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Archive for April, 2009

MIA

Hey Friends and Family, don’t worry about me, I am going to be MIA for the next two weeks or so traveling around the country side.  I’ll check in if and when I can.  Sorry to leave you hanging but I am not taking my laptop–only a small backpack.  I am sure that I’ll have [...]

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Graffiti Removal

Look at what I saw recently.  This poor guy is water blasting (I just make this term up) graffiti of the wall of a subway (pedestrian underpass).
He’d clearly been working on the removal for a long time when I saw him.  There was lots of standing water and the stairs were on the slippery side.  [...]

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Happy Day!

I am thrilled to announce that my MoM and my Aunt will be coming to visit me at the end of June for a visit!  I didn’t think that it would work out given the state of the economy and a few other factors but I was (happily) wrong.  And talk of their visit has [...]

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Last night my friend I. invited me to a costume party at Sofia University.  I went and had a great time: costumes, dancing, wine–it’s a pretty good mix anyway you look at.  The thing is, I am horrible at putting a costume together in the States with a range of clothing in my closet so [...]

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Loved it.  The Sofia City Art Gallery has three great exhibitions up right now (and one of the best museum/gallery websites in Bulgaria I’ve seen).  The thing is I think that the exhibitions I saw today are all closing soon (April 26th).  So go this weekend or you’ll be sad that you missed it.   Oh [...]

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It’s your lucky day.  This is the second piece in a regular segment for my blog: How-to-Tuesdays.  Here I will give you a run down on how to do something new–related to my life in and around Bulgaria. Check out last week’s how to which is a great recipe for roasting egg plant in the [...]

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On Saturday night, I stayed up late and then about 11:30pm I made my way to the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (on Graf Ignatiev).  I bought a candle from a man selling them on the street and began to get excited about the holiday.  The service starts at 12 midnight but even by 11:30pm there was [...]

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I didn’t know that by moving to Bulgaria that I’d get to celebrate Easter twice. Lucky me. Growing up a Protestant, I knew that some religious holidays were fixed (say Christmas Eve) and I knew that others moved around (say Easter).  I had a vague sense that Easter was tide to the moon and some [...]

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Maybe six weeks ago on my way to meeting friends at JJ Murphy’s (yes, the Irish pub), I walked by a great shop in Sofia–Paradise Garage.  It was closed and I made a mental note that I wanted to go back and check it out during the day.  Well, it took me about four weeks [...]

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Bulgarian Wine

Today I was out and about running some errands.  At some point, I was struck by the thought that today would be the perfect day to sit outside and enjoy a glass of wine. The sun is out with only a few clouds in the sky, it’s not too hot and the city seems to [...]

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