YoC.4: Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
This week Jeff focuses on the Latvian museum of design where he saw the incredible woodwork of Jānis Straupe.
Year of Culture Part 2: Latvian National Museum of Art
A visit to the Latvian Museum of Art and a new movie make for a two-fer of cultural events for the week of January 8th.
Year of Culture Part 1: Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia is worth a visit, but make sure you are emotionally prepared.
Living in the Center
How many different places have you lived in your life? 21 Tērbatas Iela I have just moved into my 21st dwelling during my time here on earth. Four more, and I get a prize, preferably a silver chalice with commemorative leaves. Yes, we have officially left the beautiful Miera neighborhood and become city center dwellers …
Līgo 2020: To Estonia and Back
When I started writing the last Līgo post, I realized that I would not be able to tell about the entire holiday in just one entry, so this is the prequel to Līgo 2020… With a five-day vacation in the middle of June, we decided to take a road trip. We knew we wanted to …
Brothers in Berlin
Berlin 2019 One of the great things about living in Latvia is that I have the opportunity to just get on a plane for a few hours to travel just about anywhere in Europe. All the cities I dreamed of going to when I was growing up like Paris, London, and Cluj-Napoca are just a …
Fortnight of Culture
I was going to write a post last week about our cultural activities, but time is what it is and lo, here I am at the end of May pondering existence on a Monday afternoon. Enjoy! Tvīda brauciens: Tweed Ride Riga 12 May 2018 A few months ago, Rita and Anna brought up the idea …
Riga at Night
Riga Naktī January 2, 2017 I broke this up because it was getting long. If you are interested, you can read what happened up to this point here. I was at a fancy restaurant decorated with creepy statues that reminded me of the first season of True Detective. Tell me that’s not creepy. So they …