from the shores of the Baltic sea

So this is California, where on an average February day you will wear flip-flops and a big woolen scarf.
I got the scarf in Tallinn, Estonia, in 1995. I had never been to the former Soviet Union before and I was shocked by the wide unfriendly empty streets, the high unfriendly buildings, and the not to be messed with former communist officials. I also got this hat and scarf --- an all-in-one creation:
I use it when I have a cold.