The whole chess piece thing was cool, but it doesn’t fit this blog template and I’m not even sure I still have the file. It also wasn’t designed by me and I tend to prefer to feature my work rather than others as the headliner for the blog and I’m a photographer, not a designer.

And don’t go all Georgian on me, Thomas. Kala actually derives its name from the old Tbilisi district, Kalaubani, in which it technically resides. I’ve never heard anyone use this name however, and I tend to think of it as being between Sololaki and Ortachala.

I’m glad to see that your blog is back working. It’s fun to see your photo here in a very familar shirt from earlier times!

I like the photo of Yerevan, but I’m not wild about the plain white block letters. I liked your original format with the world map and the 3 chess pieces in the countries that you are interested in writing about. That helped tell the story of Three Kings Blog!