About

Hello!

I’m Kirstin, I’m 23. I like to bake and photograph. I started this blog in February 2009 when I was living in Washington, DC, as a way to pass time between college classes and as an excuse to bake (and eat) cupcakes. Then I graduated and worked in Iraq for eight months. It was mostly unremarkable.

I got married in July 2010 at a rock club in DC. I wore a short dress and ate cupcakes. In other words, it was the best wedding ever.

I like to see new places, but I think flying and driving both suck. I still find ways to see the world though. I usually pick countries to visit with little logic. Like Iceland for Spring Break.

Or, like moving to Kyrgyzstan. I moved to Bishkek in August 2010 to start a media research organization. It has had its ups and downs so far, but at least I got a kitten.

Read more about me and what brought me to Bishkek at Expat Interviews or check out these articles I wrote on living in Kyrgyzstan on Expat Arrivals.

I can be found wasting too much time around twitter and flickr. I also run a Tumblr blog called Pictures of Kyrgyzstan.

Want to get in touch? Do you have questions you think I could answer? Feel free to email me at kirstin {at} ivorypomegranate {dot} com, but keep some simple points in mind:
- My email address is my first name. If the email successfully makes it’s way to my inbox, you don’t have an excuse for spelling my name wrong in the body of the email. Misspelling my name is a pet peeve that has haunted me all through my life.
- If you have a broad question about living and working in Bishkek, such as, “How can I live and work in Bishkek?” please refer to this site first.
- If you have questions regarding facts about Kyrgyzstan, please check this site, or the one referenced in the point above.
- I try to answer emails in a timely manner, but running this blog and monitoring that email account are unfortunately not part of my day job. Please be understanding!

Also, if you’d like to leave a comment on a post, great! I love comments. Remember that I get to moderate all of them, and I strongly dislike anything offensive or unnecessarily mean. All in all, the general rule for the blog is to play nice.