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Home Tag Archives: Russia

Tag Archives: Russia

Caribbean Music, Strong Women on Film, Trousers

By admin
in :  Eclectic Stuff

When did women start wearing trousers? The short answer is in prehistory, and there have been many civilizations throughout human history that have survived the ‘scandal’ of its women wearing trouser-like garments.

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Making Sense of the Ukraine Situation

By Skip Kaltenheuser
in :  As the World Turns

Ukraine is a now a tilt-a-whirl that’s come loose. To understand it, I’m trying for inputs beyond the mainstream that’s had a dubious track record in the past, from WMD’s in Iraq to Russiagate. One shouldn’t ignore the mainstream, but one needs a wider angle lens.

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Sue Palmer – Unleashes Boogie Détente

By T. E. Mattox
in :  Entertainment
Sue Palmer in Red Square, Moscow

If someone even mentions Russia in conversations these days I find myself looking for the nearest exit and a way out. But not Sue Palmer. Sue has chosen to look beyond the socio-political posturing in order to find a way IN… keyboard first! Known the world over for her prowess on the 88’s, Palmer has long been ordained as royalty …

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Sky’s the Limit: Where Money Is No Object

By T-Boy Society of Film & Music
in :  T-Boy Society of Film & Music
Astronaut McCandless floating free in space

The T-Boy Society of Film & Music’s latest poll is dedicated to Sky’s The Limit, where members select trips and destination/s in which they’d only dream of. Like last month’s World’s Friendliest Destinations we’ve decided to continue with another uplifting theme.

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Appreciating Bernie in Our Era of Hobson’s Choices

By Skip Kaltenheuser
in :  Politics
Bernie 2020, by Nancy Ohanian

One thing we know for certain about what weighed on Bernie’s decision to suspend his campaign is that there are things we do not know for certain. Before and after the October 1st medical adventure his heart embarked on, I wrote he’d be ticking like a Timex and coming from behind like Seabiscuit, both prediction and prayer. I acknowledge my disappointment but refrain from judgment on what I believe to be a clean call.

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Easy Pace Russia: The Battle that Inspired an Overture (Dispatch #17)

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel
Battle of Borodino painting, Battle of Borodino Panorama Musem in Moscow

Like a war correspondent, The Palladian Traveler files his last dispatch in this series from a platform overlooking a re-creation of the Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleanic Wars that signaled the beginning of the end for Emperor Napolean I.

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Easy Pace Russia: Cosmonauts, Churches and a VIP Cemetery (Dispatch #16)

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel
Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius, Sergiyev Posad

The Palladian Traveler heads far outside the city limits of Moscow to reach the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church and pays his respects at a cemetery where Russian history sleeps as he files his penultimate dispatch in the Easy Pace Russia series.

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Easy Pace Russia: Dinner Filed Under Odessa (Dispatch #15)

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel
a dish at the Odessa-Mama, Moscow

Quicker than you can say “Doctor Zhivago,” The Palladian Traveler satisfies his craving for some Odessian fare as he tucks in and files his 15th dispatch from a table at one of Moscow’s most popular restaurants.

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Easy Pace Russia: A Glimpse Inside the Kremlin (Dispatch #14)

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel
the Tsar Cannon located just past the Kremlin Armory

The Palladian Traveler crosses over a short bridge, passes under a stone archway and enters the largest fortress in Europe as he files his 14th dispatch from inside the Kremlin.

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Easy Pace Russia: Walking and chewing GUM in Red Square (Dispatch #13)

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel
St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow

The Palladian Travel holds his breath as he passes by the old KGB Headquarters on his way to a daytime stroll around iconic Red Square and a bit of window shopping at the ornate GUM indoor mall.

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