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Chernobyl Smiles: Investigations in Punctuation Fallout

If there’s one trivial piece of knowledge that the traveler can attest to, it may just be this: city to … More

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Embarrassing English (Saved By the Grunt)

Whoever it was that conceived of the word “tedious” must have spent some portion of his or her life as … More

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  • Caffeinated
    • Berlin
      • Bonanza Coffee Heroes
      • Café Anna Blume
      • Caffè e Gelato
      • Gelateria Am Brandenburger Tor
      • I Due Forni
      • Kauf Dich Glücklich
      • Mustafa’s Gemüse Kebab
      • Santa Maria Mexican Diner
      • Zula Hummus Café
    • Italy
      • Monopoli (Puglia)
        • Bar La Nave
        • Cafe Blanco (or, Where Marriages End)
        • Cafe del Corso
        • Cafe Dell’Angolo (economic realities of a one night stand)
        • Cafe Gieffe
        • Cafe Insomnia
        • Cafe Malindi
        • Cafe Napoli (or, Microwaves Cause Cancer?!)
        • Cafe Natale
        • Cafe Roma
        • Cafe Smeraldo (or, Why Wait for the Morning to Regret?)
        • Cafe Venezia (Coffee with Aschenbach)
      • Trani (Puglia)
        • Baciuco: Bistrot and Cafe
  • Drinking like a Ukrainian
    • Night 1: No Hablo Español
    • Night 2: Fallout
    • Night 3: The (absent) Revolution
    • Night 4: A Drunken Rant on Pastries and the Cultures that contribute them
    • Night 5: Something Happened on the Way to Yalta
  • English Lessons
    • Adjectives
  • I love Europe, but…
    • I have a beef with their burgers.
    • I need to pee.
    • Intermission ruins the cinematic experience.
  • Letters from Ukraine
    • January 28th to February 22nd, 2012 – The Difficulty of Maintaining a Poker Face during especially Trying Times.
    • March 25th – The Kama Sutra and Lenin
  • Life in the Heel
    • Adventures in Laundering
    • Ciao! (to love and cappuccinos)
    • A Particularly Productive Day, or: Why I Need a Better Alarm Clock
  • Shorts
    • Missing Christmas
    • Two Nights, Two Lovers
    • The Road to San Vito
    • The Pope is Bleeding
  • Why I’m “In Transit”
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