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Jewish Carols

December 19, 2011

I actually wrote this post two years ago but haven’t been brave enough to publish it until now. It’s about a secret love of mine: Christmas carols. Technically, as  a (nonobservant) Jew, I know I shouldn’t enjoy them or sing them, a knowledge that was imparted on me by my mom who, when I was learning Silent Night in third grade, acted as if she was personally experiencing the Inquisition when it gets to the part about yon Virgin and ...

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Reading nooks I have known and loved (but was too lazy to recreate in my own house)

December 7, 2011

It’s raining right now, but not a tropical rain. It’s the kind of fall rain that reminds me of, for some reason, mostly of literature.  Of the Hound of the Baskervilles, of the Neverending Story, of Bilbo setting out for his journey even though his hobbit hole is really very comfortable, reminds me of one of my favorite books, A Farewell to Arms.  I can’t find the exact quote, but I remember that we covered that book in the fall ...

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Welcome to the bardak that is my apartment

April 14, 2010

Bardak. Mr. B and I are moving to Pentagon City . I’m pretty sad, because I love our apartment and the fact that we were 20 minutes away from DC but could eat breakfast on our balcony facing the woods.We’re moving because it doesn’t serve the right purpose for us anymore. What I love most about it is that we lived the first two years of married life here, instead of communal-Soviet-style with our parents in the same one-bedroom apartment ...

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Whoever said life is about adventure and risk-taking never had typhoid shots

March 15, 2010

UPDATED:  Just found out our malaria pills can give violent nightmares!  Wheee! Following on the heels of our previous India excitement, Mr. B and I took a trip to the doctor’s office on Friday to get prepped for our trip to India with some shots.  The visit started out fairly innocently; over the phone, they’d told me that we would need probably two shots and a malaria pill.  We waited in a very cool, adventure-themed room while the doctor came: ...

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A few brief thoughts today: shuttle launches, the Olympics, and why Russians are racist

February 15, 2010

1. Shuttle Launch I stalk/read Rubinary.com pretty frequently, because it’s cool to see how other Russian-speaking couples live and also blog about it. I always tell Mr. B that he should co-blog with me, but he always tells me that, if we’re going to blog together, he’ll just blog about his normal topics.  So I back down for the sake of your sanity.   Also, Mr. Rubinary has the same name as Mr. B.  Also, they take awesome photographs of ...

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