Stone Cake: A True Estonian Tale
One of my favorite tales is that old classic about making Stone Soup – an old story that has been told and retold all the…
The Quest for Tallinn’s Perfect Cinnamon Bun
Don’t cinnamon buns remind you of miniature labyrinths? After all, they have those long and looping outer layers covered with tantalizing hints which will eventually…
What I Did on My Estonian Summer Vacation
Do you remember those essays you once had to write on your first day back at school? Or perhaps that only happened to those of…
Another Humblebee
Not bumbling at all –
(-: SMILERS :-) Kalamaja Cowboy
Not only does Kalamaja already have at least one book, an oral history, two coloring books, a legend, and much more already written about it,…
Kalamaja’s Secret Bakeries
OK. So, they aren’t really secret bakeries if I’m telling you about them – and if someone else told me about them before that. They’re…
Over [the] Moon in Kalamaja?
Ah, what a difference a definite article can make! “Over the Moon” once described my delight each time I visited my beloved Moon Kohvik (Poppy…
Summer Breeze
Susurring secrets …
Remembering 1993’s Estonia: Selections from My First Tallinn “Blog”
Came across a hardcopy of RFEAJ in my files the other day. RFEAJ is the name I gave the electronic diary I kept when I…
My Tallinn Market Guide: The Best & The Rest
When someone tells you that something is “the best,” what they usually mean is that it’s their favorite. In other words, they’re describing their subjective…
Morning Glory
Climbing up a fence
Tallinn’s Rotermann Quarter
The. Next. Big. Thing. For the last dozen or so years, Rotermann has been marketed as The. Next. Big. Thing. Rotermann was supposed to become…
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