Magazine
Blog
Posts organised by the channel's rubrics. Some posts stay free-form - off the rubrics.
- Behind the Service15 October 2026
The most interesting thing in one of America's largest buffets is not the food
A couple of days ago I watched a video about Shady Maple Smorgasbord - a huge buffet in Pennsylvania, USA. The scale is impressive: thousands of guests, a huge kitchen, hundreds of employees.
5 min read
- Off the Rubrics3 October 2026
It seems I have fallen out of the channel life a bit
The last post was a month ago, and quite a lot has managed to happen during this time. As you know, I spent the summer in the USA, where I worked at a five-star hotel that met Forbes standards. This was not just another seasonal job - I gained a lot of experience, met interesting people and, what is especially pleasant, made several connections that could very well be useful to me in the future.
2 min read
- Behind the Service4 September 2026
What is 5-star service?
A new rubric in byLIMONOV Here I will sometimes show the hospitality sphere and other services not from the guest's side, but from the inside: how good service is actually built, what employees are taught, what happens behind the scenes of restaurants and resorts, and what small details make up that very experience for which people then give five stars.
3 min read
- Off the Rubrics27 August 2026
Do travels make the world bigger or smaller?
My acquaintance with traveling began long before my first independent trips. I used to watch "Orel i Reshka", memorizing cities, hotels, airports and trying to imagine what it would be like to one day end up there myself. Back then, most of these places existed for me much like movie sets: interesting to watch, but located somewhere in a completely different reality.
4 min read
- Off the Rubrics22 August 2026
Bratislava is finally becoming a city from which you can fly
Until recently, the phrase "flying from Bratislava" quite often meant first boarding a bus and going to Vienna airport.
3 min read
- Off the Rubrics17 August 2026
The day that had peacocks, Spider-Man and a blue McDonald’s
On our day off, my girlfriend and I decided to get out of the house and spend the day as simply as possible: walk through Cottonwood and then take a shuttle to Sedona.
2 min read
- Why It Works12 August 2026
How a $149 ticket turned into a $248 flight
Recently, my girlfriend and I were buying tickets from San Diego to New York: A direct night flight by JetBlue - we fly out in the evening, sleep on the plane, and arrive in NYC by morning. In the search results - $149 per person.
4 min read
- Off the Rubrics7 August 2026
Channel rebranding - byLIMONOV
It seems this channel has grown a bit again. And this time, the changes will be noticeable not only in the posts.
3 min read