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Nuremberg, You Were Good to Us

We moved to Hamburg. I wish I wrote this piece on the train, on the way to the city that should become my — yet again — new home. Alas, in the train I...

Published: August 11, 2021

5 Years of Blogging: Will I Ever Be Successful?

“What if I never become successful?” I asked my husband at half past eleven pm, after staring into the screen of my computer for a few hou...

Published: April 9, 2021

Enough with the Evil Russians! (Stranger Things Made Me Write This)

On July 4th, season 3 of Stranger Things hit Netflix and immediately smashed its ratings records with over 40 million households streaming the show. I...

Published: July 12, 2019

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On Realities of Being a Bilingual Writer (or Trying to Be One)

A few months ago I decided to create a Russian version of this blog. I am Russian after all, so why don’t I write in my native tongue? After set...

Published: January 18, 2019

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That’s What She Read in 2018

My blog’s name works on so many levels I want to jump around in joy! That’s What She Had in 2018 — a round-up of my favorite meals of the ...

Published: December 19, 2018

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3 Years of Food and Travel Blogging

My blog’s birthday is impossible to forget because it coincides with Thanksgiving. My very first blog post — one of the few I didn’t correct through t...

Published: November 22, 2018

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The Answer to the Question: “How Do You Like It in Germany?”

I am no novice to packing up my whole life and leaving the comfortable and familiar only to create a home in a land I’ve never visited before. My firs...

Published: October 24, 2018

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The Homesick Russian, or the Real Cost of Living Abroad

Being an expat in Sri Lanka, I often get questions from locals about my background and how I like the country. I love to reply with “And you?” “Where...

Published: September 3, 2018

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On Turning 30 or Who Wants to Be 20 Anyway?

On the day after my 30th birthday I sat in front of my computer for two hours, staring at the blank page, forcing myself to write something, anything ...

Published: July 26, 2018

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Dear Instagram…

Dear Instagram, I think we need to take a break. For a few days or a few weeks — I have not decided yet, but I feel that I need a breath of fresh air ...

Published: July 2, 2018

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Victory Day: Why I Remember and You Should Too

With a little over a month left till summer, I walked around the city center of Ekaterinburg under a snowfall like I haven’t seen in years. Even for h...

Published: May 6, 2018

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My Extremely Belated, but Highly Accomplishable List of Things to Do Before 30

At the humble age of 29 I decided it is time to read the Harry Potter series. Now or never. After all, I visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter i...

Published: April 12, 2018

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Side notes

Nuremberg, You Were Good to Us

5 Years of Blogging: Will I Ever Be Successful?

Enough with the Evil Russians! (Stranger Things Made Me Write This)

On Realities of Being a Bilingual Writer (or Trying to Be One)

That’s What She Read in 2018

3 Years of Food and Travel Blogging

The Answer to the Question: “How Do You Like It in Germany?”

The Homesick Russian, or the Real Cost of Living Abroad

On Turning 30 or Who Wants to Be 20 Anyway?

Dear Instagram…

Victory Day: Why I Remember and You Should Too

My Extremely Belated, but Highly Accomplishable List of Things to Do Before 30

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