This whole eternal winter thing seems to be finally coming to an end. Its been really Springy for the last week or so - something i realized the other day when i stepped into some dog crap that had r...
This being sick thing blows. Im convinced the way to overcome this sickness (which isnt pneumonia anymore, by the way. The doctor has now re-diagnosed it as being sinusitis and strep throat wit...
Goddamn. So i went and saw The National. Im not even gonna try and describe it, or write an epic post about it. All im saying is, those of you who were there, you know what im talking about. Those of...
Frozen yogurt has finally made it to Finland, huzzah! Kippo, a dinky little hole in the wall on Iso Roba, opened shop a week or so ago. The place is tiny, the frozen yogurt is home-made to a special ...
Its been a million years since i last wrote. Id love to say the reason for this has been a decadent, extended vacation in the tropics, as plentiful in cocktails as it is lacking in computers. But no....
Its that time of year again. People become hordes of cattle rammed through shopping centres, grannies sharpen their elbows to make up for their small size and delicate build, and you hear last christ...
Oh my, its been a while, hasnt it. Im gonna go ahead and say that a month worth of blog silence has much to do with the fact that i find myself currently juggling four different job projects (and not...
Music and media professionals from Finland and abroad have once again made the annual pilgrimage to the hippest, most happening music city (err...) in this neck of the woods, otherwise known as Tampe...
1. Girlfriends by Carol Ann Duffy. I found my copy of her Selected Poems at the bottom of a pile of books, opened it and didnt put it down until id re-read all poems. This one in particular is beauti...
I found out today that theres a little known of secret when it comes to lunch venues in the city. The secret in question is located in what used to be known as Finnair Stadium (now Sonera Stadium) an...
I like libraries. Having said that, i hadnt been to one in Finland since i moved back from Paris a couple of years ago. And to be honest, in the last five years, visits to the library have been exclu...
Its September. Today i saw determined looking bar staff packing away terrace tables and chairs, probably to be seen next some time in May. On my walk home from a bar on the weekend i didnt see a sing...
Some time ago, a little Italian restaurant took over the tiny space that used to house Subway at the Iso Roba end of Annankatu. While i quite enjoy the occasional sub, the presence of a new, non-chai...
September is looking like an interesting month. In addition to it seeming as if were coming out of a scorching summer and plummeting towards winter faster than you can say global warming, it seems as...
1. Soap. In cupcake form. Or cupcakes in soap form. In any case, theyre handmade in Finland using natural ingredients, they look amazing and they smell absolutely edible. Coming to a shop near you in...
1. Mr Husas Polaroid Camera. Ive wanted one of these for ages. Forget digital cameras and iPhones; this beauty, as unpractical in size as it is cool in terms of pics, is the only real media for festi...
I grasp the little piece of paper in my sweaty hand like its a lifeline. Im so scared ill drop it, accidentally tear it up, or naively show it to someone wholl snatch it from me and run for their lif...
Lo and behold! The octopi have taken over! At least this is the conclusion i came to after a recent visit to Anthropologie, where the glorious, bulbous-headed creature of the deep had found its way o...
A very long subway ride away from upper Manhattan, at the Brooklyn end of lines D, F, N & Q, lies Coney Island. Much like the legendary end of the rainbow, this magical destination is full of tre...
Cause these are a few of my favorite things.The scrumptious delicacy above is a Devils Food Cupcake from Crumbs Bake Shop. While choosing cupcakes, i noticed that the little sign displaying the name ...
Its two oclock on Sunday afternoon and Brooklyn, much like the rest of New York, is sweltering, i discover as i emerge from the furnace-like subway platform on to Bedford Avenue. The sky over William...
Friday night featured beer, Disney singalongs, barhopping on Bleecker Street, vodka cranberries seriously lacking in the cranberry department, some old black guy channeling Jimi Hendrix onstage, prom...
It was Wednesday night in a sweltering city. Three women made their way to a vegan bistro called Sacred Chow. The place is tiny and easy to miss in the mix of little cafes and bars Sullivan Str...
At the beginning of July, yours truly packed her bags, put her last pennies towards a plane ticket and fled to the sparkling, shiny city of New York. A month of exploration, adventure and decadence a...
Monday, June 28th. The midsummer stupor and deserted streets of Helsinki just a couple of days ago seem to have never happened, as a steady stream of flannel-shirted, bespectacled hipster-types fills...
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