The ABCs of Papermaking
Every craft creates its own language. While some words may be unique to the craft, common words may carry a unique meaning within the craft.…
Tallinn’s On-Again/Off-Again Dumpling Affair
Pelmen is the latest café to take on Tallinn’s long-term up-and-down relationship with pelmeni – the Russian answer to dumplings. Located out at the city’s…
An Estonian Hack of America’s Favorite Cookie
If the hamburger embodies the quintessential All-American Taste, then only the chocolate chip cookie can answer the cravings of the All-American Sweet Tooth. Like the…
Kalamaja’s Funky New Venue: Heldeke!
Not content with being Tallinn’s foodie destination, Kalamaja now seems intent on becoming Tallinn’s new entertainment district. Although that monstrous complex known as Linnahall (Town…
Why Blogging is Like Busking
On my walk home from Old Town the other day, I stopped to listen to a street musician playing in one of Tallinn’s pedestrian underpasses.…
Key Estonian Words: Amps
Google Translate doesn’t always work – especially for certain special words – even when those words are used almost every day. No, amps is not…
Changing Kalamaja
Tattoos. Micro-brews.
Just Say No to Dill: A Culinary Manifesto
Fellow Food Lovers! Enough is enough! The time has come to bring an end to the rampant addiction ravaging our eateries from Vienna to Vladivostok!…
That Kalamaja Air
Outside my bedroom window, I can watch a new building going up. Well, technically it’s in the process of going down as they’re still working…
All in Tallinn: tALL·INn
All in Tallinn – or to be more exact tALL·INn – was the original name for this blog. I loved the bilingual word play of…
Miniature Pancakes Arrive in Estonia!
Ah, pancakes! Those wonderful pan-fried treats! What could be simpler than frying up a nice round batter cake made from flour, eggs, and milk? Three…
Near the Market
Sitting in the sun,
flatfish 