We should give the credit to our Mayor for this - even in the time of nearly panic after the crisis, he never stopped keeping the city as bright and neat as possible. Of course not everywhere - in any city there are hopeless districts, gloomy and poor and dangerous, and Moscow is no exclusion with lots of dark and dirty streets. Of course, as the photo above shows, the most bright places iat night are casinos. Night life in Moscow returned to its variety and pace shortly after the crisis, maybe because in the time of troubles people want to socialize more than ever. By the fall of 1999, best singers and groups are again entertaining crowded night clubs and bars.
Competition make owners and managers of clubs and bars inventive and creative.
If your prefer movies, this autumn also had enough to offer. Its premiere in Moscow was a big show with laser effects, free complimentary drinks and popcorn from Martini and distributors of stronger liquors. I liked the movie, that strange, sometime ironical, sometime naive fairy tale of passing away century. Another angle of vision, an interesting one after reading my favorite Douglas Adams and Dan Simmons, the two authors who, I believe, can feel the future. Slowly but surely fall was giving way to early winter, not yet with real snow, but with insistent cold drizzles that wash away everyone from street cafes.