Riga: MiiT
On my trip to Riga last summer, I only had an abbreviated amount of time in the city, since I simply chose an eight-hour layover on my way home from Finland in order to explore a new country’s capital,...
View ArticleBerlin: Pêle Mêle
For the first nine months that I lived in Berlin, I was a resident of Neukölln, one of the city’s poster children/scapegoats for gentrification. But it seems that in the two years since I’ve been...
View ArticleBerlin: Kiezeklein
Always on the lookout for new cafes and working spots, I came across Kiezeklein, a tiny cafe located on Heinrichplatz in Kreuzberg. Based on the description of “klein aber fein,” I was expecting...
View ArticleBerlin: Two Planets
This week, Two Planets celebrated its soft opening. Located at the top of the hill on Hermannstraße, just up the block from Hermannplatz, Two Planets is a tiny new shop with a special selling point:...
View ArticleBerlin: westberlin
I don’t make it to Friedrichstadt very often. Aside from the occasional trip to a doctor of mine who is located nearby, there is little reason for me to venture to that area. Being as it’s a dividing...
View ArticleBerlin: Shiloh
Two summers ago I had an internship in Mitte, on Chausseestraße. To get there was about a 30-minute bike ride, and, weather permitting, I rode to work every day. This was easily my favorite part of the...
View ArticleBerlin: Freckles
I first visited Freckles back in early 2013, when it was about a year old, and I honestly wasn’t too impressed. Maybe it was an off day. Maybe they were still figuring some things out. Or maybe I was...
View ArticleBerlin: Chaostheorie
When I found myself in Prenzlauer Berg the other day, hungry and not quite ready to head home, I did a quick search of vegan spots in the vicinity and came across Chaostheorie. This cute little cafe is...
View ArticleBerlin: Vegan Tiger
If you know me, you know anything having to do with vegan food or tigers is right up my alley, so when a new cafe named Vegan Tiger opened up on Helmholtzplatz, of course I was down. Last month, I...
View ArticleBerlin: Happy Baristas
In Germany, the land of non-existent customer service, a cafe with a name like Happy Baristas sounds like a joke… or perhaps a promise. So let’s cut to the chase here: the people working at Happy...
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