Finnish pots, German neighborhoods

When my mom was here last week, we explored this Finnish design-shop I'd heard good things of. It's called 'Kippis' which means 'cheers', 'prost', 'salut' and 'skål' in Finnish. :) It resides on Torstrasse 147, is cutiecute and reminds me so much of our home when I was a kid. This is the Finnish legacy we have had for generations and that makes us what we are, form and function, simplicity and sense:

What do you guys think? I thought it was sweeeeeeet!

We took a walk to Mitte through Auguststrasse, which is on one of the best rastaurant and bar-areas of down town Berlin. There is also the lagendary Clärchens Ballhaus, a hundred-year-old nightclub faithful to its original style. It's also my sisters favorite club, and she takes me there sometimes to dance to 50's beats and live music. I never get good pics though at night time, although the atmosphere is even better than in these.

Once you reach Tucholskystrasse, you're surrounded by some great international restaurants and little bars just nicely aside from the kitchy and touristy Oranienburger strasse. This time we stopped by a nice Italian deli-restaurant that my bro-in-law recommended. Other nice things worth your try could be the German food of Schwarzwaldstube or the cocktails in Keyser Soze.

Laundry:

Coat - bought somewhere in Rome a few yars back
Pants - cuties I bought on sale just now in H&M
Shoes - ordered from an Ellos catalogue in the nineties in Finland
scarf - you know the drill

Some poor bastard had dropped their cheese :(

PS. have you noticed the small layout changes that have been appearing lately? What do you think of the bigger pics and the banner? Any other suggestions, or do you just plain hate it? Avara Maiju aims to please, and is constantly under construction for a happier reader. Kisses!