Ode to Brandon

and anyone else who's been using this particular reflection technique. Businessman Bobby Paunescu poses for a portrait. One of Paunescu's companies has recently bought Evenimentul Zilei, one of the most prominent Romanian newspapers.

People walk slowy on an icy street downtown Bucharest.

Miruna

Ceausescu

Emil Barbulescu, nephew of Romania's former communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, poses for a portrait in Ceausescu's childhood house in Scornicesti (photo 1). A mere 150 kilometers from Bucharest, the quiet town of Scornicesti is attracting foreign tourists interested in the house where Nicolae Ceausescu was born.