A 19-year-old student from Kharkiv Agricultural University, Olga Shylovanova, was chosen Miss Ukraine 2006 at Ukraine Palace on February 28. The contest jury, including Olympic champion Lilia Popkopayeva, Facty Editor-In-Chief Oleksandr Shvets, TV presenter Oleksandr Kolody, Continue reading ‘Pop picks: Ukraine picks a new beauty for 2006.’
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Short-term apartment rentals continue be the accommodation of choice for guests to the Ukrainian capital, and for good reason. Hotels here tend to be either ridiculously expensive, or the service they offer is so bad, people figure they could do better if they just shopped around.
Continue reading ‘Apartment rentals – a good alternative to Kyiv hotels’
It’s wonderful to acknowledge charitable giving in Ukraine, whenever and however it is done. Even better is acknowledging that the Kyiv Lions Club, now three years old, will again host the now 10th-annual Robbie Burns Night party, all the proceeds for which will go to their eponymous charity fund, to be distributed to local charities.
St. Patrick’s Day bash at O’Brien’s; Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix
GALLERY
Friday 17
Crimean Style
An exhibition of works of decorative art by Crimean Tatar artists who studied the history of ancient Crimean art and then manifested their knowledge Continue reading ’7 Days in Kyiv – your guide.’
I remember my first days in Kyiv well, as forgettable as they were. It was five years ago and the city had no middle-class restaurants worth noting. Kyivans had the choice of dining out in Soviet-style cafes, McDonald’s restaurants or really expensive places where you daren’t walk in without a thick wad of C-notes to cover the high cost of dining. I love eating out and yet I hardly ate out at all.
Continue reading ‘Celebrating the city’s middle class restaurants’
The end of summer is usually the season for big sales, and how appropriate! It’s just the time to get a new wardrobe, and why not do it without breaking the bank? Yet there are also places that always sell clothes at a considerable discount outlet stores. And while regular boutiques are likely to lower prices on their spring and Continue reading ‘Outlet shopping guide’
I’d like to know how the real estate agents sold the location of Taj, a lovely little Indian restaurant sequestered on one of the quietest streets downtown, to its owners. Did they say that being incredibly hard to find was the latest trend in dining or that patrons would only work up an even greater appetite if they Continue reading ‘Great kosher in Podil for Passover; solid Indian restaurant hidden away’
FILMS
“Breakfast on Plutoâ€
“Strange boy†Cillian Murphy stars as the much stranger character Patrik “Kitten†Braden in a movie by Irish director Neil Jordan whose most famous work to day is “Interview with the Vampire. Continue reading ‘Felix Da Housecat back in Kyiv – 7 Days in Kyiv’
We’re not going to say that a Cuban revolution is going on in Kyiv, but from two years ago, where there weren’t any smoke shops here, to today, when there happen to be five (downtown street corner kiosks included), that’s almost revolutionary. Cigar-starved Kyivans now have reason to celebrate.
Continue reading ‘Put this in your pipe: Kyiv’s best smoke shop’
The Kyiv Post has once again joined with The Ukrainian Connoisseur Club (TUCC) in an attempt to objectively quantify new and existing restaurants according to an established standard for fine dining in Ukraine. Approximately once a month the not-for-profit TUCC selects a Kyiv restaurant, and, on April 6, Continue reading ‘The Ukrainian Connoisseur Club (TUCC) takes a closer look at restaurant Taboo; oysters invade Kyiv’
