Poljot 3133 Chronograph Movement

4 Beers at Pivoteka 465

To get more content for my Restaurants and Beer Exploration in Moscow series, on March 20, 2019 went for beer to a Pivoteka 465 joint (Пивотека 465); Pivoteka 465 being a chain of small craft beer shops here in Moscow.

So that day's Beer # 1 was a pint of tap Bakunin Fibonacci DIPA.

I found it to be alright for Bakunin, everything was true to DIPA, some evil tongues may wag that there was a waft of bad smell about it but I will say that it was just breathing from raw live craft beer with genuine hops, yeast and malt (unless of course it was an unwashed tap); in any case I liked it well enough regardless, pleasantly bitter, hoppy and relatively strong so, 2.35/5, looked good too color wise.

Bakunin (Бакунин) is a Saint Petersburg based Russian brewery, named presumably after Bakunin, the famous anarchist philosopher.

On tap that day.

Beer # 2 was a pint of Salden's Milkshake DIPA with Banana Puree expertly poured for me by barkeep from a can.

Gorgeous color, and I liked it even better; as for my second beer on the day decided to go for something less bitter and more sweet, and so liked this one, nice texture and body and a good nose and it was pleasantly strong therefore effective in the consciousness expanding department, 2.75/5.

Salden's is a microbrewery from Tula in Russia whose products happen to be among my most favorite.

Interior.

Support your local brewery!

Vostok 2433 Open Heart

Green cake, green tea

In My Restaurants series, here are some picture from Literary Cafe of Moscow Book House - A slice of pistachio and raspberry cake...

... and some green tea.

Общепит: Фисташковый с малиной: Фисташковый с малиной торт, или чизкейк, в Литературном кафе МДК. И зеленый чай. Soapbox photos: Green cake green tea: A slice of pistachio and raspberry cake... ... and some green tea. Общепит: Фисташковый с малиной : Фисташковый с малиной торт, ил...

Snowy memories ❄ January 2019 Photography

Belmondo in L' Alpagueur -1976

My favorite Jean-Paul Belmondo movie where he plays Hunter, a kind of hard-boiled private detective operating outside the law, taking out criminals and getting paid handsomely for it by his clients from government intelligence and crime fighting agencies but now he has to confront France's most notorious bank robber and ruthless assassin L'Epervier aka flight attendant Gilbert convincingly played by Bruno Cremer.

L' Alpagueur -1976 aka Hunter Will Get You

Music by M. Colombier is also a favorite score.

Belmondo in Le Marginal, aka The Outsider, not as good, but uses a similar formula.




 Also noted for Belomondo's character using a burst-fire mode Beretta 93R.

HoroLex: БЕЛЬМОНДО - ЧАСТНЫЙ ДЕТЕКТИВ (L' Alpagueur -1976): Мой самый любимый фильм с Бельмондо.

Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms - Original (1995)

Morning!











3133's seal of approval.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout CD music [audio]

Eating (and Drinking) Out Moscow: Beers at Eric the Red on Old Arbat

In another installment of my long but slow running Eating Out Moscow aka My Restaurants and also Beer Exploration series, here is a mainly photographic report(age) of some beers consumed for lunch on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Moscow's famed Eric the Red Pub-Restaurant, and namely the instance of it which is located on the Old Arbat.

Beer and snacks for lunch.

Beer # 1 was a pint of tap Plan B Kovboi Malboro (Cowboy Marlboro) IPA on the recommendations of the barkeep, and I have to say that I liked it well enough - I have had a lot of IPA beers this past year and think this one to be above quality average.

Plan B Kovboi Malboro (Cowboy Marlboro) is a Russian brewed IPA by Plan B.

Taps.

Actually there are 3 stories but I never went beyond the ground level and not far from the door either.

To eat, ordered something called Beer Set, including fries, wings, fish chips, cheese pastries, three dips, salted and fired almond and a salty pretzel.

For Beer No. 2 went for cherry and namely a pint of Jaws Cherry Swing, the only cherry beer they had on tap, and I liked it well above average and later even took another one of the same.

Jaws Cherry Swing is a Russian craft cherry fruit beer by Jaws Brewery, of Penza Region, Russia.

Lunch is going on.

Interior views.

And here is Beer # 3 which is more of Beer # 2!

1930-40s Military Style Wristwatch - Zlatoust

Zlatoust 1930-40s Military Style Wristwatch - New in Collection

Here is a new arrival in collection:

A  Zlatoust 1930-40s Military Style Wristwatch, 195 AIZh 2.810.084 (195АИЖ2.810.084).

Description:

Case: brass with chrome finish.
Dimensions: no more than 50 * 18 * 70mm. A massive watch!
Weight: not more than 0.15 kg.
Movement: mechanical with manual winding.
Diameter of the mechanism: 24 mm.
Number of jewels: 17.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds
Vostok 2409
Shockproof
Accuracy: -60 +60 seconds per day.
Power reserve on one winding: 35 hours.

The watch is in the Russian military style of the 1930s and 1940 which was already conservative at the time.

Popular for its size and weight and also the case shape resembling a small cooking or sauce pan with handles and that's how such watches were often referred to "kastryulia" aka "cooking pan" or "sauce pan".

The winding crown is very good to wind, very handy aka grippy.

Here are more photos, first using a Nikon P900.

Box

The back.