This investment is hampered in a time of financial crisis, with the Georgian lari losing nearly half its value against the U.S. dollar since 2014.

Sensible policies – floating the lari, restraining budget deficits and improving tax collections – have brightened the economic outlook and increased resilience to external shocks.

I stayed in Tina’s House, tucked away on a nearby residential street, for 70 lari a night including breakfast.

Lari Pittman’s “Mood Books,” on view at the Huntington’s museum, are giant follies.

In 1972, Sue Laris and her husband at the time started the weekly Los Angeles Downtown News with $1,400.

“When I go to competitions, people usually have a lot of questions about it because they’ve just never seen anyone like that,” Lari said.