MOSCOW – City of Contrasts
Contributed with love and vodka by Marina Kurikhina – Russian curator raised in London who has lived in Mexico City, Paris and New York. This avid traveller who worked for the Brazilian gallery Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, is now focusing on her own independent practice and process lead art classes in Big Sur, California. To start the day and sort out my life – Cafe Bulka, it’s located in the old, central part of Moscow behind Chistye Prudi – a small lake and across from the Pokrovka Boulevard. I love the name Bulka, the word means bread in Russian but it has a colloquial charming twist to it which is impossible to translate to English. Cafe Bulka has a great internet, a sleek beautiful design, great coffee and fresh pastries that are baked daily in their kitchen. The menu is a mix of Russian and European style food, so everyone can find something they like. Getting lost – I love to walk to Red Square through Kitay-Gorod, which is one of the oldest parts of the city. You have to know the way …