Category Latvia
The bewitching theater artistry of Riga
In college I had a friend named Patricia. She was a graduate student in theater design and I was a costume designer so we’d work together to design plays and films. Collaborating with Patricia was the first experience I had with someone with serious talent. I mean, I knew a lot of talented people, but […]
Hustling on the hippest corner of Riga
We may be the least hip couple in Riga, with our drip dry travel pants, matching backpacks and lack of irony. Still, we hit the streets today (ten hours of walking!) and ended up with all the cool kids and their street art. At first, we just dipped our toes in hipness, in the Pardaugava […]
Autumn equinox in Cēsis, Latvia
You know how sometimes there’s a magic hour at dusk and the light is all golden? Well at this time of year in Latvia golden hour lasts all day. LATVIA IS GORGEOUS. Cēsis, in Northern Latvia, is gorgeous and it smells like the giant national park it is adjacent to: crisp and fresh and maybe […]
Picnic at the Cathedral 