I met a camel statue:
We went to the Hermitage.
Showing posts with label St. Petersburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Petersburg. Show all posts
Sunday, April 13, 2008
St. Petersburg
One day circa spring 1986 or '87, my parents and some friends of theirs took me sightseeing around St. Petersburg. We posed on bridges:
I met a camel statue:
We went to the Hermitage.
I met a camel statue: We went to the Hermitage.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Contrasts
My mom, in 1980, at the height of her Soviet hipster-chic phase. The retro graphic T-shirt! The bell bottoms! The disaffected stare!
And two years later, a Soviet working woman, wheeling a baby carriage in the courtyard of a communal apartment building in St. Petersburg.
And two years later, a Soviet working woman, wheeling a baby carriage in the courtyard of a communal apartment building in St. Petersburg.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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