Chomsky Bar in Riga

In honour of Avram Noam Chomsky - linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist, a new bar on Lāčplēša street near Avotu street was opened last month.

Latvijas Ekoprodukts

There is an ECO or organic shop on Caka street near Matisa street

Plams Casino

The only evidence there was a casino here is this porch. Now we have Kebab shop/take away.

Lets go for a pint

First month of spring brings first thoughts about summer.

Empoyment agency

Here are few street banners indicating the kind of services Rigan's have created demand for.

Banks. The art of deception.

"Financial solutions for your welfare..." This is how it translates. It is funny how a word "solutions" is used for doing the exactly the opposite - creating problems by charging the interest. The question is - these are solutions for whom exactly?

Dzintars

"Dzintars" (amber eng.) is a local brand producing and selling wide range of cosmetics. At least they used to.

Photo by Inese Zindule

Life is life

Is it?

Double faced

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Will I Am Shake Speare

Evolution and censorship

Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species" (1859), and instead preferred "descent with modification". A sense of "progress" is not found in Darwin's idea.

Latviešu valodā vārda evolūcija sentēvs ir vārds velt, velties. Citiem vārdiem sakot, dzīvība veļas uz priekšu (in Latvian language the word "velt" means "to roll". The Life is rolling or revolving).

Kaljana coffee shop (kafejnīca)

Water pipe as decoration.

The word rouge...

...is used not only to mean the make up, but also neighborhood in Toronto, communist newspaper in France, breed of sheep and many other things.

Kapteiņa Enriko Pulkstenis

"The watch of Captain Enrico" - it is a name of a Latvian film and a restaurant in a quite and luxury area on Antonijas street.

Aitiņlauvas

Its a roadside coffee shop just outside Riga on Liepaja (pronounced Liepaya) highway. The sign has extraordinary name - it translates as SHEEPLIONS.

Where are you going?

This is Latvian University the faculty of Chemistry. And "Apavu Remonts" means shoe repair.