I am enjoyin being accredited for the FIBA U19 for real. Just got home from Valmiera where I spent a basketball-filled afternoon yesterday. And media reception at the event is perfect, I tell ya. Everything is in tact, organizers working like a swiss clock. Nice and smooth registration (check out my media pass, what!), personal [...]

I mean, what Chinese Taipei really is? A Chinese cuisine dish? I heard it’s a country.. As the U19 World Championship approaches, people here in Latvia are wondering: “What in the world is the host’s first opponent?”. Easy googlin’ and we got it – Chinese Taipei is Taiwan. Looks like that’s what most of Latvian [...]

This man right here, goes by the name of Juris Zarins, or JZ – founder and the designer of JZ Microphones, a high-end quality mic producing company based in Riga, Latvia. The price tag of a JZ mic is about a couple G’s, no kiddin. Sounds alright for Lady Gaga though, as she proudly used [...]

Latvian starting C for the upcoming FIBA U19 World Championship Davis Bertans is ready to be ballin!! In a recent interview with FIBA, Young D said he’s real excited to play in the Worlds in Latvia. “This is going to be really special, because all of the relatives, friends can come and watch, so we’ll [...]

I am proud to let y’all know that Riga Talk finally has got a facelift – it’s became cleaner, more focused and easier to navigate. I have dumped Latvian and Russian languages too, making the blog English only. Older multi-lingual posts are still available in the Archive, but there’s no language switcher anymore – I [...]

I got some fantastic news last week – The email from FIBA has arrived confirming that I have been accredited as a blogger for the 2011 FIBA U19 Basketball World Championship that’s taking place here in Latvia June 30 to July 10. Yup, I’m gonna cover the event here on Riga Talk, it’s official!! I [...]

KLM has always been my fave airline!! And they just proved that by putting my inspirational tile on one of their Boeings 777. From what I heard, the Triple Seven is already cruisin the sky – having made the inaugural flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta, GA. I’m dam’ sho applyin’ for them bonus miles!! lol [...]

I did it!! I ran the 5k!! lol Actually, I’d been thinking to run a marathon for a while now. I kinda postponed it all of the years before, but this year Team Bite offered an opportunity and I couldn’t resist. Even though I chose the 5k, I’m still happy to be a part of [...]

I am officially appointed by Foursquare as an Ambassador for Latvia. Got my ambassador cards in the mail, and already meeting with a couple of clients to spread the word out. Is your business on Foursquare? Contact me right away, or click thru and Join.4sq.com/Lexxus.

In my years of intensive traveling (and y’all know I been there, done that), I have visited France a lot. While being a die-hard hip-hop head, it just wasn’t possible not to fall in love with French hip-hop. I bumped Skyrock whenever possible, ripped off radio shows to mini discs (collection of which I still [...]