Archive for August, 2005

This is one of the photos from the Ayvacik Friday Market selection, and the little girl in it is wearing a t-shirt with a Russian cartoon character Masyanya, wildly popular here just a few years ago – and still very fondly remembered.
I almost dropped my camera when I saw this girl: the market seemed like [...]

This is one of the photos from the Ayvacik Friday Market selection, and the little girl in it is wearing a t-shirt with a Russian cartoon character Masyanya, wildly popular here just a few years ago – and still very fondly remembered.
I almost dropped my camera when I saw this girl: the market seemed like [...]

When I was walking in Istanbul’s poor neighborhoods on July 1, I realized that if it hadn’t been for the kids there, I’d have been walking somewhere else. Without the kids, it would’ve been too depressing.
The kids are everywhere there, playing football, obviously having fun, posing for photographs. And only sometimes asking for money. Very [...]

When I was walking in Istanbul’s poor neighborhoods on July 1, I realized that if it hadn’t been for the kids there, I’d have been walking somewhere else. Without the kids, it would’ve been too depressing.
The kids are everywhere there, playing football, obviously having fun, posing for photographs. And only sometimes asking for money. Very [...]

A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]

A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]

A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]

I’m totally not in the writing mood now.
But I’m done with my Turkey photo backlog: the last two installments are from my two days of binge walking in Istanbul, which I briefly wrote about here.
Back then, I sort of hoped to be able to return to Istanbul in September, but now I don’t have this [...]

I’m totally not in the writing mood now.
But I’m done with my Turkey photo backlog: the last two installments are from my two days of binge walking in Istanbul, which I briefly wrote about here.
Back then, I sort of hoped to be able to return to Istanbul in September, but now I don’t have this [...]

I want to keep all my “promo pictures” here – but I still sort of remember what a pain slow internet connection is – so I’ll leave only two days of entries for a while, until I’m done with the photo backlog and ready to get back to writing.




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    • Candles lit in front of Ukr Embassy in Moscow. May look like holiday season decor to those who don't know, but if you do know, it's moving. 1 day ago
    • Lit a candle, placed it on the balcony, explained to Marta that it's for people who are "on the cloud" - to let them know we remember them. 1 day ago
    • The modem has somehow fixed itself. Hope it lasts. What a relief. 2 days ago
    • Wifi modem died @ 4:30AM. Maybe it's for the better - I do need a break. But no internet means my backlog will grow. Feeling desperate... 2 days ago
    • Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends! 3 days ago
    • Transcarpathian TV: 3 channels; monthly salary UAH 1,000-1,500 ($120-$180); equipment scarce; politics abounds (UKR) http://bit.ly/7pvI7K 3 days ago
    • Same piece on U.S. spin doctors in Ukr, but a bit off-topic: Taras Kuzio is the only guy who's quoted saying "the Ukraine" - twice. Wild. 4 days ago
    • "So why go to New Jersey and lose for 100 grand when you [can] go to Peru and lose for a million?” (James Carville, Clinton's ex-strategist) 4 days ago
    • <-- ...a little bit damaging to your reputation. But if you go to Peru and you run a presidential race and you lose, no one knows or cares." 4 days ago
    • Here's why they are here: “If you help elect a president & then you get involved in a governor’s race & you lose, it’s going to be ... --> 4 days ago
    • U.S. political consultants in Ukraine, assisting Yushch, Yanuk, Yulia and Yatsenyuk: http://bit.ly/2lvtGm 4 days ago
    • Yulia, our Janus: after her fun chat w/ Putin, her MPs draft a bill to recognize UPA fighters as WWII combatants http://bit.ly/7GXKG4 (RUS) 4 days ago
    • So, 5 years since Maidan, we have a Putin-friendly Tymoshenko & a Yanukovych who's sort of critical of Putin :) http://bit.ly/08rYzbN (RUS) 5 days ago
    • Bookmarks restored. Nearly all of them. Hated to be reminded of how much I depend on technology. 6 days ago
    • Firefox has deleted my bookmarks overnight. All of them, damn it. Feels like coming back home to find that all your furniture is gone. 6 days ago
    • RT @skovalyov: Вера Ульянченко вышла на сцену и вручает медальки. Оранжевая КПСС. Идолы новые - традиции старые. #UOR5 1 week ago
    • Our Brezhnev of a president misnames Medvedev, while Saakashvili tries hard not to giggle (UKR) http://bit.ly/6O1TnY 1 week ago
    • Putin trying to impress Tymoshenko with his cab driver sense of humor (RUS) http://bit.ly/53JbUe 1 week ago
    • Global Voices Online - Russia: Blogging the Winter in Yakutia http://bit.ly/3SXULU 1 week ago