What will you do this year? Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Personally I gave those up decades ago. Yes I have desires I wish to fulfill, but no resolutions. One of my desires is to get better at writing. I will be honing my skills over the next few months in order to get [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vodka’
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. [...]
Mail Order Brides and Vodka
While vodka is enjoyed for a brief period of time, a mail order bride is enjoyed for a lifetime. Now don’t get me wrong. I like drinking vodka just as much as the next guy. But the vodka buzz (or drunk) only lasts a few hours at a time, and eventually pickles your liver.
A Russian [...]
Happy New Year - 2009
We’ve brought in another new year, and this one came in with a big bang. We threw a party at our house yesterday. We’re both paying for it today. A little too much vodka, beer, wine and champagne mixed together. Russians sure can party. We socialized, played charades, sung karaoke and drank. Unfortunately, I found [...]
It’s Labor Day Weekend
Well, winter is coming soon now, the children are back to school and summer vacations have come to an end. Another summer has come and gone and it is time to start thinking about Christmas. What? Well maybe not just yet.
We sponsored 3 young ladies from the Ural State University this summer. They study international [...]
