I finally took my car for inspection, half month overdue. I park on the street and a $100 fine was just waiting for me, I'm surprised I didn't get it yet. So I rolled it in the garage today in the morning and I got a call from them in a couple of hours. The guy says I got two problems, and he says one is windshield wipers, and I think "oh, good, ( Read more... )

Это лучшее, непревзойденное и непревосходимое. Почитал по этому поводу про китч и про авангард.
Dschinghis Khan
Check out wikipedia on these guys, they have two versions of "Moskau" video ( Read more... )

Jetskies
That was cool...

Perron. Priexali.

Дворцовая площадь.
Нева
Krasin
Po Piteru gulyali s Massimo,
Pivka popiv, zashli na "Krasina"

Krasnay Strela, restoran
"Red Arrow": dining in style
Vodka, ikra
Prosto vodka

Sphinx

Plane in less than 4 hrs, time to go to SVO.

Patriot club, 5am. For sure it was different from a discoteque of my adolescence in DK "Mir". For instance, strip-tease by Sasha and especially by Zorro, which was a very special treat. Zorro (or Zaru, I couldn't figure it out) was a guy in his forties and when he got on the stage, in a black tux and a top hat, I thought he will just sing, ( Read more... )

Вот хороший пример речи государственного человека, пекущегося об общем благе (Тацит, "Анналы", книга 12. Речь Вителлия о женитьбе императора Клавдия на Агриппине): "Неся на себе тягчайшее бремя попечения обо всем мире, принцепс испытывает нужду в поддержке, дабы избавленный от забот о семье он мог всецело отдаться служению общему благу. Но есть ли ( Read more... )

Red square, 8pm.
Honey, I'm in Moscow!
Red square, 7am.
Notice look in Massimo's eyes. He's going to a high-energy physics conference that starts in an hour. See how exited he is about it, he's dreaming muons, literally.

I met Massimo at his hotel "Soyuz" around 7pm. The hotel lived up to its name, although rooms were renovated, the lobby, hallways and the whole structure had a distinct soviet flavor. I got there before him, and while waiting, went for a cup of coffe. Restaurant was on the 11th floor, I had to take an elevator. There was one open at the lobby, but ( Read more... )