Riga, accomodation, ladylux
Riga seems to have been "discovered" - I had trouble getting a hotel room to extend my trip. I hear it is being marketed as "the new Prague" and has become a popular destination since Latvia joined EU. Prime season will be end of May to early August, or thereabouts (i.e. after the cold spring, but before the rains start).
The travel agency near the "blackheads" hall has contacts with apartment owners. I was offered one for about E50/night. Spartan, not fancy, reasonably secure, no telephone (aside from your mobile), no Internet, but it was located in the center of old town, which would make it handy for punters.
Ladylux.lv seems to filter comments. My negative report on Christine has yet to appear on the site. As an experiment I tried again today (using my WSG name). The closest I saw to a negative comment on Christine was someone who said "I have had better sex, though."