Plattenbau House on Stilts in Moscow

I think it's time for an architectural study, so here is a world-famous 1969 Plattenbau residential building on stilts on Prospekt Mira street in Moscow, popularly known as "House on Chicken Legs".

Soapbox photos: House on Chicken Legs Moscow: Here is a world-famous 1969 Plattenbau residential building on stilts on Prospekt Mira street in Moscow, popularly known as "House on C...

Comparsa - Deep Forest III 1997

Here is a more obscure Deep Forest album

Gran Turismo 5 Music - Race BGM - Dance and Electronics

Lotsa dance and electronics

LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel (Official Video)

Speed-up and slow down

The Joys and Pitfalls of Fit Posting

The joys and pitfalls of fit posting: removing photobombs in fit images; it's a very ancient tradition

Yes, it's been done before if memory serves. And it does.

Not mine naturally, neither the top nor bottom.

H/t mrachen

Cafe Culture and Georgian Cuisine, Red Wine and Khinkali

The 2022 summer goes on, and so does my street cafe dining, and the summer has been pretty warm so far in Moscow, especially in the second half, about a month already with temperatures at about 30C, which is conducive to cafe culture and in fact makes it imperative to stop at street cafes, at least in my experience, especially if the place has a sun tent or something.

It wasn't today; but the order of the day when it was was some 500 ml of Georgian red wine...

And some khinkali, a kind of meat-stuffed dumplings, traditional Georgian, very tasty when they are good, and not so when there aren't.

These are cooked ones.

And the other three are cooked and fried for a little difference in tasting experience.

These shoes are not made for walking (much).

Unfortunately, the khinkali were just middling at the place, though still eatable, but by no means great.

And some Tequila sunrise.

Collateral view around the eatery. For you to feast your eyes on.

Restroom at the place.

Napkin

Nice pattern.

Jeff Wayne's WAR of the WORLDS

The definitive version.

Another Basic Wardrobe in CM

Here is another take on those "basic wardrobes" or "capsule wardrobe" as they are known in CM (classic menswear), but this one is more like a definitive one since it comes from a well-known, though now dormant, SF poster, M.

And it's pretty easy to complete, I think.

As at August 2022, it's been long near completed for me; in fact some items that were achieved previously may have gone, but here is how it stands:

-a blue odd jacket. If you live in a two-season climate, then two, one for warmth and one for the cold ✔ have many more than 2 all blue, odd, including blazers
-mid gray flannel pants ✔
-decent, non-chino khakis ✔
-at least one funky (but tasteful!) non-blue tweed jacket -
-a mid to dark gray worsted single-breasted suit  ✔
-a navy worsted single breasted suit  ✔
-a white FC shirt -
-several blue BC shirts, at least one BD ✔
-black stitch caps  ✔
-some tasteful brown oxfords (exact configuration up to you) -
-loafers in medium brown calf, suede or shell or else burg shell ✔
-a solid black tie, knit or grenadine ✔
-a solid navy tie, knit or grenadine ✔
-a plain white linen hanky -

So the basics are nearly all done and have been done for a long time.

Actually came across the above while browsing through necro treads on SF, specifically this one - If You Do Not Own The Following Things, You Are Not Well-Dressed and it is a good one too.

 

 

 

Summer Culminating but Nightingales Have Long Fallen Silent

Summer Culminating but Nightingales Have Long Fallen Silent



But don't you worry; they will be back next year.

2/ 3 Summer 2022, Seafood, Red Wine, Mediterranean Cuisine

The 2022 summer goes on and is about to culminate as at August 1, 2022 and so does my summer-mode eating out, cafe culture style, preferably at somebody else's expense in this case something straight out of the Mediterranean cuisine play book.

 

Mediterranean cuisine dishes, including specifically those from Italian cuisine, are good to enjoy in summer time.

 

Enter an Italian-style lunch at a faux Italian-styled eatery here in Moscow, on one of the main thoroughfares in Moscow - Lenindgradskoye shosse.

Here is my photo reportage.

 What was had:

Seafood salad, including mussels.

Pasta - something called Spaghetti Al Pomodoro.

Two glasses of red wine, to wash everything down. Or wherever.

Two 150 gr glasses of red wine, something called:

Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, dry red 

Terre Allegre, semi-sweet

Nice drinkable wine but nothing too memorable.

Some collateral views, the rest room at the place

Street cafe seating view

About RUB 2 thou

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