Personal experience: what is a library in America

I don’t know how you feel about libraries, but I have strongly disliked them all my adult life. Semi-dark halls smelling of perennial dust, unkind employees with low wages. Even 5 university years could not change my attitude. And then we moved to New York. One day children ...

How to find a babysitter in the USA

In the United States, young mothers have to go to work 12 weeks after the birth of a child. And then - either the child is sent to a special kindergarten, or grandparents rush to help, or a nanny appears in the house. ForumDaily figured out how to find ...

Personal experience. How to cheaply cure your teeth in the USA

Everyone who moves to a country with expensive medicine must undergo an examination before departure, treat chronic diseases and have their teeth repaired. I believe this rule should appear on the first page of all guidebooks for immigrants. Anyway, I personally ...

Dream trip to Alaska: whales, bears and ... dolls

I am a photographer from West Palm Beach, Florida. At the age of 12, my dad gave me a Zenith - and away we go! First for myself, then for friends and, finally, professionally. I live in photography, I want to convey life through my works and capture the best ...

Personal experience: I work as a cashier at Walmart

I am an employee of a huge corporation with several million employees. It is one of the five largest US companies. Like Apple, like Microsoft. This is Walmart. I work here in Indiana as a cashier. I work and watch you, the customers. For those who like to communicate ...

What to wear in New York to be at the peak of fashion

“Earlier in the morning, I walk out of my Soho entrance, head to toe in black - slip dress, leather jacket, glasses and sneakers. And surely someone will tell me on the street: “Oh, you look like a real New Yorker!”, Confesses over coffee (of course ...

How much is life in Texas

How much does life in the United States cost - a question to which no one can give you a definite answer. And if they try, then be sure that you will not hear the whole truth. In every state - and even in every city - the cost of living will be ...

Napkin notes on Russian restaurants in California

When you find yourself in a Russian restaurant in California, you involuntarily begin to believe that someone has invented a time machine. Because this very time has stopped here. Anyway, my personal experience so far has been that way. But sometimes it's just ...

Amazing features of the American interior

Inna Usubyan, a practicing designer living in Washington DC, shared her impressions of organizing the interior and home life in the United States. Many things that are familiar to Americans leave people from other countries, to say the least, amazed, writes Inna in a column for Houzz. ...

How to get a Russian passport for a child born in the USA

Children born in America and having both Russian parents are automatically granted Russian citizenship by law. Accordingly, in order to travel from the United States to Russia and return back, in addition to a birth certificate or a Russian passport, a child must have a passport. Just put ...

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