Trending -with style!- at Hallandale Beach Blog: Maria Sharapova and her knowing, nuanced and amusing tweets about sports, food, fashion, travel and the unusual under-the-microscope life she leads; @MariaSharapova, #Sugarpova, #Stockholm: ABC News Nightline video of her 2010 trip to Chernobyl

#Stockholm is my new favorite visit. It only took me 26 years to get here! pic.twitter.com/yE4UVxzwhI
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) July 1, 2013

It might also be the best dressed city in the world. Everyone looks so well put together...makes me want to start a fashion blog #Stockholm
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) July 1, 2013

Trending -with style!- at Hallandale Beach Blog: Maria Sharapova and her knowing, nuanced and amusing tweets about sports, food, fashion, travel and the unusual under-the-microscope life she leads; @MariaSharapova, #Sugarpova, #Stockholm: ABC News Nightline video of her 2010 trip to Chernobyl

Here at the blog we love her because she's STILL so remarkably level-headed and thoughtful despite all her great success, on and off the court! 

If @MariaSharapova is NOT playing in the finals of a Women's Grand Slam, like this morning's Wimbledon finals, chances are high that we won't watch it for more than 15-20 minutes at a time.

The other crazy thing is that for reasons not worth getting fully into here, because of Maria Sharapova's upbringing via her parents, despite her being born in Russia, she's demonstrably more pro-American and down-to-earth -and better informed- than most members of the current U.S. (and European) Mainstream Media that's covering Wimbledon on TV/cable and which you'll be reading online over this Fourth of July weekend, especially the jaded and  blasé under-40 women
Some of us really appreciate that aspect of her winning personality.

My last blog post on Maria Sharapova featured a very good ABC News Nightline segment that originally aired on August 17, 2010.called Out of the Ashes: Maria Sharapova .
It dealt with her visiting the general area near where she might've been born, about 100 miles from Chernobyl -correct, THAT Chernobyl- where her parents lived UNTIL AFTER the 1986 nuclear accident that led them to western SIberia, due to radiation fallout and concern with birth defects.
Maria was born about 51 weeks after the disaster.
The second part of the video focuses on her first yisit there since she was 13 years old.

That November 28th, 2010 blog post was titled, Anna Poslavska, 2010 Miss Ukraine, has a doppelgänger who frequently hits the Panera in Hallandale Beach; Maria Sharapova in The Ukraine
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/anna-poslavska-2010-miss-ukraine-has.html


E:60 Maria Sharapova From Russia With Love Chernobyl, 2010.
Narrated by then-ESPN correspondent Rachel Nichols. 

My hero! I was very close to entering Junibacken, but thought it could get a bit awkward pic.twitter.com/3hGYqydCo4
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) July 4, 2013

which is more interesting when you remember that three months ago, she tweeted about fictional Swedish literary icon, Pippi Longstocking...

#happymonday everyone! Look who had their coffee from a #PippiLongstocking cup this morning :) #childatheart pic.twitter.com/HjCmN5mGkj
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) April 8, 2013

Meeting some fans post practice at @Wimbledon #London pic.twitter.com/f2DtIbME2H
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 25, 2013

Maria Sharapova has designs on launching a fashion and beauty line: http://t.co/HDzA7m0ICu
— VOGUE.CO.UK (@BritishVogue) June 21, 2013

Should I take the London bus or the @Porsche? pic.twitter.com/5wPnECeFIO
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 20, 2013

Getting ready for the final, and enjoying the warmest day in #Paris so far. #rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/S7R2VfDcke
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 7, 2013

Nice day in Paris! At the park, reading the latest issue of Fricote, a fun French culinary magazine. pic.twitter.com/2ttdpAXiPz
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 4, 2013

Dressed to Defend. @MariaSharapova shares the innovations behind her custom outfit for Paris http://t.co/x5UXRP0VTL
— Nike Tennis (@niketennis) May 21, 2013

Tah-DAH! Here is my #FrenchOpen dress and the team girls outfit that Genie is wearing @niketennis pic.twitter.com/reVTApeoGd
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 21, 2013

See you in Paris at the launch of Sugarpova on Wednesday, May 22 at Colette. It's from 4-6 pm! pic.twitter.com/zTQtfaXihX
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 17, 2013

What a beautiful city #rome pic.twitter.com/ncuNinHep4
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 15, 2013

If I lived in Rome, I would turn into a big pan of homemade spaghetti pic.twitter.com/HXyqCnU0ey
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) May 13, 2013

My favorite @porsche car at the museum today. It's called the pink pig... pic.twitter.com/al0sFTgP3u
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) April 22, 2013

Спасибо!! Как мило “@ekaterinaborto: @MariaSharapova pic.twitter.com/oup2vDgN0n”
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) April 19, 2013

On my future to-do list: rent a pool house in Palm Springs during #Coachella and listen to music for 12 hrs, then sleep for another 12.
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) April 18, 2013

A very successful event last night with @MariaSharapova! Thank you for sweetening up Manhattan Beach! http://t.co/wG40aCSzNT
— Maureen (@TabulaRasaMB) April 14, 2013

Was I getting ready for a #Texas beauty pageant here? pic.twitter.com/Z1xRjrG7ry
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) April 8, 2013

What inspires the stylish tennis superstar @MariaSharapova? Find out in @glamourmag’s May issue. http://t.co/CGGisz1KXd
— TAG Heuer USA (@TAGHeuerUSA) April 5, 2013

I went for the orange pop up color for the #Sugarpova event. But the other outfits didn't go to waste :) pic.twitter.com/ErvYRpahke
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) March 20, 2013

The thought that popped into my head while writing this:
Longest legs, Maria Sharapova vs. Stacey Keibler? 
Hmm-m...

I think we might need a Tale of the Tape to figure that one out for sure.

http://www.mariasharapova.com/

https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova