Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. You can love him or you can hate him, but you can’t ignore him. I swear he’s got as many internet memes as the cats do! But he’s not only the subject of many memes, he’s also … Read More
Happy (Orthodox) New Year! At last the holiday season is winding down!… except for a cold swim during next week’s Epiphany… and then the son/tree/house gifts at the end of February for Defenders of the Motherland Day… and all … Read More
How’s your business Russian? Perhaps you’ve already seen this handy list of phrases floating around the internet. If not, I introduce you to… The русско-английский словарь по деловой переписке! 😉 1) Господи, это опять вы…. – Thank … Read More
Can you believe the new year is just a few days away? Russia is filled with scenes like this one… 😉 Since you’re probably busy making plans for the new year, this month’s roundup is super-short: Looking … Read More
My husband and I did some traveling in Central America this month. Prior to that, I’d made a super-detailed Russian Study Plan… but you can guess how little progress was made on that particular plan since its creation. It … Read More
Despite November’s frantic time-to-start-holidaying-EVERYTHING feel, my efforts returned to Russian this month. Finally! 🙂 D and I watched a новогодний мюзикл called Новые приключения Аладдина (The New Adventures of Aladdin) that featured all the bigwigs of entertainment: Verka … Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’m a major сладкоежка (person with a sweet tooth)! Chips and crackers rarely find their way into our kitchen but chocolate is a whole other story 😉 Living in Ukraine meant a never-ending … Read More
For the past few months- ever since 13 Borrowed Words in Russian– I’ve been keeping an eye out for more. It hasn’t been hard to find them 😉 Take a peek! … Read More
There’s been a trend going on this month, a no-Russian trend 🙁 Unless… does eating борщ count? Because if so, then it’s all good! We’re all fall leaves and huge pots of borsch around here. I did get … Read More
Russian hip hop has the same issues that both American hip hop and 7th grade have: oh man, guys, we gotta look cooler than everybody else. Try harder to act cool, чуваки! Case in point- Ugh, I’m so … Read More