Today we ate a place named chokolodnitsa (шоколодница). It was good, but very expensive. My meal was small, and cost around 300 rubles ($10). Many people, my Russian professor included, said they did not like шоколодница, and for good reason; however, many Russians I talked to said they liked it. I should have listened to the other people. The dessert was good, though.
Myself and the other American student from Tech, Eric, were thinking about going to see DJ Testio in concert, but the tickets cost 1400 rubles each (about $45). Testio is also playing in
Atlanta, and tickets cost $40 there, so the price is not outrageous, but I still do not want to pay it. The Norwegian band Nightwish is also coming to Moscow, but the tickets I found for them were $4000 rubles each (about $125)! I know they are more popular here in Europe than in the US, but maybe music events in general are expensive in Russia. During the Summer program, one girl wanted to see Britany Spears, but the cheapest tickets for that concert were 2000 rubles each. The circus we saw was only 700 rubles ($22.50), though.
That's one thing I've noticed, things in Russia are usually fairly cheap (groceries, Sabbaros) or fairly expensive ( шоколодница, concerts). There is no middle ground (except maybe the circus)!