Hooray for the bleeding edge

 



December 20, 2008

Ekonom-class

The place: Peccartea bakery, near Novoslobodskaya metro
The cost: 125 rubles (less than 5 USD)
The stuff: Vanilla creme donut and a latte.

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December 20, 2008

Lunch at SBUX

The place: Starbuck's on Gasheka
The cost: 375 Russian rubles (less than 10 Euros but something like 14 USD)
The contents: Chicken pesto and vanilla latte, mmm!

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December 18, 2008

One true latte...

The place: Costa Coffee
The cost: 235 russian rubles, about 8 USD (used to be 10 USD before the crisis)

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December 15, 2008

Feijoa-flavored soda. Only in Russia

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December 3, 2008

Start of the Christmas season in Russia

One of many decorated fir trees, spotted in Mayakovskaya square.

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November 20, 2008

Жестко, еще жестче

New themes in Gmail, including console:
 
 

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October 23, 2008

You saw it here first folks

Yeap, the sign is right; over 28 to buy dollars. Two days ago, I bought at 27,15. Things can only get better, right?

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October 18, 2008

On the road to SP

Oh yes, we are on the way there...

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October 18, 2008

Two seven

If you can see the yellow sign in the picture, you'll see that the dollar is trading at over 27 rubles today.

This has not happened since I arrived in Moscow, over two years ago.

Just the beginning...

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October 9, 2008

Cheburashka strikes again

The Russian animated children's hero is back, this time advertising for the localized version of MS Visual Studio 2008.

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