I’m visiting one of the world’s trendiest cities, and I’m ready to report on what’s trending right now. If you noticed any interesting new trends in your travels, feel free to add to the list.
The biggest trends of 2014 are:
1. TEA. And I mean real tea, loose-leaf. Everybody is suddenly obsessed with tea, and even an Argentinean friend reacted to my suggestion to share a mate with, “Nah, forget mate. Check out my tea collection.” It’s crucial to have a cool tea mug with an infuser and know which kind of tea should be imbibed at which time in the day.
2. ORANGE AND GREY. Sadly for me, electric blue is last year. This year, the colors are orange and grey, worn together. I look appalling in orange, but I now have a huge orange necklace that I’m hoping will be enough.
3. SPINNING. This is absolutely the workout of the year. What yoga was last year and Pilates in the five years before last, today is spinning. Every fitness instructor is urgently learning how to direct eager spinners.
4. THICK TIGHTS IN BRIGHT COLORS. Wearing see-through tan stockings is a horrible faux pas this year, by the way.
5. BRIGHT RED/ORANGE LIPSTICK. This is bad news for the absolute majority of us because this color makes almost everybody look like a tired old hag.
6. NETFLIX. Nothing is more provincial and déclassé these days than cable TV and enormous TV sets.
7. SMARTBOARDS. For those of is in the teaching profession, checking out smart boards is a must. Especially if one writes on the board a lot, this might be a great idea.
8. BIG DATA is all the rage in employment. Social media specialists, who were so sought after until now, are all out of fashion. Big Data will dominate the hiring for the next 5 years, it seems.
9. DARK TOENAIL POLISH. Not black, of course, but dark blue, purple and red shades of polish have come to substitute the pale pinks.
10. CLARISSA’S BLOG. And if you want to be a real fashionista, you can forget all the above-mentioned and simply read Clarissa ‘s Blog. This is a leading fashion trend that is here to stay.
Clarissa's Blog 
Some people manage to look really good in orange and grey, but I only manage to pull it off if the shade of orange is more reddish, and if I’m tanned at the time. In my winter complexion orange just looks ghastly on me.
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Did you know that the Kazakh language is in the process of a major orthographic reform? Basically, they’re romanizing…
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No, I haven’t heard! I wonder what made them decide to romanize.
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That will leave Kyrgyzstan as the last Turkic Central Asian state to use the Cyrillic alphabet.
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