I only know that the Serbian hopeful sang in Serbian because somebody told me. I watched the Balkan portion of the contest in a seemingly hip place called “Que Pasa?” that had the television muted while it played other music. It didn’t seem to matter too much. Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a young blond teenybopper (think Sting at age 15 with no depth) who jumped up and down a lot. Albania’s female entrant wore an outfit that seemed at odds with the supposed premium placed on female modesty in Albania according to every book I’ve read. However, the Bosnian (or Herzegovinan?) male entrant wore even less so why should she be criticized?
Many of the more chic restaurants in Belgrade have English names.
If the characters on “Sex and the City” lived in Belgrade, they would have
drinks or lunch at Tribeca – one of the few places in Belgrade that serves lots
of salads. Last night, I had dinner with five new Serbian friends at Dorian
Gray. Arnold Schwarzenegger would have felt quite at home as they even had wines
from Kalifornija, as it is spelled in Serbian.
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