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St. Petersburg In Your Pocket
Everybody who knows me well, knows that I am not much into make up, experimental haircuts (I only recently cut my hair for the first time in 10 years) and beauty salons. But I live in Russia and Russia is the country of beauty queens, therefore once in a while I think I should compromise and at least go in for a bit of beautifying every now and then....
OUR St. Petersburg HIGHLIGHTS
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Ulana
Ulana offer everything from hostel beds to full apartments complete with all the extras. All the apartments are located in historical buildings so they benefit both from the light and air that you ex
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Tandoor
Situated mere steps from St. Isaac’s cathedral, Tandoor is about as far away from bland Russian food as you can get. For 15 years now they’ve been serving up real, authentic Indian fare a
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Yelagin Park
Laid out on Yelagin Island, the Central Park of Culture and Leisure (TsPKiO) is one of the most popular parks in town. Its acres are packed with things to see and places to eat and drink. There are w
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B&B Randhouse
Named after the St. Petersburg born American writer Ayn Rand, B&B Randhouse has a network of three mini-hotels in the centre of the city. Rooms are modern and comfortable, and a fully equipped ki
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8th Line Pub
This is a very quiet take on the popular English/Irish pub genre. They've got the obligatory green paper and dark wood interior, but to add a modern twist they've put abstract paintings on the walls
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Terem Crossover Competition
In their repertoire, everything from classical music to re-arranged movie themes. In their hands, Russian instruments: a balalaika, accordion and domras. Terem Quartet are the city’s best loved
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Latest St. Petersburg Comments
This club is amazing - don't ever miss Aleksandrovsky Band every Saturday.I have never seen a guitarist like that - you won't be disapointed[...]
Update: The icy baptism in the Neva river will take place this year in front of the twelve colleges building on the universitatskaya naberezhnaya.The procession from the university church will start at 12:30 lunchtime. The congregation will be led t[...]
I have been told that this event no longer takes place in the Neva.As I will be in St Petersburg on 19th jan I would like to know if this event still takes place there.[...]
Tried the buisness lunch and it was very lovely...Wish they had an English menu...lady/hostess translated it very fast...so decided to just go with BL to be safe for 280 roubles.[...]
Unfortunately the Bosco store is only opening in Canada due to the Winter Olympics, for the moment it doesn't look like they will be opening anything in the US.
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Do you know where I can buy it if I live in USA?Thank you[...]
Great Pub, great guy in charge, my local for nearly 3 years!!!!![...]
Loved it! Went for lunch and ordered off menu not sure if they have business lunch but, prices good and food was very good rice came after but, no worries maybe 1 or 2 minutes max! Would highly recommend and the issue of inyourpocket Nov 2009 regard[...]
Tan Zhen - Probably the worst Chinese experience of my life!This restaurant should be taken out of the "In your pocket". I came there at 10:30pm (on the door,they say that they serve till 11). I ordered spring rolls, shrimps with vegetables and rice[...]
Tan Zhen - Probably the worst Chinese experience of my life!This restaurant should be taken out of the "In your pocket". I came there at 10:30pm (on the door,they say that they serve till 11). I ordered spring rolls, shrimps with vegetables and rice[...]
Food was average but not really what I call Indonesian. The service would rate at 6/10, the atmosphere was kind of ruined by the manager being so pretentious having his feet kicked up on a table and the doorman in a cheap suit overlooking the dining[...]
Bosco sport will soon open a store in Vancover (should be in February 2010) so you should be able to order online from their Canadian store.
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Just back from st.pb. we ve had a splendid time. Really bad weather. Drizzel but smooth we walked every day(5) about 12 km. Hermitage of course(the interior is as interesting as the paintings. We were astonished about the conditions the paintings ar[...]
Chicken satay is lovely! and comes with side salad. Fast service for afternoon lunch/snack. Would go again....but, definetly more of a bar would not recommend taking kids.[...]
Cute concept...round glass enclosure...menu is not in English but, wait staff will translate as best as they can...food is fantastic! not much choice for kids and no kids menu but, again staff was very good with my son and cut up an apple as he did [...]