Written by Maria Prus


Why is Washington healthier than the rest of America?

Only the lazy, it seems, did not joke about Americans as “the fattest nation.” The national obesity problem is a serious one, yet 51% of adults in the United States engage in at least two and a half hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week, and 31% engage in...


Queues, bureaucracy, "kravchuchki". What “Soviet” can be found in modern America?

I was lucky to be born a few days after they stopped writing "Kiev, Ukrainian SSR" on birth certificates. And I can only judge about Soviet times from the stories of relatives. But in Washington, I saw things that I thought were left in ...


"Ugly" sweaters, mints and "Schedryk". Without what is there no Christmas in the USA?

“Oh, ugly Christmas sweater,” a colleague commented on my new purchase, featuring a charismatic penguin and a snowflake pattern. I was a little offended. Because I didn’t yet know about this special category of winter clothing - the Ugly Christmas Sweater. These are red and green sweaters...


Opinion: Why Americans are used to sharing

“The name of your favorite charity fund” - such a question for recovering the password on the site (instead of the mother's maiden name or the name of a favorite toy in childhood) was a little puzzling. It turns out that not only millionaires are involved in charity work in the States ... Over the past 60 years, Americans in 7 ...


Why Americans do not complain about marathons

On Sunday, October 22, Washington is hosting the 42nd annual Marine Corps Marathon, in which, by the way, Ukrainians - ATO veterans - participate for the second time. A marathon starts between the Pentagon and Arlington military cemetery, passing through all of Washington. In the north, the route covers ...


Why do women play football and hockey in the US, and the argument “well, you're a girl!” Does not work

The other day I worked on two stories at once, which relate to gender. The first is about a recent case on Google. One of the already ex-engineers of the "corporation of good" wrote that women are biologically unfit for programming, which caused a huge scandal. I spoke about this with my colleague, a typical Republican: ...


What`s up: As the Americans say

Whatever you say, English is the ideal choice for international communication: in the 16th and 17th centuries it was Spanish, from the 18th century it was French, and in the 19th century it was actually German. Unlike the last two languages, and from Slavic or Asian languages, English is much simpler. But…


Why gay parades are important for heterosexuals

Any parades in the USA, for example, on St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, are a big and vibrant event. And it so happened that my first parade in the USA was LGBT Pride, where I was not just a spectator, but...


Delightful Washington: Free Furniture and Return of Food That Didn’t Fit to Taste

I came to the United States to work less than six months ago. Social “acclimatization” continues for several months; you begin to get used to life here. Finding decent housing at a reasonable price is not the biggest problem. Living in Washington is very expensive, even by American standards. To…

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