Anna Pavlova, artiste des Theatres Imperiaux, St. Petersburg, Russia, was born on January 31, 1881 in St. Petersburg to a regular family, father: a soldier, mother: a laundry lady. Anna spent her childhood at grandmother’s home in Ligovo. When she was ten, she moved to live with with her mother at 5 Kazan Street, St….
One. A British Short hair-cut cat, dressed to participate in a feline autumn fashion show, is seen during an international cat exhibition in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Sunday,(“Calagary Herald”, September 12, 2011). Two. Russian film-maker Alexander Sokurov won the Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival on Saturday for “FAUST”, a visceral take on Goethe’s…
“Dear Vern, how are you doing, our friend? Recently we came from Hawaii where we visited Pearl Harbor Museum. We had great impressions about that and remembered you in regards to the aviation show which took place nearby in Honolulu. The touching story about your life rescuers, Russian female pilots during WWII, came to my…
Our photo report about buying pearls at Hawaii: Travelling around Hawaiian Islands we saw the Maui Divers Jewelry, Island Pearls, Pick-a-Pearl stores everywhere. Maui Divers Jewelry opened 52 years ago in Lahaina, Maui, offering underwater excursions to island visitors. Fateful diving expedition in the deep waters off the Molokai Channel led to the discovery of…
Talking about the Hawaiian art, represented in the book “Artists/Hawaii” by Joan Clarke and Diane Dods, Dana Edmunds (photographer), published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu in 1996, which I picked up in the SS America Library while travelling on Hawaiian NCL cruse , I read thoroughly, photographed it for you to see and appreciate at…
Early in the morning we left the ship and headed for a regular city bus to take us to Pearl Harbor where we wanted to pass the day before our late evening flight to Los Angeles. The weather was wonderful: not too cloudy, not too sunny. Just right for the special day. But we saw…
The photo expose “Frank’s Towel Creations”: The second day we are staying on the same island: Nawiliwili, Kaua’i. My observation is as follows: the people seem to be hired on ship by special talents, as in our case, Frank Lopez, who did homemaking for our stateroom #10003 for 7 days and nights of our cruise….
This the photo show of our seaway to Nawiliwili, Kaua’i. …
Our photo expose ” Kona, Hawaii, 2011″: On the early morning to-day we arrived to the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii which is called “Kona” here. We are exploring Kailua-Kona that was the first royal capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii. There are many historical landmarks within walking distance of the pier…
On the fourth day of our journey we arrived on Big Island, called Hilo from one side, and Kona from the opposite one. We disembarked for a beautiful morning walk around Hilo, did a few pictures here and there and proposed them to your attention. DAY 4. HILO SERENITY. Calmness of mind is one of…