Best Cocktail Bars in Russia: Trans Siberian Edition
Hello, your girl did not go all the way across on the Trans Siberian and not try every single cocktail bar she could edge her way into. Cultural and natural sights were dutifully attended to during the…
The Best Cocktail Bars in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Listen, it wasn’t my plan to make it a boozy weekend in Saint Petersburg. I booked my train tickets with two intentions—One, to see Firebird at the Mariinsky Theatre because this girl loves a weird-o ballet. And…
The Best Cocktail Bars in Tbilisi
Finding the best cocktail bars in Tbilisi turned out not to be an easy challenge. Georgia is all about wine, wine, wine, and it’s only recently that their craft beer scene has really gotten going. So when…
My Favorite Kharkiv Cocktail Bars
I have come a long way from being the girl who was scared of entering English countryside pubs solo. A long way. Now, I head to cities with the determination to make a thorough investigation of their…
My Favorite Craft Cocktail Bars in Kiev
I have a new updated list of the best bars in Kiev, including the best cocktail bars. Where I am greatly influences what I choose to drink. In the center of hipster Brooklyn it was craft beer…
Kyiv Cocktail Delivery in 2020
I miss going out for a drink. I miss watching cocktails get made and pretending like I know anything at all about drinks. I miss my bartenders. With the COVID quarantine, bars in Kyiv have been shut…
The Best Bars in Kyiv
When people ask me what I miss about Kyiv, I say my friends – including my bartenders. I think my mom cringes at this, but I promise it’s not a confession of alcoholism. What I love about…
My Favorite New York Bars: The Way Station
The Way Station I stumbled on The Way Station through a friend, and the nerd in me rejoiced. If you are a fan of steam punk, Doctor Who, or a local bar with a community feel and…
How to Be Creative
I have not chosen a particularly auspicious place to work here in the library. I could have joined the studious masses in the main table area, surrounded by the novels of the greats, hearing the soft conversation…
The Best Things To Do in Winter in Ukraine
Dark, freezing, dismal — these might be the words some people associate with Eastern European winter, and on one hand they’re not wrong. It can be all those things. But it can also be breath-taking(ly beautiful), exciting,…
