American Girls in Moscow

• Not-So-Patriotic Parking... 2 weeks ago (Found on Facebook)"Thank you, Grandpa, for the Victory" w/a note saying, "Let Grandpa get by on the sidewalk." PERFECT. People in Moscow park literally ON the sidewalks (there's nowhere else), so the elderly & people with strollers have to swerve around them onto the street...
• Bursting with Glorious Color 2 weeks ago These bikes make me drool. Literally. They're beautiful icing on Spring & Summer, decorating GUM (for sale and displayed cleverly all over the place) and also for rent at Gorky Park.Color from our own home; the Easter Bunny brought Jelly Bellies! The girls have had fun blindfolding each other and...
• Egg Hunt 2013 2 weeks ago We had our annual Easter Egg hunt today, complete with 36 riddles/clues. This year the Easter Bunny came on Russian Orthodox Easter instead of on Western Easter; he had understood that we were in transit back in March. This is by far Natalia's favorite family tradition of the year; she looks...
• "Fill the World with Bubbles!" 3 weeks ago "Fill the World with Bubbles..." So said the sign this girl above held today at "Dreamflash," an recent—and now annual—event that takes place over the May holidays in Moscow. Last year it was held on Old Arbat Street, with thousands of youths showing up in joyful costumes and blowing...
• Most Bizarre Holiday Decorations 5 months ago Seen at Novinsky Passazh, a hoity shopping mall here in Moscow. Who possibly thought that a floral gun aimed at a teddy bear over a nose-diving airplane is appropriate holiday d

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