

Maybe y’all will find this little story amusing idk… I lived in Russia for a year between college and grad school. My college degrees are in international affairs and psychology, and I minored in Russian language. Before I figured out I wanted to be a chef, I thought I wanted to work in academia, mostly to be a professor, so I was going directly into a PhD program after my year abroad. I went to Russia to continue studying language, and I taught English and partied a lot. It was a glorious time and I loved it. After talking with a close friend who lives in Russia today, who I met on this trip 20 years ago, I was looking through my old pics. I’m feeling sentimental and worried about my friends, as well as the international order. Y’all know I don’t do politics here, but I think what’s going on is on everyone’s mind a little bit (and that’s all I’ll say on the subject cause this isn’t the place for politics 😉) This pic was actually taken in Helsinki by a friend I was traveling with, when we had to leave Russia to go renew our visas in Finland. It was an easy train ride away so this was pretty common then. I thought y'all might find me flashing people in public at 21 amusing 😂 This was also before I knew about cool shoes 😉