Yes, you heard me correctly - the season of parties. What am I implying? I think you know. The Russian New Year is coming. How is this different you ask? Are you kidding? This is like the best party of the whole year.
Since Soviet times when Christmas was banned due to it being a religious [...]
Posts Tagged ‘red october’
The Season of Parties
The October Revolution
I thought this would be fitting since my domain is Red October. Borrowed most of this from Wikipedia.
A little history - On October 25, 1917 (November 7, 1917 GC), Bolsheviks led their forces in the uprising in Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd and later as Leningrad), the capital of Russia, against the ineffective Kerensky [...]
Never Ever Take a Vacation with Family or Friends
Traveled to Germany last week and stayed with some old friends. They made some plans to see some things while we were there. While it was nice to see them, we really learned a lot about them that I wished I had known before the trip…
On Sunday, we were all talking and they promised to [...]
Russian Women - Some Things You Ought To Know
Not all Russian women are the same. Of course they come in all shapes and sizes, although one would think from all the hype that they are all thin and beautiful and oozing of sexual prowess. Well, don’t believe the hype. But do know that if you are attracted to a certain type of woman, [...]
Barbeque at some Friends
This weekend we were invited to one of my wife’s Russian friend’s house for shashlik - kababs on the grill for us Americans. We drove for about an hour and finally arrived to hang out.
The woman was making salads when we arrived. And the dog, we’ll change the names in order to protect the innocent. [...]




