »
The new Russia
June 20th, 2010We all have certain images of what we expect to find in Russia, but I think a guy in a pink shirt and tight short-shorts wearing flip-flops and waving a cowboy hat while riding a horse with a braided tail is probably not one of them. I just about died… more »
Vareniki, khinkali
June 20th, 2010You may have already seen some of the types of dumplings that people eat in Russia, like pelmeni and manty. Here are a couple more types. First here we have some frozen vareniki, which I would probably translate as "boilies" ('var' = 'boil') cuz you… more »
