A Family Album of Memories 🍇 Chapter 3 Part 1. Spiridon Kyriakidi, the Soda-Water Vendor You can read Chapter 2 here… For more than thirty years, soda-water vendor Spiridon Kyriakidi greeted the people of Odessa near the City Garden. This…
«Альбом воспоминаний» 🍇 Глава 4. Портной Арон Ботвинник Часть 4. 🧳 Дорога длиной в несколько границ Часть 3 можно прочесть здесь… Решение покинуть Советский Союз не принималось Ароном за один вечер. Оно складывалось годами — из сотен мелочей, сомнений, надежд и разговоров. Но однажды наступает день, когда человек перестаёт спрашивать себя: «Стоит ли?» и начинает…
Album of Memories 🍇 Chapter 2 (continued). The Grapevine—One of the Courtyard’s Oldest Residents and Its Chronicler The beginning of Chapter 2 can be read here… On the appointed day, the courtyard looked like a curious blend of a Soviet collective farm during harvest season and the set of one of those inspirational films celebrating…
An Album of Memories 🍇 Chapter 2. The Grapevine: The Courtyard’s Oldest Resident and Chronicler You can read Chapter 1 here… Many old Odessa courtyards had their own winemaking traditions. Some were known for their apricot trees. Others for laundry fluttering between balconies. Ours was remembered for something else entirely—an old Lydia grapevine that had…
An Album of Memories A Few Words Before You Enter the Courtyard What lay behind the arches of old Odessa houses? Discover a courtyard where neighbors knew one another by name, Lydia grapevines climbed the walls, and every last name on a mailbox told its own story. An Odessa courtyard was far more than a…
«Альбом воспоминаний» 🍇 Глава 4. Портной Арон Ботвинник Часть 3. Часть 2 можно посмотреть здесь… Война не обошла стороной и семью Ботвинник со всеми её…
Part 2 Who Is Allowed to Drink What? The Myth of “Men’s” and “Women’s” Drinks You can read Chapters 7 and 8 here… The dinner…
Part 2 Who Gets to Drink What? The Myth of “Men’s” and “Women’s” Drinks You can read Chapters 4,5 and 6 here… Chapter 7 The…