Wow! I logged on yesterday morning, threw up a post about Mr. Zig and then did something we all should probably do more often – shut the computer completely off and walk away for a while. Ziua Nationala was insane for me and I literally spent the entire day locked in the house (and warm and dry from the cold rain) and clicking on webpages … Continue reading Q & A
Folks, this is a day I truly thought would never, ever arrive. There are a few people reading this website who have known me for years and I know they thought this day would never come either. Life is funny sometimes though, and it had quite a few surprises in store for me. Sometimes it’s easy to look at someone and see the successes as … Continue reading Cold, Drunk, Bleeding and Broke
Yes! Folks it is time to unveil the big news at last! About a week ago, some kind soul turned a Facebook link to this blog into some kind of viral phenomenon amongst Romanians (and Romaniophiles). I watched, shocked, as the number of visitors climbed through the roof. And then the outpouring of comments, incredibly generous. And simultaneously, as both The Woman and I read … Continue reading The Big News!
If you spend just a couple of weeks in any kind of urban environment in Romania you’re going to find that certain songs will get hammered into your consciousness whether you like it or not. What am I talking about? Scanning the Romanian FM radio band, you will find the vast majority of (musical) stations to be extremely similar, based on just a few formulas: … Continue reading The Persistence of Music in Romania
Although I have unabashedly written many times about tuica, it’s time to dedicate a whole post to it. I grew up in cities and to me, alcohol was something other people made in some far-off place and then bottled it and shipped it to a store for me to buy. How alcohol was made was a mysterious enigma. In Romania, however, making your own alcohol … Continue reading Tuica, Palinca and Horinca
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