[lbo-talk] Russia in Brooklyn

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Mar 16 04:53:44 PDT 2007


Speaking of vodka and things Russian, this is from the NYT's attempt to be hip, "UrbanEye":


> From Russia With Stoli
> ----------------------------------------
>
> By MELENA RYZIK
> Friday, March 16, 2007
>
> Ain't no party like a Ruskie party. Tonight, skip all the
> usual club options and head to Coney Island for an
> all-night, vodka-fueled dance-a-thon at Rasputin, a sort of
> early-Glasnost Moscow on the East River. You can dine on
> pelmeni (meat dumplings) and pickled watermelon or caviar
> and foie gras, but a bottle of Stoli per person is nearly
> mandatory; you'll appreciate it when Johnny Vicious and
> D.J. Pushkin (Tolstoy is so over) start spinning house, and
> the diva Veronica belts her ballads live. Wear your
> sharpest suit and your highest heels. Moderation of any
> kind is not on the menu.10 p.m., Rasputin, 2670 Coney
> Island Avenue (at Avenue X), Brooklyn, (718) 332-8111; $30.
> Tickets available at ticketweb.com.



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