April 10, 2014
Play the Hand You’re Smelt
I’m pleased to report that male chauvinism is alive and well in Russia, a fact that was brought home to me recently at a gathering of some of HRH’s military…
September 24, 2010
Okroshka: The Versatile Russian Classic
My “Handsome Russian husband”, “HRH” is suffering from the previous week’s excesses. He’s had too much bad food to eat, way too much alcohol to drink, not enough…
May 2, 2010
Why I Hate Dachas, and You Should Too!
The fact of the matter is, and no amount of Chekhov will convince me otherwise: this whole dacha thing is a well-oiled vehicle to keep female indentured servitude alive and…
