Ice Skating!

Finally, the weather here is such that you just want to go ice skating. Last year, my wife and I bought skates and got a few skates in before the winter was over. This time, we’ve been itching to go since the snowfalls in October, but the weather wasn’t cooperating.
During the holidays, we were in [...]

Push starting a car – use second gear

For whatever reason, I’ve had my share of experience with a car not starting in the winter. Sometimes because I left the lights on (why don’t all cars switch off the lights when the key is out? Is that so hard? Sheesh!), sometimes because it’s too cold. But, because of this, I have had experience [...]

The museums are against me!

OK, OK, OK. Since this is Russia, I guess I’m supposed to say that they are all working against me, right? No. But, nevertheless, this is frustrating.
A few days ago, I wrote about my attempts to see the Moscow House of Photography. No dice. So, the next day, I was determined to go somewhere else. [...]

Two Strikes and a Hit

Yesterday, I decided I would do something different: go out and see a museum or something like that. While browsing, I found MoscowOut.ru and from that I learned about the Moscow House of Photography. The website is well done, there are several exhibitions listed, most prominently, Alexandr Slusarev’s “The City I Live In” and “Russian [...]

60 degree swing in under two weeks

Yesterday, my wife asked me to pick her up in the car as we went to view another apartment. We planned to meet at 18.30. At 17.30, I innocently approached the car, cleaned off all the snow and then tried to start it. But, it wouldn’t start.
Granted, the dashboard display indicated -24.5 Celsius. And it [...]