En förmiddag på Söder.

Vi var på Södermalm idag och gick omkring i alla möbelbutiker. Efter att ha sett ca 1876 soffor har vi bestämt oss för att det blir den som säljs i grannen :) Tänk om vi hade sparat all denna tid och bara tagit den första bästa? Haha. 

Matbordsstolar är väldigt svåra att hitta. Alla fina kostar massor. Typ en stol lika mycket som en sista-minuten-resa till värmen.

Sedan var vi lite på dejt också. Vi åt på Nytorget skagenröra och drack Södermalm Hipster Ale :) :)

Malmö och Helsingborg

 

alla bilder hittade på google. inte fotograferade by me.

Segway

Jag är så förvånad över hur fin stad Malmö är. Median målar alltid Malmö till den värsta platsen på jorden där alla blir skjutna, bombade eller nersparkade. Men man skall inte bli för påverkad av andra och uppleva hellre själv och skapa sina egna uppfattningar.

Åkte Segway igår omkring i staden och såg en massa fint. Att åka Segway var ju också roligt :)

Malmö

Jag jobbar i Malmö idag med min kollega Anders. Vi har träffat kunder och skall träffa en hel del till men för tillfället sitter vi på kaffepaus med otrolig havsutsikt! Jag kan också se bron som går över till Danmark.

Shopping

There was a sale on hm.com so I ordered 3 things: a jacket with bows at the pockets and butterflies in the lining, shoes with stripes and a top with layers of white thin fabric.

Dagens Outfit

Skor: Skopunkten

Byxor: H&M

Topp: nelly.com

Kavaj: Promod

Leap Year

Anyone in the need of a good chic flick? Watch Leap Year. Based on the trailer the movie seemed a bit boring, the plot sounded predictable but I anyway watched it when I had the opportunity and it was sooo funny! I was laughing out loud several times :) And the romantic story grows and grows making you very happy. Great panoramic views of Ireland as well.

Midsommar

Igår tog regnet en paus av att störa oss så vi kunde äntligen njuta av sommarväder! Vilket passade ju bra eftersom det var midsommarafton :) Vi var ett helt gäng samlade på stranden på Långholmen där vi grillade, åt, kastade frisbee och endel simmade. Det var riktigt mysigt att klä på sig sommarklänningen och nynna på "jag tror jag tror på sommaren...." eftersom idag har regnet återvänt från sin paus.

Klarblå himmel.

Dans runt midsommarstången.

Betta hade en fin krans i håret.

Skärgårdsliv.

På sommaren måste man bara grilla bröd och göra bruschettor! Mums!

Jag simmade också igår i havet :)

Alla njöt :)

Salut a Tout!

Bonjour mes amis :) Puhuimme kolleegani Nilsin kanssa erilaisista Tukholmalaisista ravintoloista. Kerroin pitääväni kovasti ravintoloista (kuten esimerkiksi Kvarnen ja Linguini) joissa ei ole niin fancy sisustus ja kireän kohtelijas palvelu (ja pienet annokset jotakin "taiteellista" ruokaa) vaan että nautin enemmän paikoista joissa on kynttilänvaloa ja vaikka erilaiset tuolit jokaisessa pöydässä mutta superhyvää ruokaa ja leppoisa tunnelma.

Nils vastasi sekunnin murto-osassa "Paname!"

Kävimme siis Fran kanssa Panamessa syömässä. Ravintolassa puhuttiin ranskaa ja hieman ruotsia, jokainen tuoli ja pöytä oli erilainen, vesikarahveina toimi vanhat Jack Daniels pullot, ravintolassa soi vanhoja ranskalaisia iskelmäklassikoita, kynttilöitä yllinkyllin (jopa wc oli valaistu ainoastaan elävillä kynttilöillä), seinillä kaiken maailman hauskoja ranskalaisia esineitä...

...ja viini oli erinomaista ja Boef Bougguignonia oli keitetty kaksi päivää ja niin maukkaalta se maistuikin.

J'ai été heureux :)

Football

 

Yesterday Fra and I went to Jerry's and Pasquale's home to watch the Italian game together with Betta, Giuliano, Giuliano's colleague, Stefania and Martina. So to repeat: a North Italian with a bit of south blood, 5 South Italians, a Finnish girl, a Swedish girl and a man with Iranian backround but Swedish at heart in one and the same room watching the game from a screen..... But with the emphasis on these 5 South Italians. Can you imagine what a noise that was when Italy made 2 goals???

Mamma mia.

And once again it was prooved that the world is so small. As it happens, Pasquale and Jerry lives in an appartment that I wanted to rent last November! So I had actually been in their home before! And they had heard of me as "the other one who is interested in renting it". And Stefania has lived in the same staircase as where we live now! Incredible. And Martina's best friend is our neighbor.

Anyway, we had a great evening, great in the way you can only have with Italians. We ate delicious pizza, drunk a lot of beer, everything being so totally chill and superfun. We also had the best limonacello I have e-ver drunk. Pasquale's mum had made this supergood crema di limonacello of these special sweet lemons that only grows in their hometown in Avellino.

I have already ordered a barrel or two of it :)

Dagens Outfit

Ballerinor: Nelly.com

Klänning: Gwyneth Paltrow for Lindex

Tröja: Zara

Scarf: GT

Smycken: Accessorize

Väska: Beyond Retro

Summer Shopping

I hate walking around in shops and trying on clothes. It is one of the worse things I know. Especially if I have to buy something particular like a dress for an important party or similar. Ugh. I anyway like shopping- like the next girl. I love the Finnish flea markets (especially in summer time) and I love Internet shopping. It is so easy to just click home what you want. All of the items above are from asos.com, nelly.com and promod.com.

Pour grands enfants

Karin kävi eilen illallisella ja toi mukanansa soman lahjan :)

Lenny Krawitz Live

Yesterday Lenny Krawitz preformed in the amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm. Fra, Malin, Malin's sister and her boyfriend and I went to listen :) The playlist was something like this:

Come On Get It 

My Mama Said

American Woman 

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over 

Mr. Cabdriver

Black and White America 

Stand By My Woman 

Believe 

Stand 

Rock Star City Life 

Where Are We Running

I Want To Get Away

Are You Gonna Go My Way

Let Love Rule

There were alternative ways to follow the concert as well :)

Light Therapy

I studied Cognitive Technology as a minor in my University and within this field particularly on how light effects human beings. We are not now talking about a hippie who dresses in funny colors to affect his/her mood or a 5 euro "wake up light" that you can have next to your bed, but the real effects in our eyes, or rather in the ganglion cells that are in the eyes and what kind of hormones do they get produced based on different wavelengths in the light.

The effect of light intrigues me a lot, but I have worked more after my studies how to produce that kind of light instead of the effects. The effects have more been a hobby.

Today I could combine them both when my colleague and I had a small event at Lindelöfs (a company that helps architects and interior designer to find the right furniture for different kinds of spaces) talking about lighting management but afterwards the whole group could have some light therapy.

The basic idea is to lie down, cover your head with that ball- so that no other light can enter and then you can by yourself change the light color, i.e. the wavelength of the light.

The light has different effects- depending on your body and your needs. The "basic" effect is that your circadian rhythm gets better- so you sleep better at night and are more awake during the day. An other effect really needed in the nordic countries is to prevent seasonal depression. It can be very hard for some people to live without the sun in winter time.