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Cross-Pollinations—Some Beautiful News for Art and for Food
The directorship of a 150-year-old cultural icon in resurgent Buffalo, New York has enticed Janne G-K Siren, current Director of the Helsinki Art Museum, to move his young family to the States. Janne was a brilliant proponent of Guggenheim Helsinki … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Events, Innovation Center
Tagged art, Cody Douglas Oreck, food, Innovation Center, Janne Sirén, Richard McCarthy, Slow Food
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Why We Mark 9/11
“We never had a funeral because there was no body, so there was absolutely no closure. When we came out here 10 years ago, there was a hole in the earth and that’s how we felt. Now, 10 years later, … Continue reading
Plan to B: Jorma Elo and the Boston Ballet
This afternoon I saw something that felt really new and somehow precient. Granted: I do not see much ballet so I have not kept up with what is current. The dancing of the Boston Ballet at Oopera—due to the generous … Continue reading
The Soul of South Ostrobothnia
Last night I finally understood something that my mind and heart had never really grasped. Perhaps ‘the ground had been laid’ as the English saying goes, by the events leading up to the evening. Then again, perhaps the ground had … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Culture, Events, Life in Finland, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged American culture, beehives, Big Mama's Ranch, blues, Finnglish, Finnish culture, Honey B and T Bones, Ilmajoki makkara, Kurikka, Nature, Ostrobothnia, root music, Rytmiraide, Seinäjoki, smoke sauna, Stompin at the Savoy, swamp lake, Western riding, woodland honey, Yli-Laurosela Museum
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New Orleans, Helsinki and Food
Turns out that some of the coolest stuff is happening to connect people to where food comes from—especially in New Orleans and Helsinki. So much so that Richard McCarthy, Board Member of Edible School Yard and (farmers’) Market Umbrella, and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged community garden, Dodo, Helsinki, Kumpula, local food, New Orleans, School Garden, The Edible School Yard
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Hyvää Puolustusvoimain Lippujuhlaa
Finland, you should be very proud. Ambassador and I took a little picnic down to the waterfront to watch the Finnish Defense flyover. However, we didn’t realize that it would be so breathtaking that we really couldn’t eat. Onneksi olkoon. … Continue reading
I Want This Finnish Gadget…
UPDATED JUNE 21ST, 2012 Today I went out into the ‘mud-luscious’ forest of Nuuksio for tree planting with kids and some 17,000,000 other global citizens around the planet on this very day. Organized by ENO (Environment Online), a virtual global … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged ENO, environment online, Nuuksio, pottiputki, RCE, RCE Espoo, tree planting, UNU Regional Centre of Expertise, UPM
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Seven Days a Week in Loviisa with Gardens and so much more…
Newsflash: A tiny café called Tuhannen Tuskan Kahvila (street address: Poikkikuja) with fabulous pulla is open seven days a week in Loviisa! Leena is one hard-working woman. I had her korvapuusti fresh from the oven when we visited her house … Continue reading
Nanso, the LBD (Pikkumusta=Little Black Dress) and Undies for the Ambo
I didn’t realize that factories could feel cozy and bright until I came to Finland. Iittala, Marimekko, Kalevala and now I have added Nanso in Nokia! Nanso was a brand totally unfamiliar to me until my visit last week on … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Finland, Visits
Tagged Deaf Magicians, design stockings, factory, Iittala, Kalevala, Little Black Dress, Marimekko, Nanso, Oskar Wetzell, Vogue
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