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One ‘spoiled for life’ British Council teacher

Christine Gray, an English teacher with the British Council, fits the profile of many ex-pats who’ve settled into life in Kyiv. Over lunch recently at …

St. Valentine’s Day: The worst day of the year? Maybe not

le people resent it, and the newly hitched are pulling their hair out, trying to do it justice and not look like chumps. We could live without St. …
Interns

One expert, one stud: two torrid tell-alls

Luciw, 27, is a Canadian intern with a Kyiv energy firm, and a renowned ex-pat ladies’ man.Photo by Yulia …
Interns

Green Day, or hitting the absinthe

history, the hype, the hallucinations. Actually, the experience isn’t quite that epic. The green-tinted liquor, which inspired people such as Van …
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Bols and stuff – a new bar opens near Kyiv’s historic center

ty center on Baseyna, near where a lot of us here at the Post happen to live. Maybe it’s our lucky winter. The place is tricky to find. Be prepared to …
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VIA Gra bombshell laid up after ski industry

s. Blonde bombshell Vera Brezhneva, one third of the buxom VIA Gra trio, decided to take a quiet little skiing vacation after the New Year with her …
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“Swan Lake” and other delights

harmonic of Ukraine with the Kyivsky Kamerata soloists, some top singers and a sax player for this “philharmonic jazz” concert featuring music by …
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Would-poet, dragon and rooster

Place you call home? Hu Bei province, in Central China. Time served? 13 years. What brought you to Ukraine? I first came to Kyiv in 1992 to learn …
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A Slavic blue-blood, and a tennis pro

Over lunch at one of his favorite Kyiv restaurants, the charming Svitlytsya on Andriyivsky Uzviz, Chris Moulin, 27, speaks casually about two things: …
Paul Miazga

Another New Year’s feast, and it’s not Ukrainian

For those unfamiliar with the traditions of the Lunar New Year (this year happens to be the Year of the Rooster), the two-week long celebration …
Paul Miazga

Time to crow for the Year of the Rooster

Ukraine is a country of ancient traditions, but even when it comes to celebrating  the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, there’s no …
Paul Miazga

Learning to write

f. Try your hand at Chinese calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. As a matter of fact, drawing Chinese characters (even if you don’t know …
Olga Chala

I am the tea master!

r and dim lighting create a reflective atmosphere in the Chayny Club tea room, over on Druzhby Narodiv. No street shoes are allowed: you’ll swap for …
Olga Chala

The Zen martial art

ts and control of body and mind: Tai Chi Chuan. And you don’t have to live in Shanghai or San Francisco to be able to practice it. Kyiv, too, is home …
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A passage to China

na will last about two colorful weeks, ending with the Day of Lanterns holiday, when the cold streets throb with lights. So it’s a good time to visit …
Olga Chala

Restless fortunes

horoscope, so the idea of actually going to find out about my future was perplexing. However, after talking with Yuriy Sabelnikov, resident …
Interns

Winter’s Here, Snow Too: Go Skiing

entire cost of skiing for a day in Ukraine, including a nice shashlik lunch washed down with mulled wine at the top of the hill, amounts to a whole …
Interns

Lunch with … Tristan Brotherton, Globetrotter, Filmmaker

“Sometimes I think I’m going to sell the business and become a professional body-builder,” says Tristan Brotherton with a slight smirk as he sips an …
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