There is a commonly known fact that in the Soviet Union they were awfully into not informing people about things. The misunderstanding here is that it somehow was a totalitarian Soviet phenomenon. Fucking wrong, I'm telling ya. The inability to present information properly is something deeply rooted in the Russian genome along with vodka- ( Read more... )

Looking for hotels in S:t Petersburg, I found this pearl. It's pretty much one appartment on Nevsky run by people directly involved in SPB's underground electronica scene, according to the site. And "hotel OFF - it's practically the only place in the city that unites a conceptual approach to this sort of service, good location and hospitality". ( Read more... )