I'm in D.C., and I'm about to leave for Minneapolis and subsequently SFO. I'll be glad to see the people who are meeting me at the gate -- right now, as far as I know, …

And yet, I Can't Stop Leaving St. Petersburg! I hit Frankfurt tonight, then leave there the next day and arrive in Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon local time. Then I leave D.C. on Tuesday morning …

Today I went to Novgorod, basically an old city in Russia. It was founded more than a thousand years ago. And playing at the movie theater there: Moulin Rouge. Tomorrow I leave St. Petersburg and …

Wow, The Onion actually has some really funny headlines today. I won't spoil it by actually reading the stories, though. About three days left in St. Petersburg. I'm just falling further and further behind in …

Possibly the most interesting and relaxing thing I've done here in Russia is spend lots and lots of time in cemeteries. Today was the last time, I'm pretty sure. I leave St. Petersburg in only …

Today, a bit about dreams and funny quotes from here in St. Petersburg. I leave on Sunday. Yesterday: "That's a war bookstore." Okay, I'm not going to tell y'all why it's funny, but it is. …

Here's the second part of my Solovki travelogue. This promises to be longish, overall, when done. Part I was here. Thursday: We Arrive. The next morning, I had no hangover that I could tell -- …

First of all, this Modern Humorist story made me laugh a great deal, and I'm quite grateful. Second of all, I saw a Britney Spears matryoshki doll today. No, not kidding. It was inevitable, I …

One brand of mineral water available here in Russia is -- it says right here on the bottle -- blessed by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. (When John discovered this, he said, "I …

Yesterday I went and saw where Pavlov worked, here in St. Petersburg. It was pretty funny. So I searched for No. 12, Akademika Pavlova, near the Petrogradskaya metro station. On the way, I found out …